Frozen Hell by John W Campbell Jr. - ARETE NUMBERED LE 2023
TalkFine Press Forum
Join LibraryThing to post.
1wcarter
Frozen Hell by John W Campbell Jr. - ARETE EDITIONS NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION 2023
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 83 of 300 copies
Signed by the artist Gregory Manchess.
Printed letterpress in two colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions.
Printed on Liber Charta 170gsm. paper.
16 colour plates by Gregory Manchess, of which two are four-page foldouts, four are double-page spreads and one is a three-page foldout.
All of the plates are tabbed or sewn in, allowing double, treble and quad plates to open out without a stitched gutter.
Thirteen black-and-white, relief-printed illustrations.
Plain white endpapers.
Bound in soft, smooth baby blue lambskin nappa leather, foil blocked in four passes in white and black, creating a snowstorm design across the front and back boards with the title on the spine.
Square spine with a wide groove between spine and boards.
White-suede-lined slipcase covered in a light blue-grey Windsor cloth with the a spaper title label on the front.
31.8x21.2cm.
166 pages
£585
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 83 of 300 copies
Signed by the artist Gregory Manchess.
Printed letterpress in two colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions.
Printed on Liber Charta 170gsm. paper.
16 colour plates by Gregory Manchess, of which two are four-page foldouts, four are double-page spreads and one is a three-page foldout.
All of the plates are tabbed or sewn in, allowing double, treble and quad plates to open out without a stitched gutter.
Thirteen black-and-white, relief-printed illustrations.
Plain white endpapers.
Bound in soft, smooth baby blue lambskin nappa leather, foil blocked in four passes in white and black, creating a snowstorm design across the front and back boards with the title on the spine.
Square spine with a wide groove between spine and boards.
White-suede-lined slipcase covered in a light blue-grey Windsor cloth with the a spaper title label on the front.
31.8x21.2cm.
166 pages
£585
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2anthonyfawkes
Wow that is a stunning book
3EdmundRodriguez
I think this is a great edition. I particularly like the size of it, large enough to have impact whilst still being manageable to hold and read (it's a similar size to No Reply's Ilyich). Picture below to illustrate its size.
I also really appreciate the effort taken to display the artwork.
Definitely looking forward to seeing more from Arete (particularly Lud in the mist).
I also really appreciate the effort taken to display the artwork.
Definitely looking forward to seeing more from Arete (particularly Lud in the mist).
4astropi
>3 EdmundRodriguez: Nice bookshelf!!
This is a stunning work. I'm curious for those that have this and Angel Bomb's "Who Goes There?"
https://www.angelbomb.com/publications/who-goes-there-standard-edition-dkaxr
What are your thoughts on the two editions?
This is a stunning work. I'm curious for those that have this and Angel Bomb's "Who Goes There?"
https://www.angelbomb.com/publications/who-goes-there-standard-edition-dkaxr
What are your thoughts on the two editions?
5NathanOv
>4 astropi: I have owned both! I opted to keep the Frozen Hell edition, though the Angel Bomb one has plenty of merits of it's own.
The biggest difference between the two is, of course, the expanded story in Frozen Hell. For Frozen Hell, the art and feel of it are perfectly suited to the "adventure story gone wrong" vibe of the longer book, while Angel Bomb's is designed and illustrated more like you'd expect of a horror novel.
Frozen Hell has the higher production values, which is of course accounted for in the significant price difference, but the art is exceptionally reproduced particularly with the lay-flat display.
The biggest difference between the two is, of course, the expanded story in Frozen Hell. For Frozen Hell, the art and feel of it are perfectly suited to the "adventure story gone wrong" vibe of the longer book, while Angel Bomb's is designed and illustrated more like you'd expect of a horror novel.
Frozen Hell has the higher production values, which is of course accounted for in the significant price difference, but the art is exceptionally reproduced particularly with the lay-flat display.
