Herakles by Lawrence G. Van Velzer - FOOLSCAP PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2009
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1wcarter
Herakles and the Eurystheusian Twelve-Step Program by Lawrence G. Van Velzer - FOOLSCAP PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2009
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 56 of 110 copies
Illustrated with 13 red/brown amphora jars drawn on in black by Peggy Gotthold.
Printed letterpress on Curtis Holcomb Text in Tiepolo type.
Red/brown endpapers.
Hand bound in accordion format, printed on one side only with red/brown cloth backing to each accordion sheet and illustration at end of each sheet.
Accordion sheets vary from three to five in each set.
Bound in grey linen with an illustrated paper cover label.
Light brown textured and mottled paper wrapper with front line illustration, closed with light brown leather straps and knotted string.
Book slides in and out of wrapper without knots being undone.
28.4x16.3cm.
60 pages
US$395
A cleverly written, and beautifully presented tongue-in-cheek parody of the labours of Hercules.
At the time of posting, copies were still available directly from Foolscap Press here.
Other Foolscap Press books reviewed in this series include:-
- The Snails by Patricia Highsmith here.
- The Story of the Fisherman here.
- Thomas Paine in His Own Words here.
- The Tower of the Winds here.
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville here.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 56 of 110 copies
Illustrated with 13 red/brown amphora jars drawn on in black by Peggy Gotthold.
Printed letterpress on Curtis Holcomb Text in Tiepolo type.
Red/brown endpapers.
Hand bound in accordion format, printed on one side only with red/brown cloth backing to each accordion sheet and illustration at end of each sheet.
Accordion sheets vary from three to five in each set.
Bound in grey linen with an illustrated paper cover label.
Light brown textured and mottled paper wrapper with front line illustration, closed with light brown leather straps and knotted string.
Book slides in and out of wrapper without knots being undone.
28.4x16.3cm.
60 pages
US$395
A cleverly written, and beautifully presented tongue-in-cheek parody of the labours of Hercules.
At the time of posting, copies were still available directly from Foolscap Press here.
Other Foolscap Press books reviewed in this series include:-
- The Snails by Patricia Highsmith here.
- The Story of the Fisherman here.
- Thomas Paine in His Own Words here.
- The Tower of the Winds here.
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville here.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2Glacierman
Interestingly different. Thank you!
3jsg1976
Having just read Stephen Fry’s Mythos, another humorous take on, among other things, the labors of Heracles, I am sorely tempted to pick this up too
4vadim_ca
>1 wcarter: Thank you for posting this review and pictures. I have been slowly acquiring their back catalogue for a few years and this book is on my list. Hopefully will purchase in the near future - keep getting distracted with other books!
