wood engraving by Harry Brockway

photograph by Bernard Mitchell

Who are we?

We are Frances and Nicolas McDowall. Married for almost forty years, we are not only soul partners but the two of us are also Partners in The Old Stile Press . . . and its total workforce!

At The Old Stile Press, we design, print by hand and publish books in editions limited to between 100 and 250 copies. These involve texts of importance, whether new or reprinted, together with suites of wood engravings, woodcuts, linocuts and other relief blocks made by the artist-printmakers with whom we collaborate.

What do we do?

wood engraving by Harry Brockway