The Shadow Over Innsmouth ---by H P Lovecraft ---signed By the Artist, Shinesuke Minegishi

by Lovecraft, H P ( Howard Phillips ), with Illustrations By Shinesuke Minegishi, Based Upon the Works of Hieronymous Bosch

First Edition

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Book Description

Vancouver, BC: Heavenly Monkey, 2005, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. -----------limp hardcover binding/slipcase/sleeve, small octavo, Fine, unopened, still in the paper wrapper used in shipping, untouched by me, one of 25 copies only, this listing is for the ICHTHYIC issue ----------- The total edition is 175 copies, 150 pp, small octavo (abut 5 x 7.5 inches). The book features a fold-out map of Innsmouth, drawn from Lovecraft's detailed descriptions of the town. The text is set in Centaur and Arrighi, with Gill Shadow for display. The pages were printed letterpress, in two colors, from polymer plates at David Clifford's Black Stone Press in Vancouver, B.C. There are three states: -----------The BATRACHIAN issue comprises 125 numbered (1 - 125) copies printed on Mohawk Superfine (an archival, acid-free paper), sewn & cased by hand in full black cloth with an image gold-stamped on the front board. The imprint on these copies is Heavenly Monkey Editions