Red Butte Press

• Established in 1984 when premiere Bay Area printers, Lewis and Dorothy Allen offered an 1846 Columbian hand press to the J. Willard Marriott Library.
• Honors and extends the traditions of fine press printing, producing finely crafted, limited editions.
• Publishes essays focused on the western states as well as the best in modern fiction and poetry.
• Commissions original artwork, uses quality paper and binding materials, and prints letterpress to make each book a reflection of its contents.
• Committed to contemporary dialogue, recently published Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known, a monumental poem by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, and Something Lived, Something Dreamed: Urban Design and the American West, an original essay by architect William McDonough addressing the relationship between natural and urban landscapes.

RECENTLY RELEASED

• Red Butte Press edition of Wallace Stegner’s essay, “To A Young Writer.”
• Containing a dedication by Wendell Berry, an introduction by Lynn Stegner, and engravings by Barry Moser, all original to this project.
• Letterpress printed on the 1846 Columbian hand press, bound by hand in an edition of 125.
• In commemoration of the centennial of Stegner’s birth in 1909 and his influence and legacy as a teacher and writer.