Volume one / The overlooked years

The Printed Street

A lively collection of shop cards, mail-order promises and hand-lettered notices from 1948–1974. More than 140 pieces reveal how ordinary commerce looked before every sign learned to speak the same language.

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First edition

The Printed Street

Thread-sewn hardback, finished with a cloth spine and a tipped-in facsimile card. Ships in recycled board.

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Printer’s tote

Edition of 64
Heavy 12 oz cotton
48 × 38 cm
Two-color water-based ink

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Production notes

ISBN 978-1-7392014-2-8
224 × 276 mm, 184 pages
140gsm uncoated inner stock
Two spot colors with full-color inserts
Set in a restored British grotesk
Printed and bound in Leeds