We are proud to tell you about our forthcoming book, F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic satirical fantasy short story.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
It will be available for pre-sale in a couple of weeks and we’ll be sending an update to this newsletter in the next few days when we’ve been able to set a date.
The book is a wonderful tale of magic realism by an American literary giant. It is the story of a man born on the eve of the American Civil War as an old man who gets younger as his life progresses. It subtly satirises the changes in society in a world in transformation.
This book has been lavishly illustrated by the extraordinary Dave McKean, who has produced seventeen letterpress relief prints in three colours. They will be printed and bound into a seventy-two-page book to create a true artist’s vision. Text and image will all be letterpress printed by Phil Abel at Hand & Eye Editions and the entire edition will be hand-bound by Richard Tong at Ludlow Bookbinders.
It will be available in two versions, the Lettered and Numbered Editions. Each copy of the Lettered Edition will be remarqued with an original drawing by Dave McKean.