1abysswalker
I was doing some research about the production of various Suntup Editions books, and I thought others might be interested in this being all in once place. I don't own any of these, so I gathered this info from a combination of Suntup's website and images of limitation pages from sale listings.
The three H. G. Wells titles—The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds—were printed letterpress by Robert LoMascolo using a Vandercook cylinder press on Stonehenge paper (lettered) or Mohawk Via Superfine paper (numbered). Verified by limitation page images on a sale listing.
The following titles were printed letterpress by Bradley Hutchinson using a Heidelberg press:
Press unknown (these are both recent, so maybe Hutchinson also):
(Unless otherwise specified, paper details are from Suntup's website.)
The following titles were printed offset for all editions, lettered and numbered: Seed, A Scanner Darkly, The Auctioneer, Neuromancer, Let the Right One In, The Road, Bibliomysteries, Brother, and Red Dragon.
To be complete, there is an Eyes of the Dragon art portfolio as well which has some (letterpress) printed components. The press wasn't obvious, but I'm also not particularly interested in this, so I didn't look very hard.
Updated 2021-05-12:
(At some point I will put the others into the outline format.)
The three H. G. Wells titles—The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds—were printed letterpress by Robert LoMascolo using a Vandercook cylinder press on Stonehenge paper (lettered) or Mohawk Via Superfine paper (numbered). Verified by limitation page images on a sale listing.
The following titles were printed letterpress by Bradley Hutchinson using a Heidelberg press:
- I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson, on Hahnemühle Biblio mould-made paper (lettered) and Teton paper (numbered). Verified by limitation page images on a sale listing.
- Rosemary’s Baby, by Ira Levin, on Mouldmade Zerkall paper (lettered) and Mohawk Superfine paper (numbered). Verified by limitation page images on a sale listing.
- Misery, by Stephen King, on mould made Arches wove paper (lettered) and Crane's Lettra 100% cotton paper (numbered).
- Horns, by Joe Hill, on ives cotton paper (lettered) and Mohawk Superfine paper (numbered).
- The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson, on Cranes Lettra Pearl White cotton paper (lettered) and Mohawk Superfine Softwhite eggshell paper (numbered);
note the numbered copy was printed offset in this case(struck out info from Suntup website is incorrect; based on SDB2012 comment below).
- The Bridges of Madison County, by Robert James Waller, on Hahnemühle Biblio paper (lettered); I believe there was no numbered edition of this one.
- The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, on Velke Losiny handmade paper (lettered) and Zerkall Frankfurt paper (numbered). Verified by limitation page images on a sale listing.
Press unknown (these are both recent, so maybe Hutchinson also):
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, on Mohawk Superfine paper (both lettered and numbered). No info about the press on the limitation page (based on an image from a sale listing). Website specifies letterpress.
- The World Doesn't End, which is printed on mould made Zerkall paper (lettered) and Teton paper (numbered).
(Unless otherwise specified, paper details are from Suntup's website.)
The following titles were printed offset for all editions, lettered and numbered: Seed, A Scanner Darkly, The Auctioneer, Neuromancer, Let the Right One In, The Road, Bibliomysteries, Brother, and Red Dragon.
To be complete, there is an Eyes of the Dragon art portfolio as well which has some (letterpress) printed components. The press wasn't obvious, but I'm also not particularly interested in this, so I didn't look very hard.
Updated 2021-05-12:
- Barker, Clive (2021). Imagica.
- Lettered: published in two volumes with full “pixel” binding and printed offset on premium laid paper (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter leather with Japanese cloth sides and printed offset on premium laid paper (350 copies)
- Note: for all editions, the title page, section divider pages and colophon are printed letterpress (on Hahnemühle Bugra paper for lettered and numbered, on grey Oxford paper for the artist gift edition)
- Wells, H.G. (2021). The Island of Doctor Moreau.
- Lettered: bound in full leather (goatskin) and printed letterpress on Mohawk Via (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter cloth with Japanese cloth boards and printed letterpress on Mohawk Via (350 copies)
- McCarthy, Cormac (2021). Blood Meridian.
- Lettered: bound in full leather and printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Gutenberg moldmade paper (26 copies)
- Numbered: coptic binding with leather-covered boards and printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine (350 copies)
- Strieber, Whitley (2021). The Wolfen.
- Lettered: bound in full leather (goatskin) and printed offset on Mohawk Superfine (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter Japanese cloth binding with Hahnemühle Bugra boards and printed offset on Mohawk Superfine (350 copies)
- Blatty, William Peter (2021). The Exorcist.
- Roman Numeral: bound in full embossed grey goatskin and printed letterpress on Zerkall Frankfurt moldmade (10 copies)
- Lettered: bound in full leather (pigskin) and printed letterpress on Zerkall Frankfurt mouldmade (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in full Japanese cloth and printed letterpress on Mohawk Via Vellum (250 copies)
- Harris, Thomas (2021). The Silence of the Lambs.
- Lettered: bound in full leather and printed offset on Mohawk Via (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in full Japanese cloth and printed offset on Mohawk Via (350 copies)
- Heinlein, Robert A. (2021). Starship Troopers.
- Lettered: leather-spined bradel binding with Japanese cloth sides and printed offset on Mohawk Via (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter cloth and printed offset on Mohawk Via (250 copies)
- Heinlein, Robert A. (2021). Stranger in a Strange Land.
- Lettered: leather-spined bradel binding with Japanese cloth sides and printed offset on Mohawk Via (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter cloth and printed offset on Mohawk Via (250 copies)
- Ahlborn, Ania (2021). Seed.
- Lettered: leather-spined bradel binding with handmade paper boards and printed offset on Mohawk Superfine (26 copies)
- Numbered: bound in quarter cloth with handmade paper boards and printed offset on Cougar Natural (350 copies)
(At some point I will put the others into the outline format.)
2SDB2012
>1 abysswalker: Thanks for putting this together. Slight correction regarding the Haunting of Hill House numbered edition.
from the HOHH colophon:
The text pages are set in Carlson typeface, and printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine Softwhite eggshell paper from photopolymer plates by Bradley Hutchinson on his 18" x 23" Heidelberg cylinder press.
This was a change from the original HOHH communication which was that it would be printed offset. The Red Dragon numbered was printed offset on Mohawk Superfine and the numbered Brother was printed offset on Cougar Opaque.
from the HOHH colophon:
The text pages are set in Carlson typeface, and printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine Softwhite eggshell paper from photopolymer plates by Bradley Hutchinson on his 18" x 23" Heidelberg cylinder press.
This was a change from the original HOHH communication which was that it would be printed offset. The Red Dragon numbered was printed offset on Mohawk Superfine and the numbered Brother was printed offset on Cougar Opaque.
