private press

British  

noun

1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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private press

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

In the 1980s and 1990s, she shied away from major labels, choosing instead to release material on private press cassettes.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2017

J. Ben and Elizabeth Lieberman, Professor Lieberman’s parents, were leaders in the private press revival movement in America during the 1950s.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2013

This volume was presently, I fancy, withdrawn, and the author has distributed some portions of it in succeeding pamphlets, or in books printed at Mr. Daniel’s private press in Oxford. 

From Letters on Literature by Andrew Lang

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