Will Carter, the founder of the Rampant Lions Press, began printing in 1924 at the age of just twelve, and produced his first book in 1936. The Press was established on a more formal footing in 1949 in Cambridge, by which time Carter had worked for a number of commercial printers. Sebastian Carter, Will Carter's son, joined the Press in 1966. As well as producing books to be published under its own imprint, the Press also printed books for publication by others. Will Carter died in 2001 and the Press finally ceased operations in 2008.

Special Collections has the following items printed at or published by the Rampant Lions Press:

• An Anthology of Love. London: 1985. PR1184 .A58 1985
• Beckett, Samuel. As the Story Was Told. Cambridge: 1987. PR6003.E282 A9 1973
• Brett, Simon. Simon Brett: Thirty-One Wood Engravings Chosen by the Artist with an Autobiographical Note. London: 1997. NE1147.6.B74 B74 1997
• Lubbock, Joseph Guy. The Realm of Nature Mine: Original Hand-Coloured Prints and Text. London: 2005. NE642.L78 A465 2005
• Lubbock, Joseph Guy. The Sphere of Rocks and Water: Original Text and Prints. London: 1983. NE642.L78 A4 1983
• The Rampant Lions Press: A Printing Workshop through Five Decades — Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May-27 June 1982. Cambridge: 1982. Z232.R17 R3 1982
• Skinner, Martyn. Old Rectory, or, The Interview: Prologue in Two Concurrent Scenes. Cambridge: 1970. PR6037.K42 O5 1970

Special Collections has the following secondary resources relating to the Rampant Lions Press:

• Harrison, Ski. Portraits of Presses of Fleece, Gregynog, I.M. Imprimit, Old Stile, Rampant Lions, Rocket, Tern, Whittington & CTD. Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1997. Z231.5.P7 P67 1997
• The Rampant Lions Press: A Printing Workshop through Five Decades — Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 May-27 June 1982. Cambridge: The Rampant Lions Press, 1982. Z232.R17 R3 1982