Brand: Southern Crescent

Style: Vintage cast iron screw-down book and copy press for bindery or printing use

Material: Heavy cast iron construction with red painted frame and black platen and handwheel

Details: Large circular turn wheel, threaded center post, rectangular pressing bed, decorative gold scrollwork and HB monogram on arch, turned finial caps on uprights

Manufacturer: Base label reads Southern Crescent, Chattanooga, Tenn, USA

Use: Designed for pressing books, paper stacks, or printmaking blocks; also suitable as industrial decor display piece

Keywords: vintage book press, copy press, letterpress, bindery equipment, cast iron press, Chattanooga Tennessee, antique office tool