| v i t a e | l i n k s | c o n t a c t | d i r e c t i o n s |
| t h e b o s s d o g p r e s s | |
a b o u t |
My
first brush with fine printing came during college when I became
acquainted with the work of Roy A. Squires. Shortly thereafter I was
seduced by Lewis Allen's influential book Printing with the Handpress.
In the intervening decades I was occasionally able acquire equipment
and to do a little letterpress printing; but it was in 2003 that the
press of my dreams arrived at Burke Street, courtesy of Mike Peich and
his Aralia Press. So far we have produced one book, Rules for Bookbinders,
and have several projects in the works. |
t h e
p r e s s r o o m |
Consists
of
three
working presses: a 20"x 25" Washington, a 6" x 10" Kelsey Model X and
an Adana Horizontal Quarto. We also have a Vandercook Model 099 proof
press and a Wesel galley proof press. In September of 2007 we acquired
a Poco proof press in need of restoration along with over 100
typecases, one double and three single dustless type banks. In other
words: the shop is full. We recently laid in some new 18 point Dante
Roman from Michael Bixler, and have a good run of
Italian Old Style roman & italic from 14 to 36 point. |
i n p r i n t |
Books Rules For Bookbinders by Fritz Eberhardt Ephemera New Years' Card (2005) New Years' Card (2007) Passage Of A Painter - John Wheatcroft (2007) New Years' Card (2008) |
| w o r k i n p r o g r e s s | I am working
on a
catalog of bookbinding tools and equipment previously owned by Loyd
Haberly. This will be a very small edition (maybe 30 copies) limited by
the small quantity of remaining handmade paper with Haberly's
watermark. The catalog will contain smoke proofs of approximately 120
finishing tools, digital images of the equipment, and hand set Italian
Old Style text printed damp on the Washington. The binding has not been
finalized. |
| s t a n d i n g o r d e r s | Standing
order customers have the benefits of first acceptance
of all new titles, a twenty percent discount and free shipping. There
are currently 14 standing orders. |
| d e a l e r s | Dealer
discount is thirty percent. |
| o r d e r i n g | Anyone
interested in books from the press is invited to contact us. |
contents
copyright Don Rash 2007
revised 1/1/2008
revised 1/1/2008