A great thanks to David Rose at www.fiveroses.org for these links! Be sure to check out his intro to letterpress printing as well.
Letterpress Printers
| Private Press movement | http://www.fiveroses.org/Letterpress.htm |
| Crane on Letterpress | http://www.crane.com/business/files/CranesOnLetterpress.pdf |
| Letterpress Printers by State | http://www.crane.com/business/wheretobuy/letterpressprinters.asp |
| HOW Magazine’s List of Printers | http://www.howdesign.com/dt/letterpressprinters.pdf |
| Women Printers | http://libweb2.princeton.edu/rbsc2/ga/unseenhands/ |
Internet Mailing Lists
| Introduction to the Letpress list | http://fiveroses.org/letpresslist.htm |
| Join the Letpress list | https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=letpress&A=1 |
| Search the Letpress Archives | https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin/wa?S1=letpress&X=- |
| Read the Letpress FAQ | http://www.greendolphinpress.com/letterpress-faq.html |
| Visit the Book Arts-L List | http://www.philobiblon.com |
| Find other book-related lists | http://www.philobiblon.com/lists.htm |
National and Local Printing Groups
| Amalgamated Printers’ Assoc | http://www.apa-letterpress.org |
| British Printing Society | http://www.bpsnet.org.uk/ |
| Boston Book Arts | http://www.bostonbookarts.org/ |
| AAPA American Group List | http://members.aol.com/aapa96/local.html |
| BPS British Group List | http://www.bpsnet.org.uk/page8.htm |
| Canadian Book Guild | http://www.cbbag.ca/ |
| National Amateur Press Assoc | http://www.amateurpress.org/index.htm |
| UAPAA | http://uapaa.jarday.com/ |
| Gothika APA List | http://gothikapa.tripod.com/apalinks.htm |
| American Printing History Assoc | http://www.printinghistory.org |
| Printing Historical Society | http://www.printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk |
| Fine Press Book Association | http://www.the-old-school.demon.co.uk/fpba/fpba.htm |
Online Resources
| The Briar Press | http://www.briarpress.org |
| Briar Press Letterpress Directory | http://www.briarpress.org/directory/ |
| PhotoPolymer Letterpress Group | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPLetterpress/ |
| SFLetterpress Group | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfletterpress/ |
| Friends of Dard Hunter | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dardhunter/ |
| R-G Rummond’s Handpress | http://letterspace.com/handpress/ |
| Philobiblon Letterpress Link | http://www.philobiblon.com/letprint.htm |
| Letterpress Alive in UK! | http://www.letterpressalive.co.uk/ |
| Macintosh iCal of printer’s dates | webcal://icalx.com/public/interrobang/Printing32Holidays.ics |
| CD of Printing-related Films | http://www.juxtapress.com/movies.htm |
| Letterpress Printing in the 1960’s | http://home.iprimus.com.au/billlize/ |
| Bill Ricker’s Letterpress Page | http://world.std.com/~wdr/printing.html |
| Matthew McClintock’s Page | http://work.colum.edu/~matma/letterpress/letterpress.html |
Print Resources
| The Printer Newspaper | http://www.the-printer-online.com/ |
| The Printer UK subscriptions | alembicprs@aol.com |
| Small Printer Magazine | http://www.bpsnet.org.uk/page3.htm |
| Book Arts Periodicals list | http://www.bookarts.com/bad0n.htm |
| Book Arts Classified | http://www.bookarts.com/bac.htm |
| Type & Press Back Issues | http://www.apa-letterpress.org/Files/APA/TP/TPIndexpage.html |
| Book Dealers in the Book Arts | www.fiveroses.org/bibliography.htm#Dealers |
