The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - ARETE LE 2024
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - ARETE EDITIONS LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION 2024
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 29 of 180 copies
17 three-colour relief bound-in prints, three double page, by Dave McKean who signed the book.
Printed letterpress in three colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press a Hand & Eye Editions.
Printed on Munken 150 gsm. paper.
Top page edge gilded.
Plain black endpapers.
Quarter bound, with a square spine in black Canada Grain cow hide, paper covers hand marbled by Freya Scott of Paperwilds, black leather label on the front cover foil blocked in white and gold colours.
Green cloth covered slipcase lined in light brown suedel, front foil blocked with title in black and white.
29.8x21.2cm.
72 pages
£395
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a brief, witty and fantastical satire about aging. In 1860 he is born as an old man and begins aging backward. As he continues to grow younger, he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and preparatory school, then as his mind begins to deteriorate, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 29 of 180 copies
17 three-colour relief bound-in prints, three double page, by Dave McKean who signed the book.
Printed letterpress in three colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press a Hand & Eye Editions.
Printed on Munken 150 gsm. paper.
Top page edge gilded.
Plain black endpapers.
Quarter bound, with a square spine in black Canada Grain cow hide, paper covers hand marbled by Freya Scott of Paperwilds, black leather label on the front cover foil blocked in white and gold colours.
Green cloth covered slipcase lined in light brown suedel, front foil blocked with title in black and white.
29.8x21.2cm.
72 pages
£395
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a brief, witty and fantastical satire about aging. In 1860 he is born as an old man and begins aging backward. As he continues to grow younger, he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and preparatory school, then as his mind begins to deteriorate, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2SuttonHooPress
I sure do enjoy seeing these posts and really appreciate the time it takes to put them together. Many thanks!
4LBShoreBook
I really like the art in this one. Thanks for sharing.
5cottonoverwood
Many thanks for this and all your pictorial reviews. I’m sorely tempted with this one as I’m interested on several levels: I’m a fan of McKean’s work, short stories, Freya’s marbling and Aretè’s output - I’ve Frozen Hell and it’s stunning. I really need to be more selective this year as ‘24 was a little frenzied.
8A.Nobody
>7 Ragnaroekk: You can read the text here.
