% Victorian-manual front matter: cover plate, title page, copyright page, epigraph.
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    {\fontsize{30}{34}\selectfont\bfseries MAKE READY.\par}
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    \ornrule\par
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    {\scshape or,\par}
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    {\scshape a printer's manual\\ for the age of\par}
    \vspace{0.14in}
    {\large\scshape mechanical\\ compositors;\par}
    \vspace{0.14in}
    {\scshape or,\par}
    \vspace{0.1in}
    {\scshape how one person and several\\ tireless machines may keep\\ a small press honest;\par}
    \vspace{0.14in}
    {\scshape or,\par}
    \vspace{0.1in}
    {\scshape why every page deserves\\ a witness that could\\ have said no\par}
    \vspace{0.28in}
    \ornrule\par
    \vfill
    {\scshape by\par}
    \vspace{0.05in}
    {\Large\scshape Clint Ecker\par}
    \vfill
    {\scshape chicago, ill.\\ mmxxvi\par}
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    {\scshape first edition\par}
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    {\small All rights reserved, more or less.\par}
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    {\small\parbox{3.4in}{\centering No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, or interpretive, without the solemn permission of the proprietor, who will almost certainly say yes. It was composed by machines under supervision and proofed by machinery that was itself proofed; any error that survived did so against considerable opposition. The proprietor asks only that you quote it accurately and refrain from claiming you wrote it. Verification, as always, is left to the reader.}\par}
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    {\small Copyright 2026 Clint Ecker,\\ whatever that means in 2026\par}
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    {\small Published in the United States of America\\ by LGTM Publishing\par}
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    {\small Chicago, Illinois\par}
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    {\small clint@lgtm.systems\par}
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    {\small\itshape Set by the devil. Proofed by law.\\ Approved, at last, by a person.\par}
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    \includegraphics[width=1.7in]{"\BookRoot/assets/press-logo.png"}\par
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  \vspace*{1.7in}
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    {\parbox{3.1in}{\centering\Large\itshape The devil did it.}\par}
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    {\small\color{muted}\itshape Every printer,\\ since printing began\par}
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