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Chestertown, New York, USA · est. 2004

Chester Creek Press

Hand-bound fine-press and letterpress limited editions, with an emphasis on quality bookbinding; titles often draw on natural subjects.

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About the press

Chester Creek Press is a fine press run by Robert Walp in Chestertown, New York. It produces hand-bound limited-edition books with an emphasis on fine binding and production.

Notable titles

  • Peak to Peak: Verplanck Colvin and the First Years of the Adirondack Survey
  • Muse (Charlotte Muse)
  • Fingerings for Words (James Bernard Gross)

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