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Thoreau Macdonald Issue

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Devil's Artisan

`Hi Don: The issue [DA 60] arrived today and I must say, I am very pleased with it. You did a marvelous job laying it out. Beautifully done — simple and austere just as TM would have appreciated. I’m just thrilled with it. I intend to sit down today at lunchtime and read Randall’s article. I am very interested to see what he says of the portfolio. (I’m also just glad to have some reproductions of that rare material finally in my hands). Thanks again. A pleasure to work with you.’ — Seth

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To take a virtual tour of the pressroom, visit us at YouTube for a discussion of offset printing in general, and the operation of a Heidelberg KORD in particular. Other videos include Four Colour Printing, Smyth Sewing and Wood Engraving. Photographs of production machinery used on these pages were taken by Sandra Traversy on site at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill, December 2008.

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