Hesperian Press

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Hesperian Press is a locally owned and operated book publisher located in Perth, Western Australia.

Peter Bridge first published technical material in 1969.'Peter Bridge - biography of publisher, Hesperian Press' in The Sunday Times (Perth, W.A.), 1 Sept. 1985, p.53,'Peter Bridge - biography of publisher and information about Hesperian Press'. West Australian, 27 Dec. 1984, p.103.

The business of Hesperian Press in its current format started in 1979. The Press republishes out-of-print books together with new texts.{{cite web |url=http://www.hesperianpress.com/ |title=Home |website=Hesperian Press}}Collection of material relating to Hesperian Press Battye Library '3rd Floor Ephemera Stack' PR13854

It has also published facsimiles of early out-of-print Western Australian books, and the writings of early Australian explorers.{{cite web |url=http://www.explorationswa.com.au/ |title=Home |website=explorationswa.com.au |access-date=5 July 2011 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103838/http://www.explorationswa.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://slwa.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/wa-publisher-profile-hesperian-press/|title=WA publisher profile : Hesperian Press| first=Nathan| last= Hobby| website= State Library of Western Australia |date=29 March 2007}}

It continues{{when|date=October 2023}} to produce otherwise difficult to trace items.{{cite web| first=Nicholas |last= Rothwell| url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/top-end-explorer-knut-dahl-a-witness-to-aboriginalsettler-tensions/news-story/49877f6751c8bdb0a0aded730fc698f6| title=Hard country| website= The Australian| url-access= subscription}}