Photo Courtesy of The Incline Press Facebook Page
Graham Moss
November 30, 1947 – July 16, 2025
Graham died on July 16th at 12.30pm in Dumfries hospital. Kidney cancer, out of the blue. This photo is only 6 weeks ago.
“No regrets”, he said.
Graham was an active member of the APA from 2000 until 2016.
In leu of a formal obituary, per Graham’s request, here is something from the Incline Press Facebook Page:
[Please remember the “I” in the copied post below refers
to the person at Incline Press who wrote the post @ https://www.facebook.com/inclineprinting]
Thank you, for the vast number of messages of kindness and support, too many to reply to. People have asked two questions. Firstly our address is 8 St John Street, Creetown, DG8 7JF.
Secondly, Graham requested ‘no fuss.’ He wanted an unattended cremation, no memorials or funerals, and warned me that if I ever attempted a Memento Mori style book about him, he would be furious. But that might be more to do with my poor-quality typography, to be fair.
Graham has friends all over the world, and specified very strongly, no wringing of hands please (he caught me having a weep in the hospital and barked ‘ah, go on now!’) However, he probably underestimated how loved he was. So I have a plan to do something that will be fun and include everyone…
Graham’s great passion of course, was making beautiful books, and every design decision aimed to make the book as readable as possible. He told me that his legacy are the books on people’s shelves, so let’s have an Incline Press reading day.
I have the difficult task of sorting out the last of the Bow Street building next week, but I know there is a fair bit of stock, and selling it now seems wrong. Incline Press must end, so lets do it in style. I would suggest we pick a day, and then read his books together in an informal international reading circle and remember him well, enjoying what he has made for us.
If you do not have one of Graham’s books or would like something new, please DM me your address and I will send you something from the stock. He was a very generous man, and it seems a good way to get the last of his work out into the bookshelves of the world, I think it would please him as he always was always keen to make his work accessible to all pockets. You can chuck a penny in the charity pot of your choice. It might take me a few weeks to get that sorted out, so I will keep you posted on the date of the reading day.
As a bit of a collector (ahem!) Graham also has a very hearty amount of metal type, some of which I would like to find a home for, so get in touch.
[Photos on the facebook page:] Here are some of the photos of Graham I have found scattered around the building over the last three years, which I have gathered together in a safe place, I thought you might like to see them. The yellow hard-hat is particularly weird and fabulous.
Graham had already become semi-conscious when we found out it was cancer 6 days ago, so we never really got a chance to talk or say a proper goodbye. But I think he said all he wanted when I asked him ‘is there anything I can do for you?’ (expecting a to-do list) and he replied ‘look after yourself’. I am still reeling from the loving kindness and simplicity of the reply and pass it on, though our joy was to look after each other.
“Look after yourself.”