Clays of BungayHistory and genealogy of eight generations of the Clay family between 1726 and 1975, particularly their family business as printers and publishers. The firm of Clays has been in Bungay for a hundred years, and for another fifty before that in various parts of London. Many, but not all, publications where under the name of the Chaucer Press. "Few, if any, human institutions spring into being without some definable origins and this is particularly true of the printing house of Clay. Its roots go deep into the history of printing technique and its own history is worthy of record because it has maintained for more than 150 years of existence the same attachment to progress with which it began. It consequently provides an intimate picture of the effects of that technical progress on a particular firm, which is sometimes more revealing than a general survey of the industry as a whole"--Front flyleaf from paper cover. |
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CHAPTER PAGE List of Illustrations | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 8 |
Foreword | 9 |
Copyright | |
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