A Field Guide to North American Hand Presses and Their Manufacturers is designed and written to assist in the identification of “mystery presses” as well as to help the reader better understand the place of the individual examples in the pantheon of printing machines. It gives historical, contextual, and chronological information about the hand presses that may be found in museums, academic studios, printing companies, and private collections. 

This book is an important and useful addition to the library of any owner of a hand press, whether museum, corporation, or individual, as well as those who are curious about the fascinating history of these machines. 

A major goal for A Field Guide to North American Hand Presses and Their Manufacturers is to encourage printers, hobbyists, and the curious to seek out these remarkable specimens of printing technology of the past.