James Wilder
Wild Apple Press
Wild Apple Press was established in the late 1960s and is located in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Wild Apple Press grew out of the “beginnings” of the book arts program at the University of Alabama. That program was established by the then Academic Vice President Raymond McLain, who taught letterpress printing courses and was the proprietor of the Hobbyhorse Press. For the first thirty years the Wild Apple Press was limited to a small Adana press, which restricted the size of the pieces printed. It was not until the Press acquired a Vandercook 3 press in 2001 that the Press was able to print larger pieces. Two years later it began printing books, having now printed nine books by Irish writers in the last five years. The essential emphasis of the Press will continue to embrace newly written materials about Irish topics.
The Scholar and his Cat, broadside by James C. Wilder of Wild Apple Press, set in both Irish (Colum Cille cast by Offizin Parnassia Vattis type foundry of Switzerland in 2005) and English languages, printed in two colors on Arches paper, 9.5” x 15”, 2007.
Saint Malachy of Armaugh, softcover booklet by James C. Wilder of Wild Apple Press, set in Goudy Deepdene with title in Bernhard Modern, printed on Rives heavyweight mouldmade paper on a Vandercook press, hand bound with title page illustration designed and cut by Christopher Manson, edition of 60, 6.5” x 9 25”, 2004.
Sadler’s Wall, softcover booklet by James C. Wilder of Wild Apple Press, handset in Goudy Deepdene in metal type cast by Mike Anderson, printed on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper, hand bound, with a tipped-in color photo of William Sadler’s painting entitled A View of the Pidgeon House, Dublin, 7.5” x 10.5”, 2004.
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