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Rooksmoor Press Keeps Hot-Metal Printing in Type

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A Gloucestershire press documenting and selling limited-edition books, poetry, memoirs, and stationery made with Monotype typesetting and traditional letterpress printing.

Why it surfaced

Rooksmoor Press describes itself as one of the last remaining hot-metal typesetting and letterpress workshops in the UK, with more than 60 years of experience. Its featured title, Letters from Titanic, won the 2023 British Book Design and Production Awards and is limited to 250 numbered copies.

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This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-12 Domain Arrivals issue.