BookPresses

Santa Cruz, USA · est. 1990

Foolscap Press

Finely crafted limited-edition books designed, letterpress-printed, and bound entirely in-house, typically in editions of 90 to 200 copies.

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About the press

Foolscap Press is a Santa Cruz, California press founded in 1990 by Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence G. Van Velzer, both of whom trained at Arion Press. The press designs, letterpress-prints, and binds its limited editions in-house using lead type and photopolymer plates.

Notable titles

  • Brief Loves That Live Forever

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