Caxton
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William, 1422?–91, English printer, translator, and author: established first printing press in England 1476.
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Bibliography. any one of the books printed by Caxton, all of which are in black letter.
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Printing. a kind of type imitating Caxton's black letter.
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a book printed by William Caxton
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a style of type, imitating the Gothic, that Caxton used in his books
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“Having experience of the president’s shock and awe style of negotiation before, I would suspect that the attack will be called off at the last second,” said David Stritch, currency analyst at Caxton.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Russell launched the conversion from somewhere close to Caxton Street.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
The big firms that reported losses last year include Bridgewater Associates, the firm founded by the outspoken billionaire Ray Dalio, and Caxton Associates.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Brevan Howard Asset Management, the firm Rokos once worked for, posted a gain of 20.14% and Caxton Associates returned 16.73%, investors in the funds said this week, asking not to be identified.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
What, for instance, has become of the fifteen books of Ovid's Metamorphoses which Caxton, in his preface to the Golden Legende, says that he printed?
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
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