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By Robert MacGregor Shaw<\/p>\n

Paperbound; 186 pages; Offset printed<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0a book about letterpress printers in small shops and what they experienced on the job. It\u2019s about their hopes, fears, frustrations, satisfactions, and pride in their work. As the author noted: \u201cThese are the people who, from the arrival of linecasting machines to the coming of offset printing and computerized typesetting in the mid-60s, did the difficult, dirty and often dangerous work of printing weekly newspapers.\u201d\u00a0Robert MacGregor Shaw\u2019s\u00a0story fills a distinct gap in American journalism.<\/p>\n

Exclusive discount code<\/h4>\n

Order the book through this link: Life in the Back Shop<\/a><\/strong> and enter the code: METALTYPE<\/strong> to receive $3 off each book you order.<\/p>\n

The code applies to both U.S. and foreign orders, however foreign orders will need to pay an additional shipping fee, which in recent years has become almost prohibitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","advert_category":[35],"class_list":["post-45421","classified","type-advert","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","advert_category-bookspublications-offered"],"yoast_head":"\nLife in the Back Shop - Metal Type<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A book about letterpress printers in small shops and what they experienced on the job, exclusive discount code.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/advert\/life-in-the-back-shop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Life in the Back Shop - Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A book about letterpress printers in small shops and what they experienced on the job, exclusive discount code.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/advert\/life-in-the-back-shop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-16T22:20:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/life-in-the-back-shop-full-e1434686309532-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"904\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MTPrinting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Life in the Back Shop - Metal Type\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/life-in-the-back-shop-full-e1434686309532-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-14T08:43:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-16T22:20:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"A book about letterpress printers in small shops and what they experienced on the job, exclusive discount code.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/life-in-the-back-shop-full-e1434686309532-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/life-in-the-back-shop-full-e1434686309532-1.webp\",\"width\":600,\"height\":904},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/life-in-the-back-shop\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Classifieds\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/advert\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Life in the Back Shop\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metal Type\",\"description\":\"Yesterday\u2019s Technology . . . 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