The Printer's Devil in 19th Century New Mexico Print Shops

72057593498894297: New Mexico (?), 1950. Softcover. First edition, n.d. (ca 1950); 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [12]; brown die-cut wraps tied with decorative string; minor crease to back cover, else fine. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, including one of young Mark Twain who was a "printer's devil" at the Weekly Missouri Courrier in the 1850s.The book is a fascinating account of the so called "printer's devils" - the youngest and lowliest employees in the printing trade tasked with the 'drudgery work' - in New Mexico. Quite scarce - OCLC lists one copy at George Mason University with this the only one in the trade.