Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving - EASTON PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2012
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Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving - EASTON PRESS DELUXE LIMITED EDITION 2012
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
LIMITED EDITION No. 152 of 400
Re-creating the landmark 1905 edition.
Frontispiece and 49 hand-tipped full-colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham at the back of the book all protected by title printed waxed paper.
Bound in gilt image blocked cream premium leather.
Hubbed spine deeply embossed with 22kt gold.
Printed on acid-neutral paper.
Hand-marbled endsheets.
Ribbon page marker.
All page edges gilt.
Smyth-sewn pages.
Custom-crafted cream cloth slipcase gilt printed of front with a picture.
172 pages
30.2x23cm.
US$412
The unabridged text from Washington Irving's timeless tale of the man who slept for 20 years.
Easton Press publishes several deluxe limited editions a year, some of which are remarkably good and far better than their standard editions. I purchased (with great difficulty) this book direct from Easton Press, but they no longer sell outside North America and those in the rest of the world have to wait for books to appear on the secondary market, usually at an inflated price.
Endpapers
Laid-in certificate
In 2026 Conversation Tree Press published a superb limited edition of Rip van Winkle which is reviewed HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
LIMITED EDITION No. 152 of 400
Re-creating the landmark 1905 edition.
Frontispiece and 49 hand-tipped full-colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham at the back of the book all protected by title printed waxed paper.
Bound in gilt image blocked cream premium leather.
Hubbed spine deeply embossed with 22kt gold.
Printed on acid-neutral paper.
Hand-marbled endsheets.
Ribbon page marker.
All page edges gilt.
Smyth-sewn pages.
Custom-crafted cream cloth slipcase gilt printed of front with a picture.
172 pages
30.2x23cm.
US$412
The unabridged text from Washington Irving's timeless tale of the man who slept for 20 years.
Easton Press publishes several deluxe limited editions a year, some of which are remarkably good and far better than their standard editions. I purchased (with great difficulty) this book direct from Easton Press, but they no longer sell outside North America and those in the rest of the world have to wait for books to appear on the secondary market, usually at an inflated price.
Endpapers
Laid-in certificate
In 2026 Conversation Tree Press published a superb limited edition of Rip van Winkle which is reviewed HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2whytewolf1
I really love this edition and hope I can score one on the secondary market for a decent price at some point. Thanks for sharing, Warwick!
3ultrarightist
I am surprised and impressed that an EP book was printed on Crane's Lettra 100% cotton fiber paper. Quite nice.
4punkzip
The white slipcase and white leather binding was also used for the Tempest DLE which I picked up recently.
5astropi
The Easton Press DLEs are really wonderful, especially if you get them for retail which can be somewhat pricey, but far less than on the second-hand market. I think their facsimiles are in particular very good for the money.
6ultrarightist
For this DLE, it appears that EP produced high-fidelity reproductions of the original illustrations, unlike so many of their standard editions, where the reproductions are fuzzy, muddy, and dull.
>1 wcarter: What is your assessment of the quality of the illustration reproductions in this DLE?
>1 wcarter: What is your assessment of the quality of the illustration reproductions in this DLE?
8wcarter
>6 ultrarightist:
The illustrations are very good, but not as crisp and sharp as when printed directly from the engraved block. You can see that in the three close up pictures.
The illustrations are very good, but not as crisp and sharp as when printed directly from the engraved block. You can see that in the three close up pictures.
