From the Latin word meaning ‘here and there’, Passim Editions is the published work of Wesley B. Tanner his studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This imprint reflects his diverse range of interests from literature, calligraphy and typography to the book arts. All productions of the Press are made by hand from the finest materials.

Wesley B. Tanner has been a fine printer for 38 years. His publishing activities began in 1971 under the imprint of Arif Press at his printing office in Berkeley, California. There he published dozens of fine, limited-edition books by some of the most important poets of our time including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, HD, Joanne Kyger and Anne Waldman. For ten years he and partner Will H. Powers printed Fine Print, the award-winning journal for the art of the book. In 1991 Tanner moved to Ann Arbor where he began to publish books as Passim Editions. Tanner also maintains a thriving book design practice and is on the faculty of the University of Michigan's School of Art & Design. Widely collected, Tanner has been honored with one man shows at the San Francisco Public Library, UCLA, University of Michigan and Minnesota Center for Book Arts. His most recent show was in the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky in 2008.