| Matrix | http://www.whittingtonpress.com/#Matrix |
Classes and Academic Programs
Printing Museums
| Gutenberg Museum | http://www.gutenberg.de/english/index.htm |
| Plantin Moretus | Ofazomi Notes http://museum.antwerpen.be/plantin_moretus/index_eng.html |
| Mississippi Ag Museum | http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/Library/BBC/AgMuseum/AgForMuseum.html |
| Museum of Printing (MA) | http://www.museumofprinting.org/ |
| Museum of Printing History (TX) | http://www.printingmuseum.org/ |
| Int’l Printing Museum (CA) | http://www.printmuseum.org/ |
| Smithsonian Institution | http://americanhistory.si.edu/youmus/ex25prgr.htm |
| Hamilton Wood Type Museum | http://www.woodtype.org/ |
| Museum of Papermaking | http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/ |
| An American Time Capsule | http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html |
| Printing Museums Worldwide | http://www.letterpress.ch/LINKS.html |
| Association Lettres & Images | http://www.letterpress.ch |
| AAPA Museum List | http://members.aol.com/aapa96/museums.html |
| Virginia Tech Museum List | http://teched.vt.edu/gcc/PDFs/PrintingMuseumsWorld2.pdf |
| PageTwo Museum List | http://www.bookarts.com/bad0l.htm |
Letterpress & Book Arts Manuals
| Kelsey Printing Manual Online | http://www.donblack.ca/kelsey/intro.htm |
| Flywheel & Cylinder Manuals | http://www.boxcarpress.com/flywheel/ |
| Carnegie Mellon Online Manuals | http://www.oakknoll.com/digitalbooks.php |
| Annotated Bibliography | http://www.fiveroses.org/bibliography.htm |
| Oak Knoll Books | http://www.oakknoll.com/ |
| The Veatchs | http://www.veatchs.com/ |
| Frances Wakeman Books | http://www.fwbooks.com/ |
| Forest Books | http://www.forestbooks.co.uk |
| Children’s Book Arts books | http://exit3.i-55.com/~anthill/bkartkid.html |
| Book Arts Dealers | www.fiveroses.org/bibliography.htm#Dealers |
| Antiquarian Book Dealers | http://www.ilab.org |
| Amazon.com | http://www.amazon.com |
| BookFinder.com | http://www.BookFinder.com |
| FetchBook.Info | http://www.FetchBook.Info |
Letterpress Equipment
| Briar Press Online Museum | http://www.briarpress.org/museum/ |
| Common Press Experiences | http://www.neilgiroux.com/995/index.php?page=4 |
| Type & Press Articles on Presses | http://www.apa-letterpress.org/Files/TP/TP_Index.html |
| Choosing a Tabletop Platen | http://www.donblack.ca/first-press.htm |
| 1908 Golding Press Catalog | http://www.greenapple.com/~aapa/golding/goldingcatalog.pdf |
| C&P Press Restoration | http://www.preservation.gc.ca/facts/jack_e.asp |
| Colt’s catalogs and manuals | http://www.petrzelka.com/letterpress/letterpress.html |
| Brandtjen & Kluge | http://www.brandtjenandkluge.com/company.htm |
| M. Swift & Sons Stamping Foil | http://www.mswiftandsons.com/hotdie.html |
| Wilden’s Vandercook Reference | http://mwilden.com/vandercook/ |
| Ten Presses Video | scotfre@aol.com |
Letterpress Dealers
| Don Black Linecasting | http://www.donblack.ca/ |
| Dave Churchman | churchmans@comcast.net |
| John Barrett | Letterpressthing@aol.com |
| Jim Heagy | http://stores.ebay.com/SAN-FRANCISCO-SURPLUS_Type-letterpress |
| eBay Printing Auctions | http://search.ebay.com/letterpress |
| Specialized Machinery Riggers | http://dmoz.org/Business/Industrial_Goods_and_Services/Casting,_Molding,_Machining/Machine_Shops/Millwright_and_Rigging/ |
Letterpress Printing Suppliers
Paper and Papermaking
| Twinrocker Mill | http://www.twinrocker.com/ |
