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To Autumn

John Keats  

Contents   Illustrations   Edition details

The book is printed digitally using Epson Ultrachrome K3
pigment inks. The paper is mould made 225 gsm Somerset
Enhanced from the St Cuthberts Mill in Somerset, England. Somerset is made from 100% cotton, and is an archival grade paper.

Printed only on one side of the sheet, the pages are joined together with Tyvek and sewn with coloured thread. The bindings are constructed to allow the book to open and lie flat.

Available in four editions:

Edition A  —  432 x 279 mm (17 x 11 ins), decorated full-leather binding, together with an extra set of the thirty-six prints. The prints are the same size as the book and housed in a paper chemise. All in a cloth-covered drop-back box.
5 copies. £5000 ($8,000).

Edition B  —  432 x 279 mm (17 x 11 ins), decorated full-leather binding. In a cloth-covered drop-back box.
10 copies. £3500 ($5,500).

Edition C  —  432 x 279 mm (17 x 11 ins), paper covered boards. 40 copies. £1200 ($1,850).

Edition D  —  279 x 178 mm (11 x 7 ins), paper covers.
200 copies, £550 ($900).

Published in April 2008.

 

Editions A & B binding

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