So, Yes, this is our own
unabashedly commercial "shameless commerce" part of the website.
WE HAVE FINALLY REALIZED that
developing and maintaining a collection of old printing presses - and
paying the rent, month after month for the past 20 years so far, takes
both a lot of time and a
fair amount of money. And, since we've got more stuff than we really
need, and since the simple
fact that you are here viewing this page suggests that you might want or need some of these treasures we've collected over the
past 45 years or so, we have some really neat stuff (and maybe
some junk) for sale.
We hate to part with any of it, actually, but really,
how many midget-sized Hamilton
Furniture Racks does one print shop need? We've got some spares.
And we need to pay the rent. They're for sale.
And, we've got furniture
- loads of it. "A lifetime supply", is how I describe it. But how many
chases do I want to lock up at one time? And how often will I leave
furniture in galley forms? A few fonts of furniture is all that we
need. So we can sell some to you.
As much as you need.
We've got type.
We love type. We can't walk past a font of type without yearning to add
it to our composing room. And surfing eBay drives us crazy! Plus people
keep bringing us
more stuff for the museum, so we're always adding more fonts to our
collection. Often we
get duplicates - or even faces we just don't use in our style of work.
They're for sale, too.
Then there's 138 MORE fonts which we 'rescued'
when Hobson Printing finally cleared out their composing room this past
winter. I couldn't buy the type - but I insisted that the owner not
dump it into that large barrel full of lead going to the scrap dealer.
These fonts had to be saved.
I made him let me take them and promised that I would sell it
for him for twice what the scrap dealer would have paid. (Still not
sure what that price really was. when I find out, I'll post it here.)
AND, now that Barry's
brought down his Linotype, Interype, Ludlow & Colt, we have his spare quoins, furniture, etc.
to add
to the collection, and he's kindly agreed that we should sell it to
cover expenses - and our newest expense is the $1200 it cost to
move the line casters to The
Excelsior Press.
And quoins! Boy, have we got
quoins!
enough chatter. Here's the
list: but remember - Most of this is used, and is available
"Only while
supplies last"
Letterpress
Tools & Supplies Price
List
(prices
subject to change and only while
supplies last)
SMALL PRESS ACCESSORIES STARTER KITS -
$65-90/kit or
ala carte
(this section undergoing revision 10/20/09)
Many folks find or by a press by itself without the "ancillary items"
they will need to actually use their new press. To fill this need, we
have put together a number of 'starter kits' that will give you
everything you need to begin printing. But your needs may vary, so we
have broken this down into some catagories, with ala carte an option as
well.
For the common Kelsey
presses, for example, we have put together a kit which includes:
Basic kit includes:
- Furniture & Reglet Starter Font
for your press ($35-50+9)
- Tympan set - for your press ($15-25)
- enough for your first 25 jobs
- gauge pins - box of 6 unused/old
stock Megill Spring Tongue Gauge Pins ($13) or a box of 3 "used, but
usable" Megill
"Double-Grip" gauge pins ($28)
OPTIONAL Press ITEMS -
- Chase lockup bars - eliminate the need for quoins on
smaller presses equipped with drilled chases ($9.00/set)
- Challenge Quoins - 3
sets & quoin
key* + 10 pieces each 6 & 12 point 25 pica reglet ($3.25+9.00+9.00)
- INK KIT - 4 small (2"x.75") cans of ink - various
mixable colors ($13.50) - various inks and formulations- basically
what's on hand.
- Ink knife (also available at your local hardware
store
as a "putty knife") ($4.95)
- Ludlow slugs of common phrase - plus the name of
your press - ($13)
* Wickersham quoins optional ($4.50 each + $16 for original used
key or $9 for new L-shaped key)
* Challenge quoin key may be replaced by a 'shooting stick', depending
upon availability
* Kits up to 5x8 ship in Medium USPS Flat-rate box for $9.85
Typesetting basics
- composing stick
- composing stick holder
- leads & slugs
- border - piece border (type) or line border (rule)
- spaces
- type
- type cases
- Type Planing Block
- galley trays - 9-14 each, various sizes available
- miscellaneous "stock" or unique cuts and ornaments
- Cusom-cast Ludlow slugs ($4.00/line set, + .50 slug cast =
$10 min.)
