Listed below are the private presses that we actively collect. We do not have comprehensive collections for most of them, and in some cases we may only have an example or two, or none at all.
Abbatoir Editions
Acorn Club
Acorn Press
Adagio Press (The Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr)
Adams Press
Albondocani Press
Alderbrink Press
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Anchor Press
Antioch Press
Anvil Press
Apple Barrell Press
Apprentice House
Arcadian Press
Argus Book Shop
Argus Press
Arion Press
Asgard Press
Ashendene Press
Asphodel Book Shop
At the Sign of the Gargoyle
Athanor Books
Athens Press
Attic Press
Auvergne Press
Bahr, Leonard F. (See also: Adagio Press)
Ballantyne Press
Banyan Press
Bertsch & Cooper, Inc., Printers
Bieler Press
Bird & Bull Press
Biscuit City Press
Black Archer Press
Black Cat Press
Black Faun Press
Black Knight Press
Black Mack, The Handpress
Black Mesa Press
Black Sparrow Press
Blackstock Press
Blackwood Press
Blue Heron Publishing Company
Blue Oak Press
Blue Ox Press
Blue Sky Press
Book Club of California
Bookfellows
Boreas Press
Box Tree Press
Bradley, Will, Printer (See also: Wayside Press)
Branding Iron Press
Brewhouse Press
Broadside Press
Bronte Press
Brothers of the Book
Browne's Bookstore
Bruccoli Clark
Butternut Press
Cadenus Press
Cadenza Press
Camel Press
Capricorn Press
Carteret Book Club
Casanova Booksellers
Castle Press
Catfish Press
Caxton Club
Cedar Creek Press
Ceres Press
Cherryburn Press
Chicago Literary Club
Chicago School of Printing
Chiswick Press
Circlet Press (Gender Studies Collection: Books; Archival Materials)
Cliff Dwellers
Clio Press
Clocktower Press
Cloister Press
Coach House Print Shop
Coffee House Press (Formerly: Toothpaste Press)
Colony Press
Colt Press
Compulsive Printer
Concordia Co.
Contre Coup Press.
Corycian Press
Countryman Press
Cranbrook Press
Cranium Press
Cresset Press
Crippled Turtle, Press of The - Use: Press of the Crippled Turtle
Cuala Press
Cuckoo Hill Press
Cucumber Press
Cumming, John, Private Press of - Use: Private Press of John Cumming Cummington Press
Cuneo Press
Curwen Press
D'Ambrosio, Joseph J., Publisher
Dartmouth Publications
Dawson's Book Shop
Dead Languages (no current holdings)
Decker, James A., Press of
Depot Press
Dery Press
Dial Press
Dierkes Press
Dogwood Press
Dolmen Press
Donnelley - Use: Lakeside Press
Doomsday Press
Dothard Press
Douglas M. Harris, Publisher - Use: Harris, Douglas M., Publisher
Doves Press
Dreadnaught (no current holdings)
Druid Press
Duensing, Paul Hayden, Private Press and Typefoundry of
Dunes House
Duodecimo Society (no current holdings)
E. J. Jacob Press - Use: Jacob, E. J., Press
Edwin B. Hill Press - Use: Hill, Edwin B., Press.
El Soploñ Press - Use: Soploñ Press
Elizabeth Press
Elm Press
Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana (See also: The Ward Ritchie Press)
Elmete Press
Elston Press
Embers Handpress
Enigma Press
Enitharmon Press
Eragny Press
Essex House Press
Eucalyptus Press
Evening Coffee Editions
Eyncourt Press
Fine Editions Press
Finial Press
Firemark Press
Flaming Press
Flying Fish Press
Folder Editions
Folio Press
Foolscap Press
Fortune Press
Four Winds Press
Franfrolico Press
Fred Totten Phelps Press
French Publishing Corp.
Gardyloo Press
Gargoyle - Use: At the Sign of the Gargoyle
Gehenna Press
George H. Petty, Publisher - Use: Petty, George H., Publisher
George Yamada Press - Use: Yamada, George, Press.
Georgian Press
Giles Press
Glad Hand Press
Goad Press
Gogmagog
Golden Cockerell Press
Golden Quill Press
Gothic Press
Grabhorn & Hoyem
Grabhorn Press
Graywolf
Green Mountain Press
Greenwood Press
Gregynog Press
Greville Press
Grilled Flowers Press
Grolier Club
Haddon Craftsmen
Halfpenny Press
Hanuman Books
Harris, Douglas M., Publisher.
