Copperhead Press

My wife and I recently launched Copperhead Press.

We wanted to share a picture of our first book, which is now available for preorder:

“In Our Time” by Ernest Hemingway



Available in these four editions:
- Paste Paper
- Half-Cloth
- Half-Leather (Numbered Edition - Limited to 50)
- Full-Leather (Lettered Edition - Limited to 26)

Each copy is hand bound by my wife and I. We will also be making all of the paste papers, slipcases and hand sewing the Lettered Edition headbands. Ten period accurate photographs will be tipped in.

The Half and Full Leather editions are sold with rights to our future editions. Among future titles may be writers such as John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, William Faulkner, DH Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, more Hemingway, etc.

They will be printed on white felt paper and the hard bound copies measure 9 1/4” x 6 1/8” in their slipcase. The clamshell included with the Numbered edition is larger.

As the photos in this edition will all be tipped in, we decided to go with a high-end digital four color printing. With the printing being only black text, with red page numbers and headers, it was very comparable to digital offset printing. We still hope to make the jump to letterpress someday. But with our first project we didn’t want to overextend with turnaround or pricing.

Here are a few pics of the print quality:





In the next few weeks we’ll also be posting this edition to Kickstarter.

Here is a link to a video of our books.

Here is a link to our FB page if you’d like to take a closer look or preorder a copy now.

Thanks!

>2 Pax_Romana: Thank you!
If you don’t mind, send me an email to:

copperheadpress@gmail.com

I’m happy to send you more information and pictures. Thanks again!

It's great to see a new Press being launched. The books look very stylish. I like Copperhead's choice of authors. There is plenty of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery etc elsewhere.

I am interested to learn from other's experience with tipped in photographs. With care, do they stay tipped in over an extended period?

Ah wait are the head/tail bands meant to evoke the copperhead, or is that by chance?

>4 Pendrainllwyn: I can’t imagine tipped in photos would fair much different than tipped in art prints which are very common. The description above sounds almost like giclee printing, though I don’t know all the nuances.

The only book that comes to mind with actual tipped in photo prints is Foolscap’s Despatches, and it’s held up very well at 16-or-so years old with several readings. However, looking at the prospectus it was done with “archival pigment prints” on a fine art paper, so I am not sure if it’s comparable.

>2 Pax_Romana: I assume it's ok for me to report to the non-FBers the price points: $120, $250, $350 and $550. Shipping seems to be extra. They all come with two paste paper companions.

>6 NathanOv: Thank you.

>4 Pendrainllwyn:
Great question, and thank you!
The tipped in photos are adhered to the text block with a brush of PVA book binder’s glue along one edge. It’s the strongest glue we’ll be using and is the same glue brushed along the spine of sewn signatures in the binding process.

I would agree with >6 NathanOv: in that it will last for a number of years like other books with tipped in art. Of course, with enough force I suppose it could be torn out, but the page it’s attached to would come along with it.

>5 filox: Ah, I see what you did there! Let’s just say it was either consciously or subconsciously done…

>1 CJR93: Looking good! Love the hand-sewn headbands on the full leather issue. Nice touch.

RE: the "will the tipped in photos stay put" issue: if you're using PVA to tip them in, they'll stay. Buyers shouldn't worry about them coming loose.

Ordered half leather and got copy number one.
Pictures emailed to me look superb.

Just launched the Kickstarter Campaign!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/copperheadpress/in-our-time-by-ernest-hemin...

Git some non-white male writers in there, please. Just hopin'...

Lawrence would be tempting. Proust even more so but not mentioned. And my new holy grail, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, ha ha. Although copyright might not be up on the Irish Gaelic to English translations.

Nice bindings, have a strong Thornwillow feel to me. Not interested enough in the author though, would be a reach for me even if they were letterpress. Still, good luck!

Oh, and not looking to start a flame war or anything, but a bit disappointed at the use of AI-generated imagery in the campaign. Yeah, it's not a critical graphic and just basically a recreation of a stock image, but still, there's a fair chance the AI is ripping off one or more actual artists (having been trained on their work with no remuneration to them). So I'd rather not see possible exploitation of other artists while you are touting your own work, you know?

(And yes, I know I'm bucking a headwind and such complaints will seem quaint in no time at all.)

>15 Shadekeep: Is the resemblance to Thornwillow intentional? I was gobsmacked when I first laid eyes on these pictures. Striking similarity in style.

>17 RogerReads: I think it possible. On their background page they show rebindings of Thornwillow editions. Possibly one of them worked or apprenticed at Thornwillow for a time, it's led to other new presses before (such as No Reply Press). Whatever the case, I do think they were influenced, either directly or indirectly, by the Thornwillow house style.

I don’t think they used to work there. The KS describes a pretty modest background for the owners, with dabbling with binding on the side. It’s a nice story and I wish them well.

Thank you to all of you who have backed our first Kickstarter project! We can’t wait to start working on your books.

We’re excited to tell you we are already at work on 10 new titles! Our next book is already designed, formatted and heading toward its first physical mock-up. Hint: “MooCow”

While we’re at it, here are a few more hints of which titles we’re working on:
• Shelley - 1824
• Commodore
• Madeleines
• DM/IV/AL
• Candace
• Odour
• 1805
• “From the Steps”
• Arsenic
• Moscow Art Theater

As a reminder, all half-leather and full-leather editions come with rights of purchase to the next release.

Thank you again for your support!

Our Next Title:
Discover Jane Austen’s First Novella

We're excited to announce that we will soon be launching a new Kickstarter Campaign for a limited run of the novella, "Lady Susan" by Jane Austen. The mock-ups are well under way.

This edition of 150 will be bound in Japanese cloth and feature watercolors by Caroline Maria Applebee. It will have lilac bugra end pages and soft brocade wrapped covers.

A link to the Kickstarter and pictures will be added when the campaign launches!

Now Available for Preorder

Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Limited to 50 Half-Leatherbound Copies

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Now Available for Preorder

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Available in four states.

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New Kickstarter Campaign:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/copperheadpress/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as...

All listings on our website will be closed for 2 weeks for the duration of the campaign.

Package deals of all of our editions will be available through the campaign.

SALE - 15% off everything on our website!

Use discount code BLACKCYBER24
(Valid until midnight, Dec 3)

https://copperheadpress.com/discount/BLACKCYBER24