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private press

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noun

  1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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Eritrea is the only African country without privately owned media, having shut down its private press in 2001 under the pretext of "national security".

From BBC

“He was convinced that she was a lost private press folk artist from the ’60s or ’70s.”

From New York Times

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

This is a private press label that Pachuco Volume 1 is on: Billionaire Records.

From Los Angeles Times

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