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Beowulf - The Octad Edition of only eight vellum bound copies marked I - VIII
Illustrated by Alice Cao
To be published late Summer
Beowulf tells the story of a mighty warrior who defeats the monstrous Grendel and Grendel’s mother before becoming king. In his final battle, he slays a dragon but succumbs to his wounds, dying a heroic death.
In 1895 William Morris together with AJ Wyatt published their translation in 308 copies. This edition is not a facsimile but an homage to that edition.
Book Details:
The Octad Edition will be bound in full Vellum and housed in an enhanced natural grain goatskin leather solander box. This will include a folio of the 18 letterpress illustrations and a letterpress plate used to print these.
The text is printed letterpress on 170 gsm Liber Charta mouldmade paper and the endpapers hand marbled and foiled. Finished with head and tail bands, the pages gilded to three sides in real gold
The colophon is printed on Joseph Bachelor & Son Crown & Sceptre paper created to the specifications of William Morris.
A 40mm diameter cast medallion has been minted with a dragon and a sailing ship and will be housed in the enhanced Solander box.
The edition of eight will be numbered I to VIII and signed by the illustrator.
Housed in an enhanced gold embossed leather bound solander box. Embossed plush lined interior which includes the book, a folio of 18 letterpress illustrations signed by the Illustrator and a letterpress plate of one of the illustrations used in the making of this edition.
Book details:
192 pages - Page size: 240 x 170mm
Endpapers: Hand marbled and foiled by Paperwilds
Bound by Ludlow Bookbinders
Printed by Nomad Letterpress
This limited Edition release consists of two bindings of 308 copies:
300 Morris Editions and 8 Octad Editions
*Notes
The price does not include any import taxes or duties that your country may apply. These will be for you to settle with the relevant authorities should such payments be required.
It is your responsibility to inform us of your correct address and any changes to that address. We are not responsible for books mailed to an incorrect address supplied by the customer.
Images shown are of our prototype books. These prototype designs are to indicate what the final publications will look like and to uncover any issues in production. The final product may have some minor changes, such as a font change or adjustments necessary to create a high quality finished product.
*Securing Voucher Important Details
Purchasing a £1,000 Securing Voucher and and we will invoice you in July to pay the balance of £2,995 + P&P
With this option you are purchasing a non-refundable voucher, however you can decide to use it to purchase a different product at any time. If you wish to do this, you will need to email us and we will release your reservation of this Beowulf Octad Edition and email you a voucher code to the value of £1000, which can be applied at checkout when purchasing one of our other titles. You can pass this voucher code on to another person. Codes will only work once.
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