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THROWN INTO THAMES. Some of the loveliest type over made in the history of printing, that of the famous Doves Press, lies buried in the l mud of the Thames, off Hammersmith bridge. According lo the journal of the founder of the Doves Press, the late Thomas James Col.den-Sanderson, when he closed down his press in 191(1, determined to destroy the type —a process lie called “dedicating” it. So, page by page, and package by package, Mr Cobden-Sauderson threw | it over the bridge until all had vanished. The bed of the Thames has harboured and does harbour many hurious secrets, but it is doubtful if it lias in its mutl anything more beautiful tha ntlic Doves Press type.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 164, 23 December 1926, Page 3
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120OLD TYPE. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 164, 23 December 1926, Page 3
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