Shelfmark
Ls.4.59
Author
Title
Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : St James Park Press, 2021 [i.e. 2023].
Physical description
[12], 342, [8] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm.
Note
List of illustrations and colophon printed in letterpress inside publisher's solander box.
Note
Limited edition of 70 copies by subscription including 59 ordinary copies and 11 special copies.
Note
Production completed and issued in 2023.
Note
Text set in 12D Lutetia and printed on 120gsm Zerkall ohne-Silurian mould-made paper; illustrations printed on 24 sewn-in hand-made papers.
Note
Bordering the text is "The principles of Newspeak" set in Times 8-pt italic and printed in pale grey across eight consecutive pages, repeated; illustrations represent posters and ephemera from the novel.
Note
Main text printed by John Grice; border text printed by Pat Randle; illustrations printed by James Freemantle.
Note
Illustrations designed by James Freemantle and executed by artists including: Joe Higgins, Ian Beck, Mark Wilkinson, Robin Mackenzie, Andy English, Hugh Ribbans, Beth S. Robertson, Tony Aguero, Jack Kitchen, Mark Askam.
Note
Publisher's binding by Roger Grech; textured red paper boards; white vellum paper spine; spine lettering in gilt. Housed in publisher's red cloth solander box with spine label printed in gilt on vellum paper.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is one of 59 ordinary subscribers' copies, identified in Chess Committee list on plate facing p. 169.
Copy-specific note
Prospectus and ephemera catalogued separately.
Copy-specific note
Publisher's essay housed in box: The illustrators and illustrations of Nineteen eighty-four.
Subject
Orwell, George, 1903 - 1950 Nineteen eighty-four
Subject
Dystopian fiction.
Added entry--name
St James Park Press (London, England) publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B51856