Earlier this year, I produced my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing. It was set in Monotype hot metal, printed by letterpress in London, and bound in Germany. The book starts a bit before Gutenberg in the mid-1400s, looking at previous efforts to spark a fire on making multiples, and then focus on how that German inventor pulled together many different elements to create the blaze that still burns. I take you through all the innovations of the last 600 years, up to the digital era, and explain nearly lost elements of printing history.

The book is a great holiday gift, and I can ship immediately in the US (first-class mail) and worldwide (UPS expedited). Make a note in the Delivery Instructions field at checkout if you want it wrapped or delivered as a gift, and to whom if I’m sending directly.

I started shipping the Tiny Type Museum & Time Capsule in October, and now have dozens received around the United States and in several other countries. Packing is a meticulous problem to ensure safe delivery, and I’m working on sending out the last few from museums ordered through about November 2019 and promised for earlier this year, and delayed due to pandemic and then wild fires (which prevented me from working safely in my office!).

The final museum cases for late 2019 and 2020 museum buyers are being finished now, and I’ll be shipping off those in December. In an expected edition of 100, I’ve delivered or sold 90 so far. If you were hoping to get one before they’re all gone, now is the time.