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The Samson Press, founded in 1930 by Flora Grierson and J.M. Shelmerdine, was a private press that printed various items such as Christmas cards, postcards, calendars, and bookplates. It was associated with the Scottish Renaissance movement and was one of the few presses operated by women. The press aimed to cater to a niche market while embodying the artistic ethos of the Arts and Crafts movement. It faced challenges during wartime restrictions on paper use and was destroyed by fire in 1936, resulting in the loss of many copies of their publications. The press played a significant role in the Scottish literary revival and twentieth-century literary modernism. [Extracted from the article]