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The "T:W" inscribed on the head-edge of the top book are most likely the initials of an early owner of the book.

Typically found on large dictionaries, thumb indexes help readers quickly find the section of the book they need. In the case of this Linotype manual, readers can thumb to a specific typeface.

An image of a Stansbury style Acorn press, manufactured by R. Hoe & Co.

An image of a Washington Press, manufactured by Cincinnati Type Foundry

An image of a press shop with an Acorn press.

Diagram of the Uncommon Press with parts labeled.

An image of an English wooden common press found in Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-Works: began January 1, 1677.

The Uncommon Press team worked in the engineering machine shop to fit, assemble, and oil components of the press, before the final assembly in the Wallace Library. Here the tympan is being attached to the coffin.

Gilding edges is one of the most traditional ways of beautifying a book. The long edges of these sixteenth-century volumes of Pliny were gilded when they were rebound years later and have not lost their spectacular shine.

An abbreviated title reading ""Plutarchi Illustri Vitae" or "The lives of the Illustrious Plutarch" appears at the top of this book's fore-edge suggesting that it once rested vertically on a shelf with its fore-edge out.