Training - Personal Tutoring at the
Excelsior Presss
- Basic Platen Press work
- Basic Proof Press printing
- Typesetting - hand composition, form makeup, and more.
Furniture/Reglet
&
Cabinets
New and used (mixed
as shown)
Letterpress Wood Furniture from our excess inventory
(most, if not all of our furniture was
manufactured
by Hamilton) |
| Please note: -
Most of our furniture is freshly & precisely cut from longer
lengths of good used (aka recycled) wood furniture made
by Hamilton, Thompson and other industrial manufacturers of
the past.
|

Basic Universal Starter Font
(as shown above)
1 piece of each
Standard Font width and
length
7 x 8 = 56
pieces
$50
|
Quoins
& Keys
DESCRIPTION
|
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAILABLE
|
| Challenge
High-speed quoins 3,6 or 10" |
|
$9.95 |
3 0
|
Wickersham
quoins - patent date 1891
|
|
$4.50 |
14
|
Challenge-Hempel
(two-piece) quoins (as shown in
photo)
|
2 piece set
|
$3.25 |
18
4
|
Quoin
Keys
|
Challenge high-speed Quoin Key
|
|
$29.00
|
1 0
|
Wickersham
quoin key - original
|
|
$14.00
|
1
0
|
Wickersham
quoin key - "L" bar
|
|
$14.00
|
1
|
Challenge-Hempel Quoin Key (as
shown)
|
|
$9.00
|
6
2
|
Shooting Stick for Wedge Quoins
|
new
|
$12.00
|
soon
|
Steel Chase Bars for drilled chases
|
new/set
|
$9.00
|
yes
|
|

Note: Smaller presses with drilled chases do not
need quoins. If your press is drilled for set screws, we recommend
using the screws
wth chase bars to lock up your forms.
|
|
| Lead & Slug Cutters |
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAIL |
WT |
ship
|
H.B. Rouse "Clipper"
|
hand held
|
32.00
|
2 1
|
2#
|
$5
|
H.B. Rouse "American"
|
industrial grade
|
48.00
|
4
|
12#
|
$24
|
Kelsey Co. economy
|
economy, but it works
|
32.00
|
2 1
|
4#
|
$10
|
Leads
& Slugs (used)
|
|
2 pt Leads & 6, 12, 18 pt. slugs
|
used, cut to size
|
$4.00/lb
|
lots
|
$12.00*
|
|
$2.00
minum cutting charge - up to 10 pounds, 10 lengths
USPS Flat Rate box - up to 70# of cut leads and slugs mailed within US
for less than
$12.
note: 10# of leads & slugs will fill a 20x70 pica area
New, freshly cast 6 & 12 point x 21 pica Ludlow Slugs also
available (price subject to market fluctuation)
|
|
|

View larger photos on
our
"Slug Cutters" Page
|
Tympan
Paper
Starter Set - 100
sheets mixed packing - enough for 25 printing projects
A full set of 25 oiled top (aka "hanger") sheets, 25 oiled undersheets,
10 hard
pressboard, 20 sheets coated book paper, 20 sheets onionskin
DESCRIPTION
|
DETAILS
|
PRICE
|
AVAILABLE
Apr '09
|
| Kelsey Excelsior
Press |
3x5 |
$15 |
yes
|
| Kelsey Excelsior Press |
5x8 |
$20
|
yes
|
| Kelsey Excelsior Press |
6x10 |
$25
|
yes
|
| C&P Pilot |
6x10 |
$25 |
yes |
C&P Platen
|
8x12
|
$45
|
b/o
|
| C&P Platen |
10x15,
|
$50
|
b/o
|
| C&P Platen |
12x18 |
$65
|
b/o
|
| Vandercook Model 4
Proof Press |
12x18
|
$35
|
n/a |
| Challenge Proofing
Press |
12x18 |
$35
|
n/a |
Other presses, send
size
|
custom cut
|
|
b/o |
Gauge Pins -
used & old, unused *
* The original Megill gauge pins were bought
years ago, but never
used. There could be some slight tarish on them, which can be readily
removed with a Scotch Brite pad. They work fine and were never used.
