On the Use of that Questionable Term ‘Handmade’ as it Relates to Contemporary Letterpress Books

An essay by ANDREW STEEVES

2026 / Limited edition chapbook / VH0030

¶ From the very beginning of the craft of letterpress printing, printers have employed machines of one variety or another, so why do so many of the people who produce letterpress books play fast and loose with the term ‘handmade’? In this short essay, Andrew Steeves discusses this controversial question.

Specifications: Typeset in Linotype Sabon and Wilhem Klingspor Schrift. Printed in black and blue on Stella machine-made paper. The sheets were folded, gathered into a single signature, handsewn and trimmed to 13.5  × 22 cm. Bound with a three-hole stitch in a black endsheet printed in blue-tinted opaque white, a black paper cover printed in blue-tinted opaque white and a mouldmade paper wrapper printed in three colours from wood and metal type. Housed in a paper envelope printed in two colours.

12 pages + end leaves
Limited edition of 170 numbered copies­
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