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foliosociety.com

<blockquote><p>‘Once upon a time there were four little rabbits – and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter’</p><ol><li><em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</em></li></ol></blockquote><p>Beatrix Potter’s tales of endearing animals with human traits have been charming children for generations. An artist, author and conservationist, Potter was a woman of prodigious and varied talents and her love of flora and fauna is evident in her beautifully detailed, evocative drawings. Discouraged from pursuing a career in science, she published her first book, <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit,</em> when she was in her thirties. Forty million copies have been sold since 1902 and its success led Potter to compose and illustrate a total of 23 books.</p><p>From the adorable antics in <em>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin</em> to the courage displayed in <em>The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck</em>, 12 of Potter’s best-loved stories have been selected for The Heritage Collection. This special edition has been published exclusively for Folio, and each beautifully crafted book features a gold-blocked cloth binding and gilding on all page edges. The exquisite endpapers replicate the binding design of deluxe editions published by Warne in 1903, a patterned calico supplied by Edmund Potter and Company, Beatrix’s paternal grandfather. Finally, the set is presented in a beautiful presentation box lined with the endpaper design and printed with gold lettering.</p>

subterraneanpress.com

Peter Beagle is my favorite author, and working with him for the Subterranean Press Edition of The Way Home is a privilege I shall always treasure. From the art direction to the final lettered edition I've had a hand in every stage, and I've been able to work with a variety of artists. I was able to work with one of my favorite binders, Lisa Hersey, of Antler Editions for the lettered edition. I had a marbled paper already chosen (by the incomparable artist Jemma Lewis), and Lisa built upon my vision with suggestions on the leather and cloth. We even were able to add hand-sewn silk endbands, a SubPress first. This edition features: letterpress title pages for the two novellas, printed by DWRI art by Alyssa Winans the limited edition dust jacket art as a gatefold hand-sewn endbands in silk goat leather spine japanese silk enclosure with leather labels and velvet traycase lining marbled paper by Jemma Lewis -Geralyn Lance, Subterranean Press COO Lisa Hersey runs Antler Editions, a bindery in Massachusetts. She graduated from the Montserrat College of Art in 2012, with an award for excellence in her concentration. Lisa bound the lettered edition run of Lincoln’s Dreams, and recently completed The Way Home. Many of SubPress’s customers will also be familiar with her work on the lettered edition cases of Earthling Press’s Weaveworld. In addition to binding, Lisa also teaches a variety of bookbinding classes. Geralyn Lance, our COO, interviewed Lisa to learn more about her bindery and art. First off, tell us a little about Antler Editions. How did you decide upon your bindery name, and what is the history behind your company?Antler Editions started in my parents' basement in 2012! It took me a while to settle on a name, I knew I wanted the word Editions, because I love creating multiples. I was looking at bone names at first because I was doing a lot of screen printing at the time, and of course... the bone folder. Everything sounded to

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sanchosrarebooks.co.uk

SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into several remote nations of the world. In four parts, viz. I. A voyage to Lilliput. II. A voyage to Brobdingnag. III. A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubrib and Japan. IV. A voyage to the country of the Houynhnms. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships. _ _ retroq; vulgus abhorret ab his. London: The Folio Society, 2011. Limited, Numbered Edition, newly illustrated by Peter Suart and signed and hand-numbered by the artist. 331 × 250 × 45 mm. Pp. [i–iv], [1–6] 7–281 [282–286]. Type: Caslon. Printed by Martins of Berwick on Cordier Wove paper. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery in quarter vellum with titling calligraphy by Stephen Raw blocked in gold to spine. Brown-green paper boards blocked in gold and printed in red, cream and dark brown. Gilded top edge. Endleaves printed with repeat design in letterpress by The Logan Press. Brown clamshell box with red paper spine-label titled by Raw in gold.  A limitation spread containing an etching by Peter Stuart, hand-printed by the Pauper’s Press, is included at the front and has been signed and numbered by the artist. In this etching, Gulliver stands astride a broken bridge – the link between the vile Yahoo on his right and the noble Houyhnhnm on his left. The illustrator plays with tricks of scale – a giant’s finger and thumb appear to snatch Gulliver, just as he himself holds a tiny figure. The picture’s composition subtly alludes to the famous frontispiece etching in Hobbes’s Leviathan, a major inspiration to Swift. Stuart has also supplied pen-and-ink tail-pieces and 17 tipped-in watercolours printed by Dot Gradations.  Leaf following end of text reads in part ‘limited to one thousand copies, signed and numbered by the artist on the etching, and thirty copies numbered in Roman numerals, which are hors commerce’. Winner in limited edition and fine binding category of the 2012 British Book Design and Production Awards. Travels

wintersrarebooks.com

This epic conclusion, released by Bloomsbury UK on 21 July 2007, was the fastest-selling book in history, with over 8 million copies sold in the first 24 hours.

jwkbooks.com

we offer fine first editions, primarily in our areas of specialty, but are not limited to them. we offer email sales lists and updates, and occasional catalogs

johnatkinsonbooks.co.uk

A first edition, first printing ‘The Mysterious Affair At Styles’ published by John Lane in 1921. A near fine book without inscriptions.