“Thornwillow Press was founded by Luke Ives Pontifell in 1985 when he was still in high school. Inspired by old books in his parents library and by a course in printing and binding he had taken, Pontifell set out to produce books himself. He printed the first, a children’s story by a family friend, and bound the edition on the kitchen table. During his summer vacations from Harvard College, Pontifell continued to print and bind books – bringing the finished editions to bookstores, and slowly building a small following of collectors. After graduating and with four titles on his list, he found that what had started as a labor of love, had evolved into a small business.”
A printing and binding company.