DESCRIPTION
|
DETAILS
|
PRICE
|
AVAILABLE |
CONDITION
|
Megill Spring
Tongue Gauge pin
|
box of 6 plus
extra tongues
|
$13 |
yes
|
old, unused*
|
| Spring
Tongue Gauge pin |
box of 12 plus
extra tongues |
$19 |
backordered
|
new
|
| Larsen Quad Guides |
set of 3
|
|
n/a
|
|
Extension Gauge Pins
|
set of 2
|
|
being
inventoried |
|
Double Grip Gauges
|
set of 3 - screw in, with wrench
|
$28
|
4
sets
|
used, usable
|
Composing
Sticks
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAIL |
ship wt.
|
| Rouse 22 pica stick |
slot hole,
knee-action |
$22.00
|
3
|
|
Rouse 35 pica stick
|
slot hole, knee-action
|
$35.00 |
1
|
|
| Rouse 35 pica stick |
BRAND
NEW IN BOX
|
$75.00
|
1
|
|
35 Pica stick
|
thumb screw lock action
|
$30.00
|
3
|
|
| Rouse 45 pica stick |
slot hole, knee-action |
$45.00 |
0
|
< 2 #
|
| Rouse 60 pica stick |
slot hole, knee-action |
$52.00
|
0
|
|
Kelsey Aluminum
|
thumb-screw clamp
|
$18.50
|
2
|
|
Other Sticks
|
various styles
|
$18-45
|
-
|
< 2 #
|
|
Rouse Composing Sticks
|
Composing
Stick Holder - $16
Don't lay your stick on the level - keep it at a safe angle - without
damaging anything beneath it - or letting loose type fall over.
- brand new, shellaced hard wood - made to last a
lifetime by cabinetmaker & printer Rich Polinksi of
Front
Room Press
click on the photo to see a
high-res, detailed photograph -->>
|
|

|

|
Current Inventory of Composing Sticks
June 05, 2009
- Kelsey Aluminum sticks to left
- thumb-screw sticks in center
- Rouse Knee-Action sticks
- 22 and 35 pica - to right
- Brand new Rouse 35 pica stick in box - still coated
with cosmolene
- 100-pica stick not for sale
35 Pica sticks are 8" long.
note: inventory has changed, Please contact us for current availabilty
|
Type Cases (used; some like new,
some very old) (typical shipping - 1-3 $15 ea. 3+ $10 each - USPS)
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAIL |
shp wt
|
Full Sized
California Job Case
|
flat
front wood (no handles)
|
$12.50 |
20+
|
|
Full Sized
California Job Case
|
flat
front steel (like
new) |
$14.50 |
20+
|
8#
|
| Full Sized
California Job Case |
raised
lip front |
$14.00 |
18+
|
|
Full Sized Specialty cases
|
2,3 caps, others
|
$18.00 |
5-10
|
|
| 3/4 sized
California Job Case |
flat front |
$15.00 |
30+
|
|
| 3/4 sized
California Job Case |
raised
lip front, older
|
$18.00 |
20+
|
|
| 2/3 sized
California Job Case |
raised
lip front, like new
|
$24.00
|
10+
|
|
| Small rule case |
new, like
new & used
|
$20.00 |
4
|
|
|

Flat front steel
(like
new)
|
Type
Case Cabinets
(wood, steel, used; some like new)
note:
cases extra
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
WIDTH |
PRICE |
AVAIL |
SHP WT |
Holds 48 Full Sized Cases
|
flat top wood |
72" wide |
$250 |
1 |
|
| Holds 48 Full Sized Cases |
sloping work top
steel (like
new) |
72" wide |
$500 |
1 |
|
| Holds 24 Full Sized Cases |
flat top steel
(like new)
|
36" wide
|
$250 |
2
|
|
| Holds 24 Full Sized Cases |
flat
top wood
RESTORED
|
36" wide
|
$485
|
0
|
|
| Holds 24 Full Sized Cases |
FLAT TOP WOOD
made in 1926
|
36" wide
|
$250
|
1
|
|
| Holds 48 3/4 Sized Cases |
flat
lip cases
|
54" wide
|
$450
|
1
|
|
| Holds 40 3/4 Sized Cases |
raised lip cases |
54" wide |
$450 |
1 |
|
| Holds 20 2/3 Sized Cases |
case holder and
cabinet on top |
26" wide |
$250 |
1 |
|
| Holds 10 2/3 Sized Cases |
flat top refinished
like new |
26" wide |
$265 |
1 |
|
Open Frame 14-case
"city Stand" |
to be used with lip-front cases |
36" |
$325 |
3 |
|
Misc others
|
to be listed |
|
|
|
|
|
48-case Steel Hamilton Cabinet
with sloping work top.
