The Rather Press of Oakland, California
By: Interviewed in 1980 by Ruth Teiser for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Teiser, Ruth.; Rather, Lois, 1905-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Series: Books and printing in the San Francisco Bay area series
Published: 1994
Subjects: Printers -- California -- Interviews.
Description: Getting into the book printing business; buying a Sigwalt printing press, and modifying it for use with one hand; Clifton and Lois's backgrounds prior to printing; learning from Jane Grabhorn to bind books; printing limited editions and selling books; typefaces and setting type; Lois as author of many of the Rather Press books; halftones and other illustrations; the Moxon Chappel support group of private press owners; modifying the house to accommodate the printing activities.