Mike Kaylor
Literary House Press and Inklings Press
The Literary House Press & Inklings Press were established in 1986 and are located in Chestertown, Maryland.
The Literary Press has been in existence in the Literary House at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland for 20 years. The press has printed a variety of books, cards and especially broadsides (more than 900 of them) announcing speakers to the Literary House and the Department of English. World renowned poets and authors have been included and the press archive is filled with signed broadsides. The Press is equipped with a Vandercook 4, a wonderful Golding 10 x 15, three Chandler & Price 8 x 12s, and about 600 cases of type. Currently the press is branching out to include digital output for a variety of literary projects. Each semester students take classes at various levels of expertise in letterpress along with bookbinding.
Inklings Press is my personal press and operates out of the same facility as the Literary House Press. Projects undertaken are ones of a more personal nature or work produced outside the academic arena.
Bell Haven Baked Tomatoes, recipe broadside by Mike Kaylor of Literary House Press, handset in Bodoni metal type, printed in two inks on Curtis laid finish paper on a Chandler & Price 8 x 12, linocut by an unknown student (mr), 7” x 10”, 1986.
This Night and But All Shall Be Well, two of a series of holiday cards by Mike Kaylor of Inklings Press, printed in two inks on Strathmore Pastelle paper on a Chandler & Price 8 x 12, calligraphy by Paul Shaw (in Irish half uncial and rotunda hand, respectively), edition of 2,500 and 5,000 respectively, 7” x 5”, 1987.
Nightfall, broadside memorial to Isaac Asimov printed by Mike Kaylor and students at Literary House Press, handset in wood and metal type, printed on grey cover stock in blue and metallic silver ink on a Vandercook Universal I, edition of 50, 15” x 23”, 1992.
Letters Are Symbols, broadside by Mike Kaylor with Hailey Reissman, Lindsay Lusby and Emma Sovich of Literary House Press, handset in Caslon Italic and Solemnis metal types, printed in two inks on Mohawk laid finish cover weight paper on a Vandercook 4, edition of 350, 18” x 9”, 2007.
Joy Be With Us, catalog cover for Cahill and Company publishers by Mike Kaylor of the Inklings Press, handset in Colm Cille metal type and printed in two inks on Strathmore Pastelle paper on a Vandercook Universal 1, decorative initial by Paul Shaw, edition of 1,000, 9.5” x 12.75”, late 1980s.
Gone to Tea, fingerprinting broadside, by Mike Kaylor of Literary House Press, handset in wood type, printed in multiple hand-applied inks on unknown paper on a Vandercook 4, edition of 3, 11” x 18”, 2005.
Rote of Forgetfulness, broadside memorial to Norma Schleif Miller (1898-1992) by Mike Kaylor and Lynn Doyle at Literary House Press, handset in Bodoni Bold and Italic metal type, printed in three inks (yellow block printed via rubber stamp base) on unknown paper on a Vandercook Universal 1, hand colored by Lynn Doyle, edition of 80, 13” x 20”, 1992.
Katharine Lambden Kaylor, bookplate, by Mike Kaylor of Literary House Press, handset in metal type with illustrative cut, printed in black ink on unknown paper on C & P press, 4.75” x 4”.
The World of Books, postcard by Mike Kaylor and students at Literary House Press, handset in metal type and metal border, printed on unknown gray cover weight paper on a Chandler & Price 8 x 12, edition of 200, 4” x 6.25”, 1988.
Nebraska Journal, postcard ephemera, by Mike Kaylor of Literary House Press, handset in metal type with antique cut, printed in two inks on Strathmore Pastelle paper, edition of 250, 5.75” x 4”, late 1980s.
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