单词 | private press |
释义 | > as lemmasprivate press private press n. a small privately-owned printing and publishing house (now usually one issuing small print runs of books embodying higher standards of production than those of commercial publishers). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing trade > [noun] > printing establishment > private private press1643 1643 in D. Neal Hist. Puritans (1855) 456/2 The Company of Stationers and the Committee of Examinations are required to make strict inquiry after private presses, and to search all suspected shops and warehouses for unlicensed books and pamphlets. 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance iv. i. 47 Then he keeps a private Press and prints your Amsterdam and Leyden Libels. 1834 J. Martin Bibliogr. Catal. Bks. Privately Printed p. v The second portion of the work, consisting of an account of the publications from literary clubs, and private presses. 1900 Library 1 407 Since the days when Horace Walpole started as a master-printer at Strawberry Hill quite a number of book-lovers have amused themselves with the management, and occasionally with the actual working, of a private press. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons (BNC) 65/2 He published on American history and established his own private press, the Guyon House Press. < as lemmas |
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