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Fine pressprinting and
publishing comprises historical and contemporary printers and publishers publishing
books and other printed matter of exceptional intrinsic quality and artistic taste, including both commercial and
private presses.
History of fine press
As part of the
Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Englishman
William Morris wanted to counter the industrialization of culture through a revival of craft in printing, printmaking, and publishing. One of the books they published was the
Kelmscott Chaucer. Soon, fine presses began to spring up in the United States as well; the most prominent was the
Roycroft Press. Los Angeles was a center of the fine press movement, particularly centered on the Ward Ritchie press. In the 1920s, San Francisco became known for the elegant publications of
John Henry Nash, and likewise became a fine press center on the west coast.
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Fine pressprinting and
publishing comprises historical and contemporary printers and publishers publishing
books and other printed matter of exceptional intrinsic quality and artistic taste, including both commercial and
private presses.
History of fine press
As part of the
Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Englishman
William Morris wanted to counter the industrialization of culture through a revival of craft in printing, printmaking, and publishing. One of the books they published was the
Kelmscott Chaucer. Soon, fine presses began to spring up in the United States as well; the most prominent was the
Roycroft Press. Los Angeles was a center of the fine press movement, particularly centered on the Ward Ritchie press. In the 1920s, San Francisco became known for the elegant publications of
John Henry Nash, and likewise became a fine press center on the west coast.