Lettered Edition THE FISHERMAN by John Langan
Consisting of only 350 copies in three states, Artists Edition, Deluxe Edition and Lettered Edition.
The Fisherman has been designed and illustrated by Elijah John with eight full colour illustrations including two double page fold outs all of which have been tipped-in by hand.
The book also contains black and white pen and ink pieces including chapter headers and vignettes which have been printed letterpress.
Page Count: 285 pp approxDimensions: 170 x 240 mm (uniform size of our other titles.)
The book will be printed letterpress by Pat Randle and Ellen Bills of Nomad Letterpress on their Heidelberg.
The title page will be printed in blue and black.
The typefaces are set in Minion Pro, with Hermann types for display.
LETTERED EDITION
LIMITED TO 26 COPIES
Bound by Master Book-Binder Jack Tylkowski and Printed on newly commissioned, handmade Losin paper from the celebrated Czech paper mill which carries the Nepenthe Watermark.
Jacek chose a three-piece bradel binding as the structure for his design. The front and back boards are covered in dark grey Italian goatskin. He then created an organic texture for the leather to which he has applied turquoise and black metallic and pigment foils to enhance the effect and finally an embossing dye.
This tactile, organic texture mimics not just the skin of Leviathan but also echoes the Black Sea and black mould which are reoccurring motifs throughout the novel. In a final flourish this texture has then been carried on to the endpapers, so the effect is mirrored internally.
Housed in a handmade solander box of grey cloth with goatskin spine, hand foiled titles and stamped hook motif to the top of the box. The box is lined with a luxurious light grey suedel.
Signed by John Langan, Paul Tremblay and Elijah John
Three piece Bradel Binding
Fully bound in dark grey Italian Goatskin
Sculpted leather head-caps
The spine is black leather with vertical title stamps hand-foiled in turquoise .
Handmade textured endpapers
Letterpress-printed on handmade Losin carrying the Nepenthe Watermark
Sewn binding with 8 full colour illustrations including two double page fold-outs tipped-in by hand
Pen and Ink illustrated chapter headers and vignettes printed letterpress
Title page printed in two colours.
The Lettered edition also comes with the option of a special Remarque by Elijah John rendered using metallic inks.