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1939 · BRE918-001 — Lexington VA: Journalism Laboratory Press Washington and Lee University 1939. Later Edition. Paperback. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 800 copies this is number 500 designed composed in Linotype Baskerville and printed by C. Harold Lauck with William Parks reconstructed paper with 2 watermarks used as flyleaves binding by Ida Baskerville Lauck. Copies were distributed thus: 350 given as a keepsake for members of the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Printing Education New York June 24 1939; 200 copies provided to Colonial Williamsburg and 250 copies retained by C. Harold Lauch who SIGNED this copy on the colophon. 8vo. 9 x 6 1/8 inches. 41 2 pp. Half-title coat of arms on title page decorative initials in red surrounded by typographical ornaments typographic ornaments at chapter heads illustrations including samples of watermarks; text clean unmarked except for author's inscription on half-title slight musty odor. Black wrappers with yapp edges printed paper front cover label stitched with silk cord; binding square and tight yapp edges have suffered some damage including minor loss. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "To C. Harold Lauck With the Compliments of Colonial Williamsburg Incorporated and with the Gratitude and esteem of Rutherfoord Goodwin." Very Good. William Parks 1699-1750 was a printer and journalist in England and colonial North America. Parks came to North American in 1726 where he started a print shop in Annapolis Maryland. Parks moved to colonial Williamsburg in 1736 where he became Williamsburg's postmaster and founded Virginia's first newspaper the Virginia Gazette. Through collaboration with Benjamin Franklin Parks was the founder of a paper mill in Williamsburg which began construction in 1742 and was complete in 1743; the first paper mill in colonial America south of Pennsylvania and the first paper mill built in Virginia. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin was an Episcopal priest historian and author. As the rector of Bruton Parish Church Goodwin began the twentieth-century preservation and restoration effort which resulted in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. He is thus sometimes called the "Father of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg." See: Wikipedia. PROVENANCE: from the library of Charles Harold Lauck Sr. 1896-1975 one of the foremost graphics craftsmen in the United States and was the director of the Journalism Laboratory Press at Washington and Lee University for 37 years. Journalism Laboratory Press, Washington and Lee University paperback books