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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Private press
Independent presses pursuing a personal vision, edition by edition. 64 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.
Artichoke Press
Letterpress limited editions of literature and photography collected by libraries, museums and bibliophiles internationally.
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.
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.
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.
Boss Dog Press
Hand-set letterpress fine-press editions, produced alongside Don Rash's fine bindery and the School for Formal Bookbinding.
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.
Chevington Press
Hand-printed limited-edition artist's books in which letterpress type and original etchings are each printed separately by hand.
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.
Deep Wood Press
Chad Pastotnik's letterpress and intaglio private-press and artists' books using handset type, wood engravings, and fine binding.
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.
The Florin Press
Letterpress editions printed on Columbian and Albion hand presses, with original wood engravings, by Graham Williams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Midnight Paper Sales
Gaylord Schanilec's wood-engraved, letterpress natural-history fine-press books.
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.
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.
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.
The Reading Room Press
Hand-set letterpress limited editions printed by Dr. Miles Wigfield.
Red Hydra Press
Letterpress-printed, handmade limited-edition books and broadsides featuring poets writing in English and Spanish, in both traditional and experimental formats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.