Welcome to the Mainstone Press. We produce beautifully crafted books and limited edition prints on a range of popular artists such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, and Suzanne Cooper. 

All Aboard the General Bus! is the new, 16 page book from the Mainstone Press featuring 15 previously unknown drawings by Eric Ravilious.
Designed by Webb & Webb, the book contains a short essay by Alan Powers and is limited to 350 copies.
Publication date mid October. Click here to reserve a copy or to find out more.

Calling all vexillologists! A recent find in the bargain bin at the Bloomsbury Book Fair : Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours by Colin Stewart. I love books like this - so well researched - beautifully printed and full of fun facts about flag protoc
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Remembering writer Neil Philip, whose recent passing leaves a significant void in the publishing world. His extraordinary blog, Adventures in the Print Trade, was a huge influence on me as a young publisher, introducing me to the work of many remarka
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Do you have a favourite coming of age novel? Ever since reading Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain Fournier at school I’ve been a huge fan. This copy - a recent find - is illustrated by André Dignimont from 1942 and features an original painti
“This is the first view of Brighton which many visitors get. Perhaps after a stuffy train journey it is disappointing not to find oneself delivered right on the beach, but the view of Brighton’s villas climbing the further hill by Kemp To
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John Piper's Brighton Aquatints reviewed on Backlisted by Andy Miller
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