Fine press books, letterpress printed & hand bound since 1984
Sherwin Beach Press is a Chicago‑based fine press publisher specializing in nonfiction prose, design, typographic craft, and limited‑edition letterpress books.
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Our books
All of our limited edition fine press books have been letterpress printed and hand bound. For each book, the body text was composed in metal type — four books hand set, and four set by Monotype composition.
We have published eight books:
- The Essence of Beeing by Michael Lenehan, with illustrations by Alice Brown-Wagner
- Within the Context of No Context by George Trow, with a new preface by the author, and interpretive drawings by artist Howard Coale
- $144 a Month by Steve Bogira, with portraits by photographer Mike Tappin
- The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, with cartoon illustrations by Heather McAdams
- Ballet for Opening Day by Nelson Algren, with etchings by Tony Fitzpatrick
- Poisonous Plants at Table, featuring “Prudence: The Cautionary Tale of a Picky Eater” written and illustrated by Audrey Niffenegger
- Saving His Life by Lee Sandlin, illustrated with photoetchings of family photographs
- Searching for Morris Fuller Benton by Juliet Shen, with a foreword by Roger Black, frontispiece wood engraving by Carl Montford, and typographic specimens