"The text ... is taken from the second edition, 1813, which is in the public domain"--Title page verso. "Sense & Sensibility is the one-hundred-eleventh book of the Arion Press. It was designed and produced under the direction of Andrew Hoyem with the assistance of Blake Riley, Jeffrey Raymond, Brian Ferrett, Chris Godek, Paul Kantlehner, Rochelle Youk, Nathalie Roland, Megan Gibes, Diana Ketcham, Chris Dunlap, Chris Dupin, Bruce Burns, and Catherine Fox. The text type is Bell in Monotype composition, with larger sizes handset, and Union Pearl and Bulmer handset for display. The type was printed by letterpress on Mohawk Letterpress Text paper. The collages were printed by offset lithography in color on dull-coated Pacesetter Silk, under the supervision of Susan Schaefer, and were tipped onto the pages by hand. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution, all signed by the artist."--Colophon. Signed by Augusta Talbot after colophon. Issued in a green slipcase with title stamped in gilt on spine. "The binding is Smyth-sewn with a full cloth cover and a leather label stamped with genuine gold. The book is presented in a slipcase."--Publisher's website. Special Collections copy Special Collections has copy no. 147, signed by the illustrator, Augusta Talbot.
Summary:
"To illustrate the novel ... [Augusta Talbot's] pieces combine familiar representational depictions of Austen's characters with new imagery from sources both expected and unexpected. Fragments of the black and white Hugh Thomson line drawings from the 1896 Sense and Sensibility provide recognizable faces and torsos for Marianne, Elinor, Willoughby, Edward, Lucy Steele, and other characters, while their postures and placement express a modern insight into how pressures, often of a financial nature, distort their behavior. The world around the characters--clothes, furniture, rooms, gardens, and landscapes--is composed from cut-out color images from botany, painting, and landscape architecture."-- Publisher's website.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1020855916
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.