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private press

British  

noun

  1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

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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

A smooth post-soft-rock guitar and synthesizer album considered a classic by collectors of private press recordings, “L’Amour” has a beguiling back story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2014

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

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

He had, however, now left, and the private press was closed.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary