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Greenwich Letterpress

Greenwich Letterpress combines the classic craft of letterpress with modern city sensibilities. While custom work is the bread and butter of the business, the spacious retail location is notable...

Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright makes the wonders of letterpress available to casual passers by. The store carries on the letterpress tradition with its quaint, one-of-a-kind letterpress cards and stationery....

Lunalux

Reader Suggested: We create beautiful letterpress-printed stationery and paper goods, which we sell in our Minneapolis storefront and to high-end card and gift boutiques around the country. Shoppers will find lots...

Sugar Paper

Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from...

The Written Word

Next to The Written Word all those other paper and stationery stores look like (in the words of Governor Arnold) "girly men". The store operates a letterpress dating back to the 1870s....

The Written Word

Next to The Written Word all those other paper and stationery stores look like (in the words of Governor Arnold) "girly men". The store operates a letterpress dating back to the 1870s....

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Greenwich Letterpress

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Greenwich Letterpress combines the classic craft of letterpress with modern city sensibilities. While custom work is the bread and butter of the business, the spacious retail location is notable in its own right, carrying a fun, playful spread of letterpress cards and stationery and handmade gifts and crafts from independent artists.

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Address:
39 Christopher Street
New York NY 10014

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Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-212-989-7464
Hours: Mon: 1-6 Tue-Fri: 11-7 Sat-Sun: 12-6

Jonathan Wright

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Jonathan Wright makes the wonders of letterpress available to casual passers by. The store carries on the letterpress tradition with its quaint, one-of-a-kind letterpress cards and stationery. You'll find letterpress cards for every occasion, along with notecards, bookmarks, as well some desk accessories. Everything at the store evokes the Old World--thick, rough-edged papers, serif...

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Address:
7404 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036

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Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-323-931-1710
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 10-5 Sat: 11-5 Sun: Closed

Lunalux

Reader Suggested: We create beautiful letterpress-printed stationery and paper goods, which we sell in our Minneapolis storefront and to high-end card and gift boutiques around the country. Shoppers will find lots of innovative card lines (Snow and Graham, Binth, tall cow, Bella Muse, Nu Vue, to name just a few) and uncommon gifts (vintage fountain pens, Japanese stationery, great journals, fun desk...

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Address:
1618 Harmon Place
Minneapolis MN 55403

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Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-612-373-0526

Sugar Paper

Sure, sure Sugar Paper is sweet, but there's no artificial sweetener in the place. The shop if firmly committed to the craft of card and paper making. Choose among a selection of cards from the best small design studio in the country or have custom work done on their vintage letterpress printers.

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Address:
1749 Ensley Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90024

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Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-310-277-7804
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5 Sun: Closed

The Written Word

Next to The Written Word all those other paper and stationery stores look like (in the words of Governor Arnold) "girly men". The store operates a letterpress dating back to the 1870s. They carry papers from Italian companies dating back to the 15th century and French mills dating to the 13th century. If you want a quick card for mom you can, we suppose, just as well go somewhere...

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Address:
1427 P Street NW
Washington DC 20036

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-202-223-1400
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

The Written Word

Next to The Written Word all those other paper and stationery stores look like (in the words of Governor Arnold) "girly men". The store operates a letterpress dating back to the 1870s. They carry papers from Italian companies dating back to the 15th century and French mills dating to the 13th century. If you want a quick card for mom you can, we suppose, just as well go somewhere...

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Address:
21 North Washington Street
Berkeley Springs WV 25411

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Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-304-258-0883
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-5 Sat-Sun: Closed
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