November 2023

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Numbered and Lettered!

These unique books will be available for pre-sale from our website https://www.arete-editions.com/ From Nov. 4th at 5pm GMT

This book is lavishly illustrated by the extraordinary Dave McKean. Dave has produced seventeen letterpress relief prints in three colours including three double-page plates that are tabbed into the book blocks to allow opening without a gutter. These are printed and bound in to a seventy-two-page book. It is a true artist’s vision.

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.

The Numbered edition:

An edition of 200 copies, of which 180 are for sale.

72 pages, 286 x 206 mm

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.

Signed by Dave McKean and numbered.

£395.00 plus shipping

The Lettered Edition:

72 pages, 286 x 206 mm

An edition of 36 copies, of which 26 will be lettered A-Z for sale. Six copies hors de commerce will be marked in red roman numerals.

The book will be fully bound with a square spine in chocolate brown Canada Grain cow hide. There will be two passes of foil blocking to the front board in black and cream and one pass to the spine in cream. All three of the page edges will be gilded.

It will come in a cloth covered solander box with a large leather label affixed to the front. The label to be foil blocked in three passes, with a further pass to the spine in black.

Signed by Dave McKean and numbered remarqued with an original Dave McKean picture.

£1450.00 plus shipping

Expected to be shipped 1st quarter 2024.

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Store opens for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Store opens Nov. 4th at 5pm GMT. https://www.arete-editions.com/

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.

Store opens Saturday!

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