Harry N. Abrams - Use: Abrams, Harry N.
Hawthorn House
Haywoods, Private Press of the - Use: Private Press of the Haywoods
Hechtshaw Press
Herrin News
High/Coo Press
Hill and Dale Press
Hill, Edwin B., Press
Hill, Walter M
Hogarth Press
Holiday Press
Holy Cow! Press
Home of Books, Inc.
Hosanna Press
Hours Press
House of Ryder Press
Howe, W. T .H., Private Press of--Use W.T.H. Howe Press
Huet, Roger, Publisher
Iguana Press
Imprint Society (Barre, Mass.)
Indiana Kid, Private Press of the--Use: Private Press of the Indiana Kid
Iris Press
Jacob, E. J., Press
Janus Press
John Cumming Press - Use: Cumming, John, Private Press of
Joseph J. D'Ambrosio - Use: D'Ambrosio, Joseph J., Publisher
Juniper Press
Karuba Press
Kat Ran Press
Keepsake Press
Kelmscott Press
Kennedy, Lawton & Alfred
Kindle Press
Kings Estate Press
Kingsport Press
Kitemaug Press
L. F. White - Use: White, L. F.
Lakeside Press.
Landlocked Press
Langenscheidt
Lapis Press
Laughing Dragon Press
LD's Press of the Bald Eagle
Library Associates of the University of California, Davis
Limited Editions Club
Lord, William Sinclair, Publisher.
Maclellan, W., Press
Macmillan
Mailer Press
Maizeland Press
Markesan
Mathew Zimmer Press - Use: Zimmer, Mathew Press
Maverick Press
Mayhew Press
Meadow Press
Media Press
Merging Media
Meriden-Stinehour
Merrymount Press
Metatron Press
Midland Press
Midnight Paper Sales Press
Miles, William
Minuteman Press
Molehill Press
Monastery Hill Press
Moneytree Press
Monroe Wheeler Press - Use: Wheeler, Monroe, Press
Moremeat Press
Morning Star Press
Mosher, Thomas B., Press of
Muscatene Press
Nemesis Press at Urbana, Illinois
Nemesis Press at Hindsboro, Illinois
Nevertheless Press
New Directions
New Rivers Press
Nexus Press
Night Heron Press
Nightowl, Press of the
Ninja Press
Nonesuch Press
Norman Press
Normandie House
Nova Press
O'Connell, Bonnie
Oak Leaves Press
Occetillo Press
Old Colony Press
Old Swimmin' Hole Press
Oldstyle Press
Oliphant Press
Oliver Press
Other Door Printing and Publishing
Overbrook Press
Oyez Press
Padell
Paine Publishing Company
Panache Press
Pandora Press
Paragon Press
Pegacycle Lady, Press of the
Penguin Press
Penmaen Press
Pennyroyal Press
Penstemon Press
Pentagram Press
Penumbra Press
Peppercanister Press
Peridot Press
Perimeter Press
Perishable Press Limited
Periwinkle Press
Perpetua Press
Persistence Press
Persnickety Press
Pentagram Press
Peter Pauper Press
Petrarch Press
Petty, George H., Publisher
Phelps, Fred Totten, Private Press of - Use: Fred Totten Phelps Press
Philosopher Press
Pillbox Press
Pilot Press
Pilot Rock Press
Plantin Press
Plimpton Press
Pocahontas Press
Pocket-Knife Press
Poetry Press
Pony Barn Press
Poor Richard Press
Porpoise Bookshop
Prairie Press
Press of A. D. Weinthorp - Use: Weinthorp, A. D., Press of
Press of James A. Decker - Use: Decker, James A., Press of
Press of the Bald Eagle - Use: LD's Press of the Bald Eagle
Press of the Crippled Turtle
Press of the Nightowl
Press of the Pegacycle Lady
Press of the Woolly Whale
Press of Thomas B. Mosher - Use: Mosher, Thomas B., Press of
Press of Ward Schori - Use: Schori Press
Presscraft Papers
Primavera Press
Print Shop
Print Society
Print Workshop
Printery
Printing House of Philip Reed
Prism Press
Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing - Use: Duensing, Paul Hayden, Private Press and Typefoundry of
Private Press of A.D. Weinthorp - Use: Weinthorp, A.D., Private Press of
Private Press of Dave Webb
Private Press of Fred Totten Phelps - Use: Fred Totten Phelps Press
Private Press of George Yamada - Use: Yamada, George, Private Press of.
