RA Collection: People and Organisations
The Swan Press was founded in 1926 at 5, Swan Walk, Chelsea by L.Walters, M.H.H. Walters, and M.P. Eyre, the press produced limited editions, usually of 100 numbered copies, in fine print, handset in a variety of typefaces by L.D.O. Walters and M.P. Eyre, hand pressed by H.Gage-Cole on handmade paper, bound by hand, examples of fine craftsmanship. The characteristic Swan design, block-printed in colour, appears on the board covers of most of the volumes. The subject matter of the texts is not original, but selected from the works of earlier writers, some well known, others more obscure, which offer scope for fine printing, interesting page lay-out, and often for illustration by one of the Chelsea artists. [Source: Sybil Campbell Library Monograpy No. 4. : The Swan Press Collection, 2005].