Sans Tache 



N THE "elder days of art" each artist or craftsman en- 

 joyed the privilege of independent creation. He carried 

 through a process of manufacture from beginning to end. 

 The scribe of the days before the printing press was such a 

 craftsman. So was the printer in the days before the machine 

 process. He stood or fell, as a craftsman, by the merit or de- 

 merit of his finished product. 



Modern machine production has added much to the work- 

 er's productivity and to his material welfare; but it has de- 

 prived him of the old creative distinctiveness. His work is 

 merged in the work of the team, and lost sight of as something 

 representing him and his personality. 



l^.Iany hands and minds contribute to the manufacture of a 

 book, in this day of specialization. There are seven distinct 

 major processes in the making of a book: The type must first 

 be set; by the monotype method, there are two processes, the 

 ''keyboarding" of the MS and the casting of the type from the 

 perforated paper rolls thus produced. Formulas and other 

 intricate work must be hand-set; then the whole brought to- 

 gether (''composed") in its true order, made into pages and 

 forms. The results must be checked by proof reading at each 

 stage. Then comes the ''make-ready" and press-run and finally 

 the binding into volumes. 



All of these processes, except that of binding into cloth or 

 leather covers, are carried on under our roof. 



