Just in! New photos of the bindings of our next pre-sale. Dave McKean has illustrated F Scott Fitzgerald’s fantasy short story and has been collaborating with Richard Tong on the bindings, who created the designs from Dave’s concepts and images. We think they’ve done a fantastic, elegant, job.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
These fabulous books will be available for pre-sale from our website from https://www.arete-editions.com/
Saturday 4 November at 5pm GMT
The Numbered Edition
72 pages, 286 x 206 mm
An edition of 200 copies, of which 180 are for sale.
Seventeen three-colour relief prints by Dave McKean including three double-page plates that will be tabbed into the book blocks to allow opening without a gutter.
Signed by Dave McKean and numbered.
Typeset in Baskerville and printed letterpress by Phil Abel at Hand & Eye Editions on Munken 150 gsm paper.
The book will be quarter bound, with a square spine in chocolate brown Canada Grain cow hide. The face papers are hand marbled by Freya Scott of Paperwilds and foil blocked in two colours to the front board. The top page edge will be gilded.
The book will come in a cloth-covered slipcase, lined in light brown suedel. The front of the slipcase will be foil blocked in three colours.
£395.00 plus shipping
