Aralia Press
Printing contemporary poetry from hand-set type, letterpress-printed and hand-bound, with a teaching component for students at West Chester University.
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Hand binding
Presses that bind their own editions by hand. 44 presses.
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.
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.
Big Jump Press
Letterpress-printed, hand-bound limited-edition artists' books, prints and broadsides exploring themes of transformation, translation and shifting perspective.
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.
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.
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.
Deep Wood Press
Chad Pastotnik's letterpress and intaglio private-press and artists' books using handset type, wood engravings, and fine binding.
Fablelistik Editions
Fine-press limited editions of well-known literary works, using hot-metal letterpress printing, illustration, handmade materials and fine bookbinding.
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.
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.
Heavenly Monkey
A private letterpress and binding studio that publishes books inked, printed and bound entirely by hand on antique handpresses.
Holloway Press
University-based private press producing designed, letterpress-printed and hand-bound limited editions, much of it printed by Tara McLeod.
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.
Lone Goose Press
Limited-edition letterpress books, broadsides, and hand-bound works emphasizing typographic design, letterpress printing, and bookbinding.
The Melville Press
Fine illustrated letterpress limited editions on themes of voyaging, issued in signed and numbered runs.
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.
Nepenthe Press
A fine press publishing illustrated limited-edition books of literary and weird fiction in collaboration with leading illustrators, printers and binders.
No Reply Press
Publisher of letterpress and hand-bound limited editions produced with traditional craft techniques.
Pie In The Sky Press
Letterpress artists' books and fine-press editions by Rebecca Chamlee, frequently inspired by botanical and natural-history subjects.
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.
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.
Russell Maret
Letterpress artist's books and original metal typefaces, including the 'Artless Lemur' craft series of books about printing and book arts.
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.
St Brigid Press
Traditional letterpress printing and small-press publishing using hand-set type, hand-carved illustrations, foot-powered presses, and hand-sewn bindings.
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.
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.
Two Ponds Press
Award-winning publisher of fine-press artist books made with traditional printing methods in collaboration with letterpress printers and fine binders.
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.
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.