presswork

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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2020

A copy of the play was sent on to Charles to enable him to prepare the presswork for it, and it was the first play manuscript he ever read.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

The presswork and ink are always proportionately better in these copies, and the price of them is enhanced according to their beauty and rarity.

From Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs by Harper, Henry H.

The typesetting is all done by hand, and the type distributed immediately upon completion of presswork.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

At my first admission into this printing-house I took to working at press, imagining I felt a want of the bodily exercise I had been used to in America, where presswork is mixed with composing.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various