Faun by Joe Hill – CONVERSATION TREE PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2023
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Faun by Joe Hill - CONVERSATION TREE PRESS DELUXE LIMITED EDITION 2023
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 2 of 200 copies
Signed by Joe Hill and illustrator Francois Vaillancourt.
Twelve full colour illustrations (including one double page spread) tipped in on one side of illustration only, and three letterpress printed pen and ink drawings by Francois Vaillancourt.
Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in custom marbled paper, leather is exposed in the high-wear areas along the spine and foredges, with extra space allowed for the foil stamping of the title in gold on purple spine label.
Printed letterpress on Liber Charta 145 gsm paper by Nomad Letterpress..
Title page is printed in two colours.
Endpapers and chapter break paper are Japanese Takeo Tant Select, embossed with a delicate linen texture on both sides.
Top page edge gilded.
Purple ribbon page marker.
Slipcase wrapped in green textured Fancy Linen fabric with the top and bottom caps in purple leather and inside lined in suedel.
25.9x18.2cm.
50 pages
US$495
This is one of the most beautiful fine press books I own. Superbly bound in an unusual style, lavishly illustrated, and a very unusual story. Even the slipcase is gorgeous!
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An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 2 of 200 copies
Signed by Joe Hill and illustrator Francois Vaillancourt.
Twelve full colour illustrations (including one double page spread) tipped in on one side of illustration only, and three letterpress printed pen and ink drawings by Francois Vaillancourt.
Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in custom marbled paper, leather is exposed in the high-wear areas along the spine and foredges, with extra space allowed for the foil stamping of the title in gold on purple spine label.
Printed letterpress on Liber Charta 145 gsm paper by Nomad Letterpress..
Title page is printed in two colours.
Endpapers and chapter break paper are Japanese Takeo Tant Select, embossed with a delicate linen texture on both sides.
Top page edge gilded.
Purple ribbon page marker.
Slipcase wrapped in green textured Fancy Linen fabric with the top and bottom caps in purple leather and inside lined in suedel.
25.9x18.2cm.
50 pages
US$495
This is one of the most beautiful fine press books I own. Superbly bound in an unusual style, lavishly illustrated, and a very unusual story. Even the slipcase is gorgeous!
. . . 
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
3NathanOv
>1 wcarter: Easily my favorite binding design of the year.
I felt the illustrations and their incorporation into the book felt a little too “digital,” but that is a minor gripe with how stunning the rest of the production is.
I felt the illustrations and their incorporation into the book felt a little too “digital,” but that is a minor gripe with how stunning the rest of the production is.
