Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - SUNTUP NUMBERED LE 2026
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1wcarter
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - SUNTUP NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION 2026
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 76 of 250 copies
Signed by James Ransome and William Souder.
Ten page afterword by William Souder.
Seven watercolor illustrations by James Ransome printed giclée on Hahnemühle Bugra and tipped in
with wax-paper protective leaves.
Designed by Mark Argetsinger in Monotype Bulmer; the type was cast in metal and printed letterpress by David Wolfe, Isak Applin and Claire Christensen at Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine.
Titles are hand set in foundry type.
Printed on Mohawk Superfine, mouldmade Somerset Book, and handmade Twinrocker papers.
Ragged page fore-edge and trimmed upper and lower page edges.
Fawn endpapers.
Millimeter style binding covered in light brown Japanese cloth with quarter dark brown goatskin leather on the spine and leather fore edge trim.
Spine title label printed letterpress in brown with green decoration.
Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick on cover label printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra paper.
Clamshell enclosure covered in light brown Japanese cloth with dark brown velour lined trays.
26x18cm.
124 pages
£400 on secondary market
Bookmark (reverse blank)
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 76 of 250 copies
Signed by James Ransome and William Souder.
Ten page afterword by William Souder.
Seven watercolor illustrations by James Ransome printed giclée on Hahnemühle Bugra and tipped in
with wax-paper protective leaves.
Designed by Mark Argetsinger in Monotype Bulmer; the type was cast in metal and printed letterpress by David Wolfe, Isak Applin and Claire Christensen at Wolfe Editions in Portland, Maine.
Titles are hand set in foundry type.
Printed on Mohawk Superfine, mouldmade Somerset Book, and handmade Twinrocker papers.
Ragged page fore-edge and trimmed upper and lower page edges.
Fawn endpapers.
Millimeter style binding covered in light brown Japanese cloth with quarter dark brown goatskin leather on the spine and leather fore edge trim.
Spine title label printed letterpress in brown with green decoration.
Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick on cover label printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra paper.
Clamshell enclosure covered in light brown Japanese cloth with dark brown velour lined trays.
26x18cm.
124 pages
£400 on secondary market
Bookmark (reverse blank)
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2duncjl
>1 wcarter: I suppose it is no more than a matter of personal taste, rather than an actual design solecism, but I find dotted (or indeed unbroken) lines on the colophon for the signatures to be really ugly. They have a place at the end of a contract for double-glazing or a car loan, but no place at the end of a piece of finely crafted printing.
In terms of the impression it creates, it rather reminds me of the old continental European (and perhaps elsewhere) habit of using a rotating rubber stamp to number the books on the colophon. It just seems so inapt.
In terms of the impression it creates, it rather reminds me of the old continental European (and perhaps elsewhere) habit of using a rotating rubber stamp to number the books on the colophon. It just seems so inapt.
3astropi
>2 duncjl: I think the colophon is 100% fine and honestly I don't see much difference in it compared to most other fine press colophons.
>1 wcarter: Thank you for the lovely review. I just love that Suntup publishes classics such as this along with more popular books in other genres.
>1 wcarter: Thank you for the lovely review. I just love that Suntup publishes classics such as this along with more popular books in other genres.
4randallisaacs047
>1 wcarter: I loved reading this book, which was back when I was in school, a ways back. Ah the memories.
5AstulTheShepherd
>4 randallisaacs047: Likewise! The memories of the whole class rolling on the floor laughing over Curly's vaseline glove made it a must buy.
6randallisaacs047
>5 AstulTheShepherd: I think for me it was more the strangeness of their relationship or friendship, George and Lennie I mean. Than also the life they led, I have always been fascinated by the distance portrayed between their world and mine. Not sure if you get what I am saying. But that is why I read, to go where I cannot.
7AstulTheShepherd
>6 randallisaacs047: I fully understand what you're saying, disappearing into a world not my own is also why I read :)