Private Press of John Cumming Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr - Use: Adagio Press
Private Press of the Haywoods
Private Press of the Indiana Kid
Private Press of Thomas C. Russell - Use: Russell, T. C., Private Press
Private Press of W. T. H. Howe - Use: W. T. H. Howe Press
Private Press of Ward Schori - Use: Schori Press
Private Press of Will Bradley - Use: Bradley, Will, Private Press of
Proscenium Press
Purgatory Pie Press
Qara Press
Quarto Press
Quelquefois Press
R. R. Donnelly & Sons Co. - Use: Lakeside Press
Radell Press
Ragnarok Press
Rain Press
Rain (Wilmette, Illinois) - Use: Rain Press
Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Publisher - Use: Seymour, Ralph Fletcher
Rampant Lions Press
Rampart Press
Ransom, Will
Rebis Press
Red Mountain Editions
Red Ozier Press
Red Rock Press
Redcoat Press
Reed, Philip, Printing Office of
Renshaw Press
Richmond Art Press
Ritchie, Ward, Press-- Use: Ward Ritchie Press
Rivercrest House
Riverside Press
Roadside Press
Rob Run Press
Roger Huet, Publisher - Use: Huet, Roger, Publisher
Ronart Press
Rose Shell Press
Rowfant Club
Roycrofters Press
Rudge, William Edwin, Printer
Russel, Thomas C., Private Press of.
Sacramento Book Collectors Club
SailorBoy Press
Salient Seedling Press
San Simeon Press
Santa Barbara
Santa Susanna Press
Scarab Press
Scarlet Ibis Press
Sceptre Press
Schori Press
Sea Pen Press
Seamark Press
Secker & Warburg
Second Porcupine Press
Sequoia Press
Seven Arts Press
Seymour, Ralph Fletcher
Shakespeare Head Press
Sherwin Beach Press
Sign of the Rolling Stone
Signet Press
Silken Sledrag
Silver Buckle Press
Silver Quoin Press
Silverado Press
Silverado Squatters
Society of Dofobs
Soploñ Press
Southworth Press
Southworth-Anthoensen
Sparrow Press
Spiral Press
Spirit That Moves Us Press
Spoon River Press
Spoon River Poetry Press
St. Dominic's Press
St. Teresa's Press
Stevens and Webb
Stinehour Press
Stone House Press
Stone Wall Press
Stratford Press
Sumac Press
Sutton Hoo Press
Swallow Press
Sylvester & Orphanos
Tamalpais
Targ, William, Publisher
Thistle Press
Tideline Press
Tinhorn Press
Tiramisu Press
Tommasini Press
Toothpaste Press (now Coffee-House Press)
Torch Press
Toucan Press
Town Talk Press
Tragara Press
Treacle Press
Trovillion Private Press
Turtle Island, Foundation
Twowindows Press
Typophiles
Underwood-Miller
Unicorn Press
Uranian
Vagabond Press
Vale Press
Vanishing Press
Village Press
Vincent Works Press
W. Maclellan Press - Use: Maclellan, W. Press
W. T. H. Howe Press
Wagon & Star Press
Wagoner Printing Co.
Walpole Printing Office
Walter M. Hill - Use Hill, Walter M.
Ward Ritchie Press
Water Tower Press
Wayside Press
Webb, Dave, Private Press of
Weinthorp, A. D., Private Press of
Wheeler, Monroe, Press.
White, L. F.
William Edwin Rudge, Printer - Use: Rudge, William Edwin, Printer.
William Miles - Use: Miles, William.
William Sinclair Lord - Use: Lord, William Sinclair, Publisher.
William Targ, Publisher - Use: Targ, William, Publisher.
Willow Press
Wind-Tryst Press
Windhover Press
Windsor Press
Womens' Studio Workshop
Woodbine
Woolly Whale, Press of the - Use: Press of the Woolly Whale
Works, Vincent, Press
Yamada, George, Press
Yellow Barn Press
Yellowsands Press
Zasterle Press
Zimmer, Mathew, Press
Zonne & Company