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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59 presses in USA.
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 Ascensius Press
Letterpress printing, book design, and production coordination for authors, publishers, and libraries, alongside the press's own handset letterpress editions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fablelistik Editions
Fine-press limited editions of well-known literary works, using hot-metal letterpress printing, illustration, handmade materials and fine bookbinding.
Foolscap Press
Finely crafted limited-edition books designed, letterpress-printed, and bound entirely in-house, typically in editions of 90 to 200 copies.
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.
The Heavy Duty Press
Letterpress-printed limited-edition artists' books, broadsides, and collaborative projects set in metal type, emphasizing handcraft and slow media.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Suntup Editions
Publisher of finely crafted numbered and lettered limited editions combining letterpress and offset printing, commissioned artwork and fine bookbinding materials.
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.
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.
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.
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.