Bibliographic Essay Revisited
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Illustrator: Alan Andrew Farrant Publisher: Stukeley Press, London Date of publication: 1994 Edition: 11 of 50 printed Value: $2,000 Physical Description Pages with the poem: Vellin Blanc paper, 200 grams per square meter (or gsm), four sharp edges, 46 x 31.4 cm. Printed on two sheets of paper folded to four leaves. Pages with the illustrations: Vellin Blanc paper, 270 gsm, four deckled (or seemingly worn) edges, 46 x… Read More
Bibliographic Essay: Melville´s Moby Dick
Title: Moby Dick; or The Whale Author: Herman Melville Illustrator: Rockwell Kent Publisher (and location): Random House (New York) Date of publication: 1930 Physical Description: The binding is half green morocco with marbled paper boards. Raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and gilt font cover decoration. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. The cover has, on the lower left corner, a guilt image of a ship. On the spine, in… Read More
Bibliography Essay
Bibliography Essay The Sphinx By Graham Marema Wilde, Oscar; Charles S. Ricketts; Bruce Rogers. The Sphinx. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. Title The Sphinx Author Oscar Wilde Illustrator Charlie Ricketts Publisher Elkin Mathews and John Lane (London) Date of publication 1894 Edition This is a first edition. On the page before the title page it reads: “The edition of this book… Read More
Bibliographic Essay: Now We Are Six
Title: Now We Are Six Author: A. A. Milne Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard Publisher: Methuen & Co. (36 Essex Street, London) Printer: Jarrold and Sons LTD. (Norwich, England) Published: October 13, 1927 Edition: First Description of the book: Now We Are Six has a maroon cloth cover with a gilt stamp on the front and back. The front cover is also stamped with a thin gilt border. The front… Read More
Bibliographic Essay on “Poems by the late William Cowper”
Bibliographic Information Title: Poems by the Late William Cowper Embellished with Engravings and a Sketch of His Life Divided in two volumes Author: William Cowper (November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800) Illustrator: Richard Westwall (?) Publisher: Printed by W. Lewis, published by WH Reid Publication year: 1820 Language: English Binding: Maroon morocco with both blind-stamped and gilt tampered decorative borders on covers. Raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and decorations…. Read More
The Hunting of the Snark
Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits Author: Lewis Carroll Illustrator: Henry Holiday Translator: None Publisher (and Location): London: Macmillan & Co. Date of Publication: 1876 Edition: 1st Physical Description – Bound by two green calf boards with a brown calf spine -“Calf” refers to leather made from the hide of a calf (the most common leather used in bookbinding) -Calf is smooth with no perceptible grain, and while naturally a pale… Read More
Breviary: how form, word and image model time
Title: Breviary Author: Kevin Young Illustrator: Ladislav Hanka Translator: n/a Printer/ Publisher (and location): Chad Oness of Sutton Hoo Press, assisted by Sidney Bauer (Houston, MN) Date of publication: 2009 Edition: Limited printing, 100 copies Price: $130 Physical Description: 16 unnumbered pages (additional two covered by wrapper) 3 hand-sewn signatures (two sheets per signature with deckle edges, four clean cut) 11 poems 28 x 11 cm Perpetua… Read More
RUNIAN Bibliographic Essay- Sam L
Title: Runian Author: C. Mikal Oness Illustrator: Brad Naragon Publisher: Bergamot Press, Sutton Hoo Press Date of Publication: 1999 Edition: Limited Edition, approximately 126 copies Physical Description: Runian is bound by hand sewn in signatures (one sheet of paper divided into two by binding) with paper boards. The front and back cover appear like rough parchment and the inner pages are made from dampened Johannot paper and are made to appear like parchment. The title on the front… Read More
Bibliographic Essay – Aly Dove
Title: Exile Author: Michelle Mitchell-Foust Illustrator: Carolyn Parker Dedication: For Kevin Publisher (and location): Sangha Press, Tallahassee, Florida Date of publication: 2000 Physical Description The cover of the book is a dark navy blue, almost gray deckled paper. It was hand bound and hand sewn by Betsy Wheeler. The paper within the book is a tan with deckled edges. The book was printed on dampened Somerset paper with Bulmer and Caslon type… Read More