THE OLD SCHOOL PRESS

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Writing in The Times in April 2000, Bibliomane said:
'Venice Visited' stands out, confident and jolly . . . A child could tell you that this is a beautiful book.

The Old School Press prints and publishes new texts in limited editions with specially commissioned illustrations. We use traditional letterpress printing techniques, metal type, fine papers, and hand-binding.

The press has its home in the one-time school of the village of Hinton Charterhouse, just south of Bath, England. One of our books can start with a text, a paper, a typeface, or a medium of illustration. Where it finishes is never fully known until the sheets go to the binder! Our aim is always to find a combination of text, illustration, typeface, papers, and binding that makes a unified whole. Our books are generally illustrated with specially commissioned work from artists working in a variety of media which to date have included watercolour, wood engraving, wood cuts, line drawing, pastels, digital photography, and pochoir.

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I occasionally prune my own collection of books and printing ephemera (including Whittington posters and Monotype Newsletters) and have some items for sale view a list of secondhand books for sale.

If you are a binder and like to obtain unbound sets of sheets you will find that we often reserve a small proportion of an edition in sheets for binders and at a large discount. Look for books with the sign, which will tell you how many sections are involved, and click on the button on the left for a list of books available in sheets.

Martyn Ould


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