Letterpress Classifieds

I’m sor­ry to say I’ve had reports of some posters being approached by scam­mers: these have been typ­i­cal­ly not in the UK or ask­ing for items to be couri­ered.  In one case a per­son was offered too much for their press and asked for the dif­fer­ence to be paid back to the buy­er.   The Nation­wide has more details of frauds to look out for.

February 2026

For Sale

Lead type: With and sans serif Times Roman Ital­ic upper & low­er case Brush script Goth­ic script Num­bers Punc­tu­a­tion Spac­ers 14 pt & 12 pt. Dec­o­ra­tive shapes
Con­tact: Iris Guy, Llan­fyllin, Email: songbird456@gmail.com

December 2025

For Sale

The Gold­ing & Com­pa­ny Antique Print­ing Press Improved Pearl No. 11 Job­ber is a vin­tage let­ter­press designed for print­ing tasks. Made by the rep­utable brand Gold­ing & Com­pa­ny, this roller press is craft­ed from durable met­al mate­ri­als. Per­fect for those in the print­ing and graph­ic arts indus­try look­ing to add a touch of nos­tal­gia and crafts­man­ship to their work, this antique press offers a unique print­ing expe­ri­ence that is both visu­al­ly appeal­ing and his­tor­i­cal­ly sig­nif­i­cant. This machine is over 130 years old and in amaz­ing work­ing con­di­tion. There are two new rollers includ­ed, and Kort quad guides. I have fit­ted heavy duty Cas­tors for manou­vre­bil­i­ty. Seri­ous bid­ders only please, you won’t see many of these around in this con­di­tion. This is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to aquire not only a superb piece of Amer­i­can engi­neer­ing, but also a piece of his­to­ry. It tru­ly is a work of art.

Con­tact: Natal­ie Capos­tag­no, White­field, capostagno_nat21@hotmail.co.uk

For Sale

Ayers Jar­dine (Adana) show­card press. Bought some years ago and appar­ent­ly from the stu­dio of Oliv­er Post­gate! It’s clean, com­plete and works well but I just don’t use it enough to jus­ti­fy the space. Rea­son­able offers and a good home con­sid­ered.

Con­tact: Ewan Buck, Brom­ley, ewanbuck@me.com

November 2025

Wanted

Look­ing for a refur­bished or good work­ing con­di­tion trea­dle plat­en press. Based in North York­shire how­ev­er hap­py to trav­el to pick up. Thank you!

Con­tact: Rachel Locke, Har­ro­gate, rachellocke14@outlook.com

September 2025

For Sale

We are clear­ing a ware­house and look­ing to sell a c.1955 Hei­del­berg Plat­ten, which I am told by the print­er is in work­ing order but unused for a few years, so no assur­ances giv­en. Buy­er must col­lect as seen by end Sep­tem­ber. Any offer con­sid­ered, best offer accept­ed.

Con­tact: Julian; Ten­ter­den, Kent; julian@3reasons.info

August 2025

For Sale

3 Gal­ley racks for sale , 1 x sin­gle col­umn & 2 x 4 columns. Con­tact for pho­tos . Don’t want much for them , open to offers for each or the lot.

Con­tact: David. Jenk­ins, Cow­fold, West Sus­sex, dj.printing@btinternet.com

Wanted

Com­pres­sor unit for a Mono­type Com­po­si­tion Cast­er s/n 26779.

Con­tact: lan Thomp­son, East­bourne, 07721 657 868

May 2025

For Sale

For sale Elrod strip & Rule cast­er and Hei­del­berg 10 x 15 plat­en, Col­lec­tion Chelms­ford Essex, now in stor­age in a res­i­den­tial garage- No idea of val­ue so ‑offers?

Con­tact Michelle Orchard, Chelms­ford — mail@michelleorchard.co.uk

For Sale

I have a large Har­rild & Sons Book­bind­ing Press. Press looks to be Vic­to­ri­an. It’s very heavy and ornate. Has sur­face rust but is com­plete in every detail and ful­ly work­ing. Needs minor restora­tion. Please con­tact me for fur­ther information/photographs and ship­ping infor­ma­tion. Thank you.

Con­tact: Simon Hatch, Stroud, Glouces­ter­shire, 07538 365456 info@allclearedout.co.uk