A. Franklin Parks
William Parks: The Colonial Printer in the Transatlantic World of the Eighteenth Century.
The Penn State University Press, 2012. Penn State Series in the History of the Book. 9780271052113 xiv/218 pages.
Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", and dust jacket are new, still in shrinkwrap.
A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing.