Abattoir Editions (University of Nebraska Omaha)
Fine-press letterpress imprint founded in 1972 by printer and publisher Harry Duncan at the University of Nebraska Omaha, publishing mainly poetry as a tool for teaching the book arts.
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A curated guide to the hand-set, hand-printed publishers of the world. Search 113 living presses across 10 countries, or browse by craft.
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Aralia Press
Printing contemporary poetry from hand-set type, letterpress-printed and hand-bound, with a teaching component for students at West Chester University.
Arion Press
The only US printer making books entirely by hand from comma to cover under one roof, operating its own M&H hot-metal type foundry, letterpress workshop, and bindery as successor to the Grabhorn Press.
Artichoke Press
Letterpress limited editions of literature and photography collected by libraries, museums and bibliophiles internationally.
The Artisan Press
Award-winning specialty letterpress printing, with output ranging from fine stationery to commissions held in the National Gallery library.
The Ascensius Press
Letterpress printing, book design, and production coordination for authors, publishers, and libraries, alongside the press's own handset letterpress editions.
Barbarian Press
Internationally respected fine press producing hand-set, letterpress-printed limited editions of literary classics, translations, typography and books on wood engraving.
The Bear Press
Handcrafted, limited-edition bibliophile books featuring original printmaking by renowned artists, including etchings, wood engravings and hand-colored work.
Bibliographical Press, Bodleian Libraries
A working letterpress workshop within the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, housing hand-operated printing presses and offering courses and collaborative printing projects in traditional letterpress and book arts.
The Bieler Press
Fine-press printer and publisher specializing in studio letterpress printing of contemporary literature and book-related digital typography, run by typographer and printer Gerald Lange.
Big Jump Press
Letterpress-printed, hand-bound limited-edition artists' books, prints and broadsides exploring themes of transformation, translation and shifting perspective.
The Blue Print Press
Hand-made, single-poem letterpress books in very small editions, printed from metal type on an 1895 Albion handpress and illustrated by the printer using linocut, engraving, etching, aquatint and watercolour.
Bonnefant Press
Letterpress editions of literary texts, with a preference for English and Dutch poetry, printed from lead type on proof presses under the imprint In de Bonnefant.
Book Arts Studio & UMM Press (University of Maine at Machias)
University book-arts studio with traditional letterpress and hand-papermaking equipment, publishing letterpress editions of early Maine literature through its Library of Early Maine Literature imprint.
Books Illustrated
Limited-edition illustrated books with letterpress text, fine bindings, and signed copies, including prestige editions of contemporary and classic literature; trades as Boddington & Royall.
Boss Dog Press
Hand-set letterpress fine-press editions, produced alongside Don Rash's fine bindery and the School for Formal Bookbinding.
Bow & Arrow Press
Harvard's longstanding letterpress printing studio, founded in Adams House and named for the corner of Bow and Arrow Streets. In 1993 it printed the first edition of Seamus Heaney's poems 'Keeping Going'.
Bowne & Co., Stationers (South Street Seaport Museum)
A working 19th-century-style letterpress print shop operated by the South Street Seaport Museum, printing and selling house-designed letterpress stationery, cards and broadsides on historic equipment.
Bracken Press
A private press and printmaking workshop producing limited-edition artist's books and prints, and teaching intaglio, block printing, wood engraving and letterpress.
Center for Book Arts
The first U.S. nonprofit dedicated to the book as an art object, supporting the field through education, studio access, exhibitions and preservation, and publishing letterpress chapbooks, broadsides and limited-edition artists' books.
Chester Creek Press
Hand-bound fine-press and letterpress limited editions, with an emphasis on quality bookbinding; titles often draw on natural subjects.
Chevington Press
Hand-printed limited-edition artist's books in which letterpress type and original etchings are each printed separately by hand.
Conversation Tree Press
Thoughtfully designed limited editions of modern and classic fiction featuring hand binding, fine materials and letterpress detailing.
Cordes Press
A small private press producing illustrated letterpress limited editions, combining classic literature and traditional Japanese folklore with woodblock prints and fine binding.
Corvus Works
Designing, composing, printing and publishing limited-edition books and ephemeral typographic work.
The Counter Press
Contemporary letterpress practice using only traditional wood and metal type, hand-composed and printed to make fine-press books, broadsides and typographic limited editions.
Cuneiform Press
Letterpress and offset editions of poetry, artists' books, and titles on typography and the book arts.
Deep Wood Press
Chad Pastotnik's letterpress and intaglio private-press and artists' books using handset type, wood engravings, and fine binding.
