private press


noun
  1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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How to use private press in a sentence

  • There were several other editions the same year, one printed at John Wilkes' private press in Westminster.

    Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing
  • They were thence translated into English by Mr. Johns, and printed at his private press at Hafod, in 1807.

  • The state, being controller of all the implements of production, a private press would be as illegal as the dies used by a forger.

    A Critical Examination of Socialism | William Hurrell Mallock
  • With a private press he worked his own notes, and counterfeited the signatures of the cashiers, completely.

    Recollections of a Policeman | William Russell (aka Thomas Waters)
  • With a private press he worked his own notes; and counterfeited the signatures of the cashiers, completely.