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Stockholm, Wisconsin, USA · est. 1980

Midnight Paper Sales

Gaylord Schanilec's wood-engraved, letterpress natural-history fine-press books.

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About the press

Midnight Paper Sales is the press of fine printer and wood engraver Gaylord Schanilec, based in Stockholm, Wisconsin. It is renowned for beautifully crafted, limited-edition letterpress books featuring original wood engravings, many on natural-history themes.

Notable titles

  • A Little Book of Birds
  • American Crow: Report from Quarantine
  • Man Before a Mirror
  • It's Come to This
  • Hole in the Donut: Scrape 22

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