Adventures of a Tramp Printer 1880-1890

by John Edward Hicks

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Kansas City, Missouri, USA: Midamericana Press, 1950 FIRST EDITION. Definitive book on the old-time life of the tramp (handset) printer before it was ended by the linotype machine. King of the tramp printers, Peter B. Lee, Thin Space Jones, Dirty Shirt Smith, Kid Glove Willie, Circus Baldwin, Kokomo Phillips, One-Eye George Matchett and others. 34 chapters of social history, high adventure and unshirted hilarity. VG+ Brown cloth hardcover with pasted-on title plates on cover and spine with slight edge wear and age toning of page edges. Glue bleed-through of endpapers. DJ in G- conditon with moderate edge wear and age toning, chipped spine edges and a few tears and rips. Minor soiling and staining. Backstrip faded and dampspotted. Price corner clipped.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Good Minus. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.