private press

British  

noun

1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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Example Sentences

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

Then, after a little night Googling, I discovered that the bulk of the material was originally published — bound in antique silk, naturally — by Cameron’s private press, Shrinking Violet.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2021

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

Printed at John Wilkes' private press in George St. Westminster, according to MS. note in title page.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson