Fine Press Classics: Genesis; The Book of Jonah; The Song of Songs

A unique pairing of The Folio Society's three beautiful reproductions of classics from the Fine Press tradition, all published in series, each being limited to 750 hand-numbered copies; these three copies being matching numbers (#472).

Each volume has been reproduced from a copy of the first edition and printed on Corolla Book Laid Ivory paper, in a 10¼” × 7½” format. Accompanying each facsimile volume is a four-page essay by Sebastian Carter, formerly of the Rampant Lions Press, subsequently the editor of Parenthesis, the Journal of the Fine Press Book Association. These essays give essential background to each of the original publications. Each facsimile and essay is housed in a solander box bound in coloured paper, inset with an engraving from the book and with the spine blocked in gold foil. London: The Folio Society, 2017.

The three volumes are as new in the original wrapping paper and box, as received from The Folio Society. Including:

NASH, Paul.  Genesis.  Type: Caslon. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Brown two-volume clamshell box with a reproduction of Nash woodcut inset and titled (as above) in gold. Facsimile of the 1924 Nonesuch Press edition. The first in the Fine Press Classics series. The two items are as follows: 

1. Genesis, Twelve Woodcuts, with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version. [facsimile]. 261 × 194 × 12 mm. Pp. [1–28]. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full black cloth blocked in gold following original design. Dark orange dust-jacket printed in black echoing binding. Cream endleaves. The pages are doubled over, as they were in the first edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Reproduced from one of the 375 copies of the original.
2. Genesis, an essay by Sebastian Carter, written to accompany a facsimile of the 1924 Nonesuch Press edition illustrated by Paul Nash. 249 × 188 × 0.5 mm. Pp. [1–4].

[together with]

GILL, Eric.  The Song of Songs.  Type: Caslon. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Dark green two-volume clamshell box with a reproduction of Gill engraving inset and titled (as above) in gold. Facsimile of the 1925 Golden Cockerel Press edition. The second in the Fine Press Classics series. The two items are as follows:

1. The Song of Songs, Called by Many the Canticle of Canticles. [facsimile]. 261 × 193 × 12 mm. Pp. [1–4] 9–42 [43–48]. Printed in black and red. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in cream cloth blocked in gold on spine. Pale brown dust-jacket printed in black repeating title-page. Cream endleaves. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Repro duced from the first edition which came in an edition of 750. 
2. The Song of Songs, an essay by Sebastian Carter, written to accompany a facsimile of the 1925 Golden Cockerel Press edition illustrated by Eric Gill. 249 × 188 × 0.5 mm. Pp. [1–4].

[together with]

JONES, David.  The Book of Jonah.  Type: Caslon. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Green-blue two-volume clamshell box with a reproduction of Jones engraving inset and titled (as above) in gold. Facsimile of the 1926 Golden Cockerel Press edition. The third in the Fine Press Classics series. The two items are as follows: 

1. The Book of Jonah, Taken from the Authorized Version of King James I., with engravings on wood by David Jones. [facsimile]. 261 × 193 × 9 mm. Pp. [i–ii], [1–2] 3–15 [16–18]. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in cream cloth blocked in gold on spine. Pale brown dust-jacket printed in black repeating title-page. Cream endleaves. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Reproduced from the first edition which came in an edition of 175. 
2. The Book of Jonah, an essay by Sebastian Carter, written to accompany a facsimile of the 1926 Golden Cockerel Press edition illustrated by David Jones. 249 × 188 × 0.5 mm. Pp. [1–4].