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private press

British  

noun

  1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“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

Archbishop Parker had a private press, and 61his books were printed with types cast at his own cost, John Day being sometimes employed as his workman.

From English Embroidered Bookbindings by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

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