Hi, thanks for camping in our clearing. You are hiker:
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to our good-reading, good-looking,
human-centered books . . .
Birch Brook Press, publisher of hand-crafted letterpress
books/art and distinctive trade books of literary interest,
and its production affiliate, Birch Brook Impressions,
welcome you into the landscape of handcrafted books and
art. We think of these books as Human-Centered because
producing letterpress books requires hands-on involvement
throughout the long process, from design, to casting/
setting metal type one letter at a time, to cutting quality
vellums, to printing on antique presses with care and pride.
You may begin your hike in Birch Brook's On-Line Catalog,
which contains information on all the titles and art currently
in print. This includes details on new and forthcoming titles,
with special emphases on Books About Books, Flyfishing &
the Outdoors, Baseball for Thinking Fans, Literary Fiction,
Passionate Poetry, non-fiction of cultural interest, including
stage, film, music, opera. Plus two pages of art and gift items.
Topical links in red are located to your left on this page.
¤ Hikers are able to make selections directly on-line via PayPal ¤
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| Handcrafted pages for people
who can't Live without Books
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| Printing & Publishing Philosophy
Our goal at BBP/BBI is to help sustain the craft of antique bookmaking in the age of the Internet, enabling readers and publishers to have access to books that are beautiful to behold, satisfying to hold, and wonderful to read. Despite the remarkable speed and versatility of computer-generated typesetting and computer-controlled offset printing, when it comes to a work of literary value or a personal treasure, speed is not the most important consideration. More important is close personal care. Letterpress production requires continuous human involvement at every stage, resulting in books that have the look and feel of life, not the flash and noise of hype. Although Letterpress books are much more costly to produce, we keep our prices competitive with much cheaper-to-produce computer-driven books to give readers more value.
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| wood engraving: Frank C. Eckmair |
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| wood engraving: Frank C. Eckmair |
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| Length & Breadth of Service
Birch Brook Press and Birch Brook Impressions were founded in 1982, and have served the reading public and book professionals continuously for 25 years. Over that time we have continued to expand our antique production capabilities. Today we offer original wood engravings, hot-foil stamping, hand-binding, and metal type casting on a Monotype system to supplement our inventory of more than 300 American Type Foundry fonts. Six printing presses are in operation -- from hand-operated Vandercook and Hohner presses to a motorized Heidelberg Original Cylinder, a Miehle Vertical V-45, a "Windmill" Heidelberg, and a Chandler & Price platen press.
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