The Transposed Heads by Thomas Mann – ALLEN PRESS 1977
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The Transposed Heads - A Legend of India by Thomas Mann - ALLEN PRESS 1977
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Limited Edition of 140 copies.
Introduced by Raghavan Iyer.
Translated by H T Porter-Lowe
Designed, printed and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen.
Fifteen decorative three colour illustrations printed in black over a mustard colour tint block with an orange colour inner frame.
Letterpress set by hand, printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress on watermarked, all-rag paper handmade at St Cuthberts Mill in England.
Sanskrit running heads printed in maroon colour.
Hand bound in in cloth produced by Indian peasants and hand-blocked in many colours.
Sewn pages.
Ragged page edges.
108 pages
34.2x23.3cm.
US$350
A traditional Hindu tale of “fateful conflict” between love and physical desire, following two close friends “united and divided by their love for one woman.”
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Limited Edition of 140 copies.
Introduced by Raghavan Iyer.
Translated by H T Porter-Lowe
Designed, printed and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen.
Fifteen decorative three colour illustrations printed in black over a mustard colour tint block with an orange colour inner frame.
Letterpress set by hand, printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress on watermarked, all-rag paper handmade at St Cuthberts Mill in England.
Sanskrit running heads printed in maroon colour.
Hand bound in in cloth produced by Indian peasants and hand-blocked in many colours.
Sewn pages.
Ragged page edges.
108 pages
34.2x23.3cm.
US$350
A traditional Hindu tale of “fateful conflict” between love and physical desire, following two close friends “united and divided by their love for one woman.”
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
3SebRinelli
Would be an instant purchase for me if the original text wasn’t in my native language. Thanks for the pictures >1 wcarter:
4wcarter
>2 kdweber:
As far as I can tell it is. Slightly damaged as would be expected with age, and not apparently an addition.
As far as I can tell it is. Slightly damaged as would be expected with age, and not apparently an addition.
5dlphcoracl
>1 wcarter:
Absolutely gorgeous.
The Allen Press may be my favorite private press amongst my collection. The Allen Press books are exemplary in every aspect - interesting choice(s) of literature, flawless book design, beautiful illustrations, and use of color on every page. And, of course, they were absolute masters of printing with the hand press on the finest dampened handmade papers available. Why these books aren't better known or collected more avidly by serious collectors remains a mystery to me.
Absolutely gorgeous.
The Allen Press may be my favorite private press amongst my collection. The Allen Press books are exemplary in every aspect - interesting choice(s) of literature, flawless book design, beautiful illustrations, and use of color on every page. And, of course, they were absolute masters of printing with the hand press on the finest dampened handmade papers available. Why these books aren't better known or collected more avidly by serious collectors remains a mystery to me.
6ultrarightist
>5 dlphcoracl: What the Oracle said!
7jveezer
No brainer for me if I ever run across it with the necessary dough in my book satchel. This is one I really want to review on my blog. Don't have any Allen Press representation on it yet...
8dlphcoracl
>7 jveezer:
No Allen Press book on 'The Whole Book Experience' ????
Shame on you. Until you add an Allen Press book to your wonderful blog, it is not quite 'Whole'.
No Allen Press book on 'The Whole Book Experience' ????
Shame on you. Until you add an Allen Press book to your wonderful blog, it is not quite 'Whole'.
9jveezer
>8 dlphcoracl: Exactly. With my present book budget, the blog will never be wholly 'Whole'! ;)
10kermaier
A beautiful and enjoyable book — I have a copy as well.
I doubt that slipcase is original; mine has an acetate jacket, which is much more typical of the Allens’ output. (I believe only their loosely bound productions, such as Persian Stories and A Venetian Story, were given boxes.)
I doubt that slipcase is original; mine has an acetate jacket, which is much more typical of the Allens’ output. (I believe only their loosely bound productions, such as Persian Stories and A Venetian Story, were given boxes.)
11wcarter
>10 kermaier:
I purchased the book second-hand in fine condition, and it came with the slipcase. If it is not original, i am grateful to the previous owner for making such a well fitted slipcase for the book.
I purchased the book second-hand in fine condition, and it came with the slipcase. If it is not original, i am grateful to the previous owner for making such a well fitted slipcase for the book.
12ultrarightist
>10 kermaier: Dialogues of Creatures Moralized was published with a slipcase, and at least one other title I cannot think of at the moment.
13SebRinelli
>12 ultrarightist: my Oresteian Trilogy has a slipcase too
14kermaier
>12 ultrarightist:
Yes, you’re right, and the Oresteian Trilogy — but I think not titles like the Transposed Heads, Dialogue of the Dogs, etc.
Yes, you’re right, and the Oresteian Trilogy — but I think not titles like the Transposed Heads, Dialogue of the Dogs, etc.
