Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s earliest works, written while he was still in his twenties and published in 1879. It chronicles a twelve-day, one hundred and twenty mile hike he took…
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There’s not much that can be said of Treasure Island that hasn’t been said before. I think every young boy in the English-speaking world must have read Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic in some form of the other while growing…
Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III (1911-1983) was a prolific American writer of short stories, novels, poetry and, most famously, screenplays. Some of his major works include The Glass Menagerie (1945), A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Summer and Smoke (1948)…
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A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by John Austen, Limited Editions Club (1939)
Another review in a series of articles examining the Limited Editions Club Shakespeare; previous entries looked at A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet, but you can always view the full article on the LEC for much more information about…
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Edy Legrand, Limited Editions Club (1939)
Here’s a look at another volume in the Limited Editions Club Shakespeare, a series that I’ve written about in detail before. All of the books in the series were letterpress printed and published by the Club as part of…
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Dave Mckean, Subterranean Press (2008)
Almost five years ago I got an email from from one of my very first clients who, I’m happy to say, I still do a lot of work for even after all this time. He had some really exciting…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Limited Editions Club (1939)
I’ve written in detail about the Limited Editions Club Shakespeare before, being one of the crowning achievements of George Macy’s press. The books were letterpress printed and published by the Limited Editions Club as part of the Club’s Eleventh…
I was recently able to acquire a few items from the Whittington Press and I’ve been pretty excited about sharing sharing my thoughts on them for a while; but as sometimes happens, life gets in the way and it’s…
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until April 1865, when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth a short time into his second term as president. Lincoln is perhaps one…
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hand & Eye Editions (2010)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde needs little introduction. It’s one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s (1850—1894) most popular works, alongside other classics like Treasure Island and Kidnapped. It was first published in 1886, with the original…