In nearly-new condition.
|
Type
Used Type
- New fonts,
old fonts, all sizes and styles and foundrys.
- some in
cases
- some in
original foundry packages
- ATF,
Stephenson Blake, Monotype, some wood type.
- We'll post
the list as soon as we can.
|
|
New Type
& Spaces - from Quaker City Type Foundry - call Bill
Reiss (610) 942-3637
|
Training
- Consulting/Tutoring, Printing and Print Making Classes at the
Excelsior Press
Most offerings assume a 4+ hour
"afternoon in the
shop" combining any of the subjects or projects listed below with
experienced, traditional letterpress printers Alan, Rich or Barry for
$150.
DESCRIPTION
|
DETAILS
|
PRICE
|
AVAILABLE |
Excelsior Press 101
|
4 hours - Introduction to setting up and
printing on the
Kelsey Excelsior Press - your press or ours. Locking up
the form. Setting make ready and gauge pins.
Building a frisket. Ink up and
print!
|
$150
|
yes
|
Hand Typesetting 101
|
4 hours - Set some type, print a poem or a
card - what ever you want!
|
$150
|
yes
|
Typesetting
|
4+ hours of Hand Composition, Ludlow Slug
Casting, Linotype/Intertype basic operation & form makeup
|
$150
|
yes
|
One day
Intro to Letterpress
|
4+ hours
hands-on printing on a variety of presses
|
$150 |
spring/summer
|
Vandercook
Flatbed cylinder
Press work
|
4+ hours
printing on the Vandercook Model 4
and 1914 Vandercook Proof Press
and Vandercook Model 99 galley proofer |
$150 |
spring/summer |
C&P
Platen Presswork
|
4+ hours
maintenance, adjustments and hands-on printing on the 10x15 C&P
|
$150
|
yes |
Heidelberg Windmill Presswork
|
4+ hours
maintenance, adjustments and hands-on printing on the 10x15 Heidelberg
Windmill Platen Press
|
$150 |
yes |
Colt's Armory Press work
|
4+ hours hands-on printing on the 10x15
Colt's Armory Press
|
$150
|
yes
|
Bench
Top Printing
|
4+ hours
hands-on printing on
a Kelsey Table Top platen press
|
$150
|
yes |
Typesetting and printing
|
4+ hours of hand and/or machine
composition and printing on any equipment listed abovel
|
$150
|
yes
|
|
The
Practice of Printing
by R.W.Polk
|
High
School/Trade School Text book
THE classic printer's manual
|
$45
|
0 3
|
Kelsey's Printer's Guide
|
An excellent, clean 8 1/2
x 11 reproduction (by Thomas Roberson - the
Scan Wizard)
of Kelsey's famous printing course - more readable than the original!
|
$16
|
yes
|
| Kelsey's Printer's Guide |
Original print (by Kelsey)
of the small sized printer's Guide
|
$12
|
yes
|
Consulting, Training,
Tutoring
|
customized to your needs -
at my shop or yours
|
$85/hour
|
yes
|
Photo polymer Platemaking
and printing
|
One-day Seminar
- make, print from (and take home) your own photopolymer plates
- from our stock art negatives or from your original art
- traditional wooden engraving mounting bases, NAGraphics magnetic
bases
or the premier and perfectly machined Boxcar Press bases available.
|
$250
|
n/a
|
Presses
- Kelsey Excelsior, Heidelberg Windmill, Chandler & Price,
Vandercook
Presses for Sale
* KIT - C&P - includes 6 wedge
quoins,
(with key or shooting stick) reglet, gauge
pins, starter font of
wood
furniture, tympan packing.
* KIT - Heidelberg - high speed quoins with
wrench, reglet, furniture, packing as above.
* KIT - Kelsey
Presses - one set of tympan sheets, 3x5, 5x8 or
6x10 furniture starter
kit, reglet, steel chase bars, gauge pins
* "SOON" means that the press is in the shop and is
scheduled for
restoration
Excelsior Press USED
presses, restored to good operating condition.
note: These are NOT The
fully repainted Restorations shown on our restorations page
We test print with any press before it is sold.
|
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE
(press only)
|
ROLLERS
& TRUCKS
|
KIT*
|
AVAILABLE* |
Packing & Crating
|
| Kelsey Excelsior |
size 3x5 |
$--- |
extra |
$90 |
sold |
$30 |
Kelsey
Hand Press
|
size 5x8 |
$--- |
extra |
$90 |
2 |
$45 |
| Kelsey Hand Press |
size 6x10 |
$--- |
extra |
$90 |
sold |
$45 |
| C&P Pilot Press |
6x10, side-lever |
$---- |
extra |
$90 |
sold |
$65 |
| Chandler & Price |
8x12 New Series |
$1050-$1350
|
extra |
$90 |
2 |
$125 |
| Chandler & Price |
10x15 New Series |
$1250 |
extra |
$90 |
sold |
$150 |
| Heidelberg
Windmill |
10x15
|
$4500 |
incl. |
$90 |
1 |
$125 |
| Vandercook |
Model 4 - in restoration |
$5000 |
extra |
$125 |
SUMMER
2010
|
$125 |
Challenge
Proof Press
|
12x18 - in restoration
|
$4500 |
extra |
125 |
fall
2010 |
$125 |
Mini Vandercook "Showcard"
Proof Press
|
Prints sheet to
8 x 11" |
$425 |
none |
|
sold |
n/a |
moving/shipping available.
Other presses are currently scheuduled for restoration.Check back or inquire
please.
|
|
Table
Top Presses - Fully Restored - by
Lou
See a photo gallery of Lou's
Restorations - including the new 5x8 Excelsior Victor
Restoration/Conversion --------------
>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|

|
SEE BELOW FOR OTHER
PRESSES FOR SALE BY PRIVATE OWNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY
|
|
Numbering
Machines
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAILABLE |
Roman, forward
|
|
$25 |
2
|
|
Numbering Machine Photo to come
|
Miscellaneous Other Items
| DESCRIPTION |
DETAILS |
PRICE |
AVAILABLE
|
| Ink
Rollers |
12x18 C&P or Kluge |
$75 |
4
|
Books
|
Polk:Practice
Of Printing (1926)
|
$45
|
1
|
|
Photos to come
|
Shipping
| USPS FLAT RATE BOXES -
2-3 day delivery to 48 states |
| Small FRB |
5-3/8" x 8-5/8" x 1-5/8" |
$ 4.80 |
| Medium FRB |
11" x 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" |
$ 9.85
|
Large FRB
|
11-7/8" x 13-5/8" x 3-3/8" |
$13.50 |
Type Cases - shipped
USPS, custom packed
|
|
2/3 size - 17x22"
|
1- $12.00 3+ /$8.00 each
|
5 lbs
|
Full sized 18x33"
|
1- $15.00 3+ /$9.50 each |
9 lbs
|
Slug Cutter
|
|
|
Other based upon weight
and dimensions & cost of packing materials
|
|