BookPresses

Northfield, Massachusetts, USA · est. 1976

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.

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About the press

Swamp Press is a Northfield, Massachusetts letterpress publisher run by Edward Rayher. It conceptualizes, designs, and prints fine letterpress books while also operating a type foundry that casts Monotype and engraves new matrices. Its work is held in private collections and rare book libraries.

Notable titles

  • The Flip-Book of the French Revolution
  • Christmas Trees (Robert Frost)

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