Ecclesiastes from Sutton Hoo Press
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1Glacierman
Well, Chad Oness at Sutton Hoo/The Last Press has done it again! This time, it is a book that was 15 years in the making...sort of. I regret that my scanner software has stopped speaking to my scanner and I cannot make it be nice. Consequently, I can but refer you to his website for some excellent images.
Ecclesiastes. Rollingstone Township on Deering Cr., MN: Sutton Hoo Press at The Last Press, 2024. With wood engravings by Ladislav Hanka. 28 unnumbered pages (14 leaves), not including the two paste downs. 9.25" x 11.5" (approx.); approximately 100 unnumbered copies printed in American Uncial and Joanna types on handmade Japanese Iyo Glazed paper. Binding in two variants: 60 copies in wrappers of handmade Indian rush paper and 20-30 copies have been cased in Bridget O’Malley’s handmade flax cover from Cave Paper. A vellum binding is also being contemplated.
The type for this was actually set and locked up in the chase 15 years ago, but for various reasons, was never printed until now. It is a marvelous little book superbly printed on a lovely paper which Chad has used many times before and which has a marvelous sensuous feel to it. The rush wrappers are also texturally enticing and attractive as well, with little bits of rush scattered throughout.
The text used is the King James version of the Bible. The preliminary text is Ecclesiastes 3:1-10, occupies one page and functions as the title page. This is the text that Pete Seeger set to music and which The Byrds made a hit out of as Turn, Turn, Turn in 1965. It is set in American Uncial in grey & red. The main text is set in Joanna, a choice I am rather fond of for various reasons, and it makes for a lovely layout.
Hanka's illustrations are somewhat abstract and are scattered throughout, each having a single page to itself. They constitute a separate, but equal work that accompanies the text itself. Interesting combination. I like it.
Chad has indicated he was rather reluctant to enclose this text in boards, and I can see why. The wrappered binding falls open readily, laying flat for easy reading. It was a good decision to eschew boards for this book. I mentioned above that the printing is superb, and so it is. It is done to the standards I associate with Chad’s work and am happy to add this lovely volume to my small Sutton Hoo collection. I highly recommend it to all and sundry.
Ecclesiastes. Rollingstone Township on Deering Cr., MN: Sutton Hoo Press at The Last Press, 2024. With wood engravings by Ladislav Hanka. 28 unnumbered pages (14 leaves), not including the two paste downs. 9.25" x 11.5" (approx.); approximately 100 unnumbered copies printed in American Uncial and Joanna types on handmade Japanese Iyo Glazed paper. Binding in two variants: 60 copies in wrappers of handmade Indian rush paper and 20-30 copies have been cased in Bridget O’Malley’s handmade flax cover from Cave Paper. A vellum binding is also being contemplated.
The type for this was actually set and locked up in the chase 15 years ago, but for various reasons, was never printed until now. It is a marvelous little book superbly printed on a lovely paper which Chad has used many times before and which has a marvelous sensuous feel to it. The rush wrappers are also texturally enticing and attractive as well, with little bits of rush scattered throughout.
The text used is the King James version of the Bible. The preliminary text is Ecclesiastes 3:1-10, occupies one page and functions as the title page. This is the text that Pete Seeger set to music and which The Byrds made a hit out of as Turn, Turn, Turn in 1965. It is set in American Uncial in grey & red. The main text is set in Joanna, a choice I am rather fond of for various reasons, and it makes for a lovely layout.
Hanka's illustrations are somewhat abstract and are scattered throughout, each having a single page to itself. They constitute a separate, but equal work that accompanies the text itself. Interesting combination. I like it.
Chad has indicated he was rather reluctant to enclose this text in boards, and I can see why. The wrappered binding falls open readily, laying flat for easy reading. It was a good decision to eschew boards for this book. I mentioned above that the printing is superb, and so it is. It is done to the standards I associate with Chad’s work and am happy to add this lovely volume to my small Sutton Hoo collection. I highly recommend it to all and sundry.
