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…
The Nawakum Press wrote to let me know about two new titles that they recently announced, and they look gorgeous. The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges First up is The Book of Sand, a short story written by…
A beautiful short film on the Whittington Press with John and Pat Randle. At 2:07 you can see the poster with the huge ‘M’ that the Press made to celebrate the fourth decade of the press, one of the…
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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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…
For anyone new to letterpress printing, these are a few videos that showcase the craft quite well. Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film is a short documentary by Danny Cooke on the fine art of letterpess printing.…