| ArtPaper.com | http://www.artpaper.com/ |
| Paper Catalog | http://www.thepapercatalog.com |
| John Purcell Paper | http://www.johnpurcell.net/ |
| PaperPresentation | http://www.paperpresentation.com |
| ANW Crestwood | http://www.anwcrestwood.com/ |
| Kinsella Art Papers | http://kinsellaartpapers.com/ |
| LCI Papers | http://www.lcipaper.com/ |
| Dolphin Papers | Dolphinpapers@SBCGlobal.net |
| New York Central Art Supply | http://www.nycentralart.com/ |
| American Coaster Company | http://www.american-coaster.com/ |
| Dieu Donné Paper Mill | http://www.dieudonne.org/ |
| Mission Creek Press | http://www.missioncreekpress.com/ |
| Wisc. Center for Book & Paper | http://www.wibookandpaper.org/ |
Bookbinding
| Binding Tutorials | http://www.philobiblon.com/tutorials.htm |
| Single-section Binding | http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/owen.bradford/singlesection.html |
| Side-stab Binding | http://www.sff.net/people/Brook.West/bind/bindit.html |
| Bookbinding Bibliography | http://www.philobiblon.com/bibliography-bookbinding.htm |
| Binding Study Opportunities | http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw/studyopp.shtml |
| NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders | http://www.nswbookbinders.org.au |
| Bookbinding Home Study Video | http://www.cbbag.ca/HomeStudy.htm |
| Hand Book Binders | http://www.philobiblon.com/binder.htm |
| Searchable Database of Binders | http://nt.bnt.com/talas/searchbusiness.html |
Printing Type
| Index to ATF/BBS Type Catalogs | http://www.greenapple.com/~aapa/atf/ |
| Lokes Pinmark Reference Lib | http://www.briarpress.org/pinmarks/ |
| Identifont® | http://www.identifont.com/ |
| Fontscape | http://www.fontscape.com/ |
| Font Spotting by Mike Yanega | http://bowfinprintworks.com/FontSpotting.html |
| Dover Clip Art of Type & Cuts | http://store.yahoo.com/doverpublications/0486260232.html |
| Typographic Aficionados | http://www.typesociety.org/ |
| TypeCon | http://www.typecon2003.com/ |
| Dale Guild | http://www.daleguild.com/ |
| Schriftenservice | http://www.schriftenservice-d-stempel.de/schrift.htm |
| M&H Type | http://www.arionpress.com/mandh/index.htm |
| Sterling Type Foundry | http://www.sterlingtype.com/ |
| AAPA Foundry List | http://members.aol.com/aapa96/foundry.html |
| Phil Ambrosi | ambrosi.printers@sasktel.net |
| Michael & Winifred Bixler | http://www.mwbixler.com/ |
| Swamp Press | ed@swamppress.com |
| New Hamilton Wood Type | http://www.woodtype.org/items_for_sale.shtml |
| Wilden’s SortSnorter | http://mwilden.com/sortsnorter/ |
Type Casting
| Dave Seat Hot Metal Services | http://www.gohotmetal.com/ |
| Marlboro Mats | http://www.marlboromats.com/ |
| Don Black Linecasting | http://www.donblack.ca/ |
| Skyline Type Mats | http://www.skylinetype.com/ |
| Monotype U | wvtypenut@aol.com |
| Monotype Keyboard Videos | http://www.katranpress.com/ephemera/index.html |
| Monotype Caster Videos | http://www.katranpress.com/elston/index.html |
| Monotype Caster References | http://members.aol.com/typecaster/mono.htm |
| Linotype U | http://www.linotypeuniversity.com/ |
| Linotype.org | http://www.linotype.org/ |
| Slugcasters’ Mailing List | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IntertypeWorld/ |
| Hand Cast Type Foundry | http://www.neilgiroux.com/995/index.php?page=3 |
| Stan Nelson’s hand type molds | http://www.geocities.com/rsn_website/recreations.html |
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