ADAM RAMAGE AND HIS PRESSES by Hamilton, Milton W[heaton] - 1942

Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1942. [4], 35 pages. Six full-page illustrations printed with the text. Original printed wraps. [21.8 cm.] Rear wrap unevenly tanned, slight bump to head of spine, else near fine. Partially unopened. FIRST EDITION. One of 350 copies, being Keepsake No. 15 of the press. This brief but detailed work is still the standard account of the career of Adam Ramage (1771 or 1772-1850) and his widely used printing presses. The author, Milton Wheaton Hamilton (1901-1989), was a professor of history at Albright College and later the senior historian of the Division of Archives and History of the New York State Education Department. He was an authority on colonial New York and Pennsylvania and early American printing, and the author of "The Country Printer: New York State, 1785-1830" (1936).