private press

British  

noun

1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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Example Sentences

“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

Charles Clarke's private press, Great Totham, 1837. 8vo.

From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by Clare, John