Lydia Bailey: A Checklist of Her Imprints

by Karen Nipps

Book Overview

Little known today, Lydia Bailey was a leading printer in Philadelphia for decades. Her career began in 1808--when her husband, Robert, died, leaving her with the family business to manage--and ended in 1861, when she retired at the age of eighty-two. During her career, she operated a shop that at its height had more than forty employees, acted as city printer for over thirty years, and produced almost a thousand imprints bearing her name. Not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271055715
• ISBN13: 9780271055718
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"