During the twentieth century, Los Angeles produced a number of fine printers, Saul Marks and Ward Ritchie being familiar names. Perhaps not as well-known was Richard John Hoffman (1912-1989), a native of the city, with a massive output of printed work. Hoffman himself estimated his production at 15 to 20 items of printed material per week over a career spanning 66 years - that comes close to 50,000 items. Not all of it could be described as “fine printing.” Hoffman worked at Los Angeles City College as a teacher and an academic printer from 1933 to 1959, and was an instructor in Graphic Design and Director of the Printing Management Program at California State University, Los Angeles from 1959 to 1978. Upon his retirement he continued to produce printed work of a very high caliber. Hoffman was not a flamboyant character. In 1924, when... [more Richard Hoffman: Prolific & Pioneering Printer]
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Los Angeles, CA : Dawson's Book Shop , 1963
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by Kitty Maryatt
Claremont, CA : Scripps College Press , 2016
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by Jack Walsdorf (1941-2017), compiler
Council Bluffs, IA : The Yellow Barn Press , 2001
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by Howard Phipps (b. 1954)
(Risbury, Herefordshire) : The Whittington Press , 1992
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by MORGAN, Gwenda (1908-1991), Illustrator, RANDLE, John, Introduction
Andoversford, Gloucestershire, UK : The Whittington Press , 1985
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Greenbrae, CA : The Allen Press , 1984
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