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Kenneth Auchincloss. "The Second Revival: Fine Printing since World War II." From Printing History no. 41: 3-11. [Forthcoming] [This well-illustrated article argues that post-war letterpress printing has prospered in the post-war era, even now.]

Patricia A. Cost. "Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Typemaking at ATF." (373K PDF file) From Printing History whole nos. 31/32: 27-44. View or download PDF File (373K). [This article is expanded from her biography of the Bentons.]

Terry Belanger. "Twenty Years After." (123K PDF file) From Printing History no. vol. 33 pp. 3-13. View or download PDF File (172K). [This article recounts the history of the American Printing History Association, by the founder of the Book Arts Press/Rare Book School.]

Stephen O. Saxe. "H. L. Mencken: in the Steps of Gutenberg." by Stephen O. Saxe, with Vincent Fitzpatrick, and Frederick N. Rasmussen. View HTML file. From Printing History, vol. 5 (1983), No. 1 (whole number 9). [The story of how a Christmas gift changed the life of a young Mencken.]

Stephen O. Saxe. "A Brief History of Golding & Co." (1.6MB PDF file) From Printing History whole no. 6 (1981), pp. 12-19. [This article recounts the story of the Golding Company, manufacturer of printing presses.] More Steve Saxe articles from the APHA Newsletter.

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