Letters, 1924, Bognor, England, to [Robert Oleson] Ballou.

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Letters, 1924, Bognor, England, to [Robert Oleson] Ballou.

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[1] 1924, February 12, to Mr. Ballou [8 p.].--He wants Mr. Ballou to help promote his "Proportional System of Composition ... the first absolute method of finding the proportion of type matter on the page." He is dissatisfied with "modern fine printing." [2] 1924, August 5, to Mr. Ballou [2 p.].--His son is interested in Ballou's books. "The proud & pretentious printers try to pretend that my system isn't there. It very much is, all the same, & is liable to expand."

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