Ottmar Mergenthaler. The Man and his Machine.

New Castle, Del: Oak Knoll Press, (2000),

First Edition. Illustrated. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 264pp. Oak Knoll Press, Item #28803

The story of the man and his invention, the Linotype machine which "made it possible to eliminate the laborius hand setting of lead type by allowing one linotype operator to do the work of a half dozen typographers. " Very fine.

Price: $15.00