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"ROBERT SMAIL'S PRINTING WORKS AND THE PRINTED WORD"           
Ms Gen. Harrison 
Property Manager/Compositor Robert Smail's Printing Works
     

     Robert Smail's Printing Works is a Victorian print works in the Scottish Borders. Established in the town of Innerleithen in 1866, it is still
producing work today. It is now in the care of the National Trust for
Scotland.
     Ms. Harrison has worked at Smail's for 10 years. Her passion for letterpress was sparked whilst doing a Graphic Design Degree and she is now working in one of the last remaining operational letterpress printers in Scotland.

     Printing For Everyday Life is a contribution by her in Volume 3 of History of the Book in Scotland 

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