Size:Article – British Letterpress in 100 Objects

Incline Press

Oldham-based brilliant makers of letterpress books…and much more.

For many printers, this was the first time they got printed ink on the page, leading to a life-long passion for letterpress.

Royal Arms have always conferred an air of authority on printed items and printers have sought to use this in their work.

The compendium that traced the finest printing and state of the art since 1895

An especially English face that rested in obscurity for 144 years.

One of the smallest but most important tools in a letterpress printing works

Photopolymer Plate

The clever invention, just too late to make a difference to letterpress’ demise, but that keeps some printers happy today

The one-time all-powerful Guild protecting the ‘mystery’ of printing in London

Leeds’ all-iron hand press, popular in the North of England.

The Manchester-built competitor to the Heidelberg Platen.