Sherwin Beach Press

Established in 1984 in Chicago, Sherwin Beach Press is a small fine press specializing in nonfiction prose. Thus far we have published eight books; they are, in order of publication:

All of these 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.

Sherwin Beach Press books have been widely exhibited in places like Santa Cruz, California; Verona, Italy; Portland, Oregon, and Racine, Wisconsin. Some of the libraries which hold our books are Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, National Library of New Zealand, University of Alberta, University of San Francisco, and University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as The Chicago Public Library, The Boston Public Library, The New York Public Library, and The Library of Congress.