Sans Tache 



IN THE "elder days of art" each artist or craftsman enjoyed the 

 privilege of independent creation. He carried through a proc- 

 ess 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 demerit of his finished product. 



Modern machine production has added much to the worker's produc- 

 tivity and to his material welfare; but it has deprived 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. 



Many hands and minds contribute to the manufacture of a book, in 

 this day of speciaHzation. 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 together ("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. 



The motto of The Williams & Wilkins Company is 8ans Tache. Our 

 ideal is to publish books ^'without blemish'^ — worthy books, worthily 

 printed, with worthy typography — books to which we shall be proud 

 to attach our imprint, made by craftsmen who are willing to accept 



