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  • The publishing house 'Gwasg Gee' was established by Thomas Gee (1815-98) at Swan Lane, Denbigh, during the 1830s. His father already owned a printing business of his own in the town and Thomas returned from a period as an apprentice printer in London to join the company. His press was one of the most productive in nineteenth-century Wales, publishing mainly Welsh-language, Nonconformist materials. In 1857 Gee launched his newspaper 'Baner Cymru', which later became known as 'Baner ac Amserau Cymru' following its incorporation of 'Yr Amserau' in 1859. Following his death, the business remained in the hands of the Gee family until 1914. It then passed to a number of owners, including the novelist Kate Roberts and her husband Morris Williams who bought the business during the 1930s.
Gwasg Gee, Denbigh
  • The publishing house 'Gwasg Gee' was established by Thomas Gee (1815-98) at Swan Lane, Denbigh, during the 1830s. His father already owned a printing business of his own in the town and Thomas returned from a period as an apprentice printer in London to join the company. His press was one of the most productive in nineteenth-century Wales, publishing mainly Welsh-language, Nonconformist materials. In 1857 Gee launched his newspaper 'Baner Cymru', which later became known as 'Baner ac Amserau Cymru' following its incorporation of 'Yr Amserau' in 1859. Following his death, the business remained in the hands of the Gee family until 1914. It then passed to a number of owners, including the novelist Kate Roberts and her husband Morris Williams who bought the business during the 1930s.
Gwasg Gee, Denbigh
  • These are Gregynog Press special bindings. The volume on the right is 'Fables of Aesope' by William MacCance (1894-1970), published by the Gregynog Press in 1931. Three of Britain's most technically brilliant and imaginative wood-engravers worked at Gregynog between 1930 and 1933, namely, Blair Hughes Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and Agnes Miller Parker. The book on the left is 'Erewhon' by Samuel Butler with wood engravings by Blair Hughes Stanton. Published by Gregynog, 1932
Special bindings from the Gregynog Press, 1931-2