Photos of the numbered edition! This has been a long time coming, a two-year project that was way more complex than we thought, the interior with plates sewn in and tabbed in the sections, the scale of the Roman edition! The availability of materials, closing down of paper makers, all have contributed to the delays. We’re really pleased with the results, even if I say myself, it has turned out to be an extraordinary book!
Here’s a bibliophile’s description of the Numbered Edition:
The numbered edition is limited to 300 copies for sale and is fully bound in baby blue lambskin nappa which is soft and smooth to the touch. The leather is blocked in four passes, in white and black pigment foil creating a snowstorm design across the front and back boards, with the title on the spine.
The cover is a square spine structure with a wide groove between spine and boards, allowing the covers to open more freely.
All of the plates are tabbed or sewn in, allowing the double, treble and quad plates to open out without a stitched gutter.
The book is housed in a sturdy, white suede lined slipcase and is covered in a light blue/grey Windsor cloth with the ‘thing’ silhouette foil blocked to the front.
Binding is by Richard Tong and Sam Cartwright at Lyra’s Books/Ludlow Bookbinders.
Printed letterpress in two colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions.
Set in metal monotype Baskerville 12pt.
Cast by Nick Gill at Effra Press.
The paper is Liber Charta 170gsm
Trimmed page size –200mm x 300mm / 7.9 in x 11.8 in
Page count – 166
Number of illustrations – 16 colour plates, 2 four-page foldouts, 4 double page spreads and 1 three-page foldout plate.
13 black and white relief printed illustrations.
Signed by the artist Greg Manchess
Limitation – 320 copies of which 300 are for sale and 20 Hors de Commerce
Price: £585
You can view a video of the making of the numbered edition here.
