private press

British  

noun

1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

private press

“He was convinced that she was a lost private press folk artist from the ’60s or ’70s.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Since the 1990s, he’s been a collector of rare, obscure and private press records sourced from area thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023

In a select, private press demo and interview event held following the game’s reveal, producer Yoshio Sakamoto offered an explanation.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2021

By that time, anyway, I'd grown bored of producing finely printed bits and pieces, for a private press publisher rarely gets offered more than that.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2012

It might have been professional delicacy that prompted him to ask Pezzana’s permission to have a private press built, or it might have been a bid for patronage from the generous and influential printer.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob