James Weld Towne
Subtitle: pioneer San Francisco printer, publisher & paper purveyor
By: by Bruce L. Johnson
Contributors: Reagh, Patrick; Book Club of California; Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc
Series: Book Club of California publication -- no. 223; Publication (Book Club of California) -- no. 223.
Publisher: Book Club of California
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Printing; Printers; Biography; History
Notes: "Designed and typeset by Patrick Reagh in Sebastopol, California. The typeface is Monotype Garamond and the paper is Mohawk Superfine. 275 copies have been printed by photo-offset."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-121) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. A history of the businesses. A brief history of Whitton, Towne & Company and Towne & Bacon ; James Towne as printer and publisher; title: Part II. The economics of printing and publishing. Paper ; Type and electrotyping ; Printing presses and other materials ; Labor and the employees of James Towne; title: Conclusions; title: Notes; title: Appendix A: Periodicals and newspapers produced at the Excelsior Printing Office; title: Appendix B: Checklist of Towne imprints, 1853-1868.