We’ll be announcing prices and details and showing photos of Rich Tong’s beautiful bindings tomorrow Monday 30th.
We will be opening the store on Saturday 4th November at 5pm GMT
We are proud to tell you about our new book, a true Fine Press, elegant edition, of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic satirical fantasy short story.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The classic story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a wonderful tale of magic realism by an American literary giant that tells the fable of a man who is born an old, aged man and regresses to a baby, born on the eve of the American civil war, its subtle satire covers the changes of society in a world in transformation.
This book is lavishly illustrated by the extraordinary Dave McKean. Dave has produced seventeen letterpress relief prints in three colours. These are printed and bound in to a seventy-two-page book. It is a true artist’s vision.
All letterpress printed by Phil Abel at Hand & Eye.
All books signed by Dave McKean.
All books handmade by Richard Tong and Sam Cartwright at Ludlow Bookbinders.
Each of the lettered edition will be remarqued with an original Dave McKean illustration.