Design for Today
Finely produced illustrated books and artist editions rooted in mid-century design and auto-lithography, printed with craft methods and plant-based inks.
Effra Press & Typefoundry
Run by Nick Gill, combining a fine press releasing limited-edition artists' books and prints with a typefoundry casting new metal type and supplying hot-metal typesetting for letterpress printers.
Enitharmon Editions
A long-established independent publisher of fine artists' books and limited-edition prints, produced in collaboration with leading artists and writers.
Evergreen Press
Founded by John Grice, printing traditional letterpress to a high standard and frequently editioning wood engravings for leading engravers; designs and prints limited-edition books on commission for publishers.
Fablelistik Editions
Fine-press limited editions of well-known literary works, using hot-metal letterpress printing, illustration, handmade materials and fine bookbinding.
The Florin Press
Letterpress editions printed on Columbian and Albion hand presses, with original wood engravings, by Graham Williams.
The Folio Society
Independent publisher of finely produced illustrated editions of classic and contemporary literature, with specially designed bindings, commissioned illustration, and hand-numbered limited editions.
Foolscap Press
Finely crafted limited-edition books designed, letterpress-printed, and bound entirely in-house, typically in editions of 90 to 200 copies.
The Fork and Broom Press
Letterpress artists' books, broadsides and prints made with traditional techniques including linocut and woodcut, in English and German.
Gaspereau Press
A literary publisher whose books are recognized both for the quality of their writing and for their beauty as physical objects, with an in-house emphasis on fine book design.
Greenboathouse Press
Short-run limited editions printed letterpress and bound by hand, with particular attention to typography, design and fine printing.
Gwasg Gregynog
Historic Welsh fine press at Gregynog Hall producing limited-edition hand-printed books with fine bindings and wood-engraved illustrations, in both Welsh and English.
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Museum and working letterpress shop holding one of the world's largest collections of wood type, printing and selling prints, posters and editions from its historic type and presses.
Hand & Eye Letterpress
One of London's leading commercial and fine letterpress printers, founded by Phil Abel and based in East London. Also operates the Arete Editions imprint, publishing letterpress fine-press books with authors such as Neil Gaiman.
Heavenly Monkey
A private letterpress and binding studio that publishes books inked, printed and bound entirely by hand on antique handpresses.
The Heavy Duty Press
Letterpress-printed limited-edition artists' books, broadsides, and collaborative projects set in metal type, emphasizing handcraft and slow media.
Hirundo Press
Hand-set letterpress artists' books that combine rigorous research with traditional printing and typography.
Holloway Press
University-based private press producing designed, letterpress-printed and hand-bound limited editions, much of it printed by Tara McLeod.
Il Buon Tempo
Hand-printed limited editions of poetry, combining letterpress with relief and intaglio printmaking, produced on a Vandercook proof press and a circa-1870 Albion handpress.
The Inky Parrot Press
Fine limited-edition illustrated books for adults, working with noted illustrators such as Ronald Searle, Rigby Graham and Miriam Macgregor.
Interrobang Letterpress
Traditional letterpress printing with hot-metal typecasting and hand-set composition, drawing on one of the largest collections of vintage foundry and wood type in New England.
Intima Press
Fine-press letterpress editions, poetic broadsides, and artists' books combining letterpress typography with mixed media; known for recovering the legacy of colonial printer Mary Katharine Goddard.
The Janus Press
Landmark fine-press and artists'-book maker known for letterpress work, innovative non-adhesive bindings, and the use of dyed paper-pulp illustrations.
Larkspur Press
Letterpress limited editions of literature, often publishing living writers and authors' first books, with an emphasis on Kentucky writers.
Lead Graffiti
Letterpress books, broadsides, and typography workshops set from metal and wood type, including experimental, collaborative, and politically engaged book-arts projects.
Leslie Gerry Editions
Large-format limited-edition artist's books reproducing Leslie Gerry's bold, flat-colour digital paintings, issued in deluxe, regular, and miniature editions.
Lone Goose Press
Limited-edition letterpress books, broadsides, and hand-bound works emphasizing typographic design, letterpress printing, and bookbinding.
The Lone Oak Press
Limited-edition, letterpress-printed books and broadsides illustrated with wood engravings and etchings by Abigail Rorer, often on themes of nature. Rorer prints all images herself from the original blocks and plates.
The Mainstone Press
Finely produced illustrated books on inter-war British artists such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, John Piper, and Paul Nash.
The Melville Press
Fine illustrated letterpress limited editions on themes of voyaging, issued in signed and numbered runs.
Midnight Paper Sales
Gaylord Schanilec's wood-engraved, letterpress natural-history fine-press books.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
One of the largest comprehensive book-arts centers in the United States, with letterpress, papermaking and bookbinding studios, galleries and a retail shop of hand-printed work.
Mixolydian Editions
Limited-edition fine-press books and print portfolios featuring the wood engravings of Richard Wagener, frequently on botanical and landscape themes and paired with essays or poetry.
Moving Parts Press
Felicia Rice's press publishing innovative letterpress artists' books, broadsides, and prints, with particular emphasis on Chicanx and Latinx voices.
Museum of Printing (Haverhill, MA)
Printing-history museum dedicated to preserving the history of printing, graphic arts and typography, with working letterpress equipment and hands-on letterpress and book-arts workshops.
Nawakum Press
Publishing collaborative letterpress fine-press editions and artists' books with high-quality book design and production.
Nepenthe Press
A fine press publishing illustrated limited-edition books of literary and weird fiction in collaboration with leading illustrators, printers and binders.
NewLights Press
Experimental letterpress and artists' books using variable editions and unconventional printing techniques; developer of the experimental 'Threshold Alphabet' typeface system.
Ninja Press
Carolee Campbell's handset letterpress fine-press editions of contemporary poetry, printed on a Vandercook Universal I and noted for experimental book structures.
No Reply Press
Publisher of letterpress and hand-bound limited editions produced with traditional craft techniques.
Nomad Letterpress
Creative letterpress printing and Monotype type casting using Heidelberg and Wharfedale cylinder presses, producing limited editions in collaboration with wood engravers, pochoir illustrators, and bookbinders; hosts public Open Days.
Officina Athelstane
Hand-set, hand-printed fine-press books and broadsides produced on a nineteenth-century iron handpress, with editions held by major national and university libraries.
The Old School Press
Letterpress fine-press books described by the press as 'letterpress books with a contemporary twist', alongside scholarly studies of printing and papermaking history.
The Old Stile Press
Fine books printed by hand in collaboration with artists and printmakers, typically in editions of between 100 and 250 copies, often with suites of wood engravings.
Paekakariki Press
Traditional hand-set letterpress printing and limited-edition poetry publishing, operating a full letterpress workshop with extensive type and vintage presses.
Pennyroyal Press
Barry Moser's letterpress editions illustrated with his wood engravings, including the Pennyroyal-Caxton Bible.
Peter Koch Printers
Letterpress limited editions, broadsides, and artists' books of classical texts and contemporary poetry, often featuring wood engravings.
The Petrarch Press
Traditional fine-press limited editions of classical and literary texts, hand-printed on an Albion handpress on handmade paper and parchment, sometimes with custom typefaces.
Pie In The Sky Press
Letterpress artists' books and fine-press editions by Rebecca Chamlee, frequently inspired by botanical and natural-history subjects.
Plantin-Moretus Museum
UNESCO World Heritage printing museum preserving the historic Plantin-Moretus printing house, including two of the world's oldest surviving printing presses, with hands-on letterpress printing from its historic equipment.
The Press at Colorado College
Academic letterpress and book-arts studio that designs, hand-sets, and prints limited-edition books, broadsides, and posters, dedicated to teaching the histories and arts of the book.
Purgatory Pie Press
Letterpress limited editions and artists' books hand-set from wood and metal type, plus postcards, coasters, and hand-printed ephemera; Dikko Faust hand-sets type while Esther K. Smith edits, designs, and hand-sews the books.
Pyracantha Press
The publishing imprint of the Arizona State University School of Art, producing limited-edition handmade books and letterpress prints. It houses the Antonia and Adam Petko Type and Press Collection, described as the largest collection of type at any institution of higher education in North America, including an 1834 Columbian press.
The Reading Room Press
Hand-set letterpress limited editions printed by Dr. Miles Wigfield.
Red Butte Press
Library fine press built around an 1846 Columbian hand press, commissioning original artwork and printing letterpress limited editions on fine paper with hand binding.
Red Hydra Press
Letterpress-printed, handmade limited-edition books and broadsides featuring poets writing in English and Spanish, in both traditional and experimental formats.
Red Plate Press
The studio and imprint of artist-printer David Armes, working primarily in letterpress to produce prints, artists' books and installations in the South Pennines.
Rooks Moor Press
Operates one of the last remaining hot-metal Monotype typesetting, casting and letterpress workshops in the UK, designing and printing fine limited-edition books.
Russell Maret
Letterpress artist's books and original metal typefaces, including the 'Artless Lemur' craft series of books about printing and book arts.
The Salvage Press
The private letterpress press of typographer and book designer Jamie Murphy, producing award-winning limited editions noted for design, typography and printing.
San Francisco Center for the Book
A nonprofit book-arts center offering letterpress, bookbinding and artists'-book workshops, exhibitions and residencies. Its Small Plates imprint issues 4-inch-square handmade letterpress artists' books in signed and numbered editions of 100 copies.
Scripps College Press
A teaching letterpress at Scripps College where students hand-set metal type and letterpress-print collaborative limited-edition artists' books, typically in editions of about 100 copies, each semester. The press uses the exclusive Scripps College Old Style typeface designed for it by Frederic W. Goudy in 1941.
Shanty Bay Press
A private press devoted to livres d'artistes combining hand-set type, original illustration and hand binding.
Springtide Press
Letterpress artist books, broadsides, and ephemera in which typography plays a central role; proprietor Jessica Spring co-created the Dead Feminists series and invented Daredevil Furniture for setting type in curves and angles.
St Brigid Press
Traditional letterpress printing and small-press publishing using hand-set type, hand-carved illustrations, foot-powered presses, and hand-sewn bindings.
St James Park Press
Fine letterpress printing of illustrated books, typically featuring wood engravings or original illustrative work in hand-made limited editions.
The Stella Press
Publishing fine limited editions of works of English literature in the private-press tradition, with editorial work in Naples and book design, printing and binding carried out in England.
Stoney Road Press
A Dublin fine-art print and editioning studio working with leading Irish and international artists on etchings, carborundum prints and limited-edition books, equipped with a restored letterpress.
Suntup Editions
Publisher of finely crafted numbered and lettered limited editions combining letterpress and offset printing, commissioned artwork and fine bookbinding materials.
Susan Allix
Hand-made artist's books that combine letterpress text, original etchings and other printmaking, and fine binding, all made by the artist herself.
Swamp Press
Designing and printing fine letterpress books, especially poetry, chapbooks, and miniature books, and operating a type foundry that casts Monotype and creates new typefaces.
Thin Ice Press
The letterpress printing centre of the University of York, producing limited-edition letterpress books and ephemera from hand-set type and offering workshops as 'the York Centre for Print'.
Thornwillow Press
Press of letterpress-printed, hand-bound limited editions with genuine engraving and custom bookbinding, with more than 150 editions held in major museum and institutional collections.
Tudor Black Press
A private press printing letterpress by hand, producing fine-press editions of literary texts paired with wood engravings.
Turkey Press
Handmade letterpress books and prints blending traditional bookmaking with contemporary materials, focused on poetry and the visual and tactile experience of the page.
Two Ponds Press
Award-winning publisher of fine-press artist books made with traditional printing methods in collaboration with letterpress printers and fine binders.
Two Rivers Press
Individually designed illustrated books combining art and literature, including poetry and works of local interest to Reading.
University of Alabama MFA Book Arts Program
A graduate program in making books by hand, offering a 60-credit MFA covering letterpress printing, typography, hand bookbinding, hand papermaking and book history. It describes itself as the oldest dedicated book-making program of its kind in the country.
University of Iowa Center for the Book
An interdisciplinary arts-and-research program offering an MFA in Book Arts, with letterpress, papermaking, bookbinding and lettering studios supporting the creative production of fine press and artists' books.
Wai-te-ata Press
University letterpress press producing limited-edition fine-press works by contemporary New Zealand writers and artists on historic presses, alongside book-arts teaching and heritage-type projects.
Warwick Press
Fine graphic design, letterpress printing, hand bookbinding, and limited-edition publishing by Carol J. Blinn.
Wells Book Arts Center
Continues the fine-printing tradition begun by Victor Hammer, who founded the Wells College Press in 1941. The center holds an extensive collection of letterpress equipment including Victor Hammer's Washington-style hand press, Vandercook presses and hundreds of cases of type.
Whittington Press
One of the most important British private presses of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, printing and publishing all its work in letterpress and publisher of Matrix, the celebrated annual review for printers and bibliophiles.
Woodcraft Press
A private letterpress press run by Owen Legg in Tonbridge, Kent, printing limited editions by hand on a Cropper treadle press and a Fine Press Book Association member.
Zagava
Limited and lettered editions of literary and weird fiction, often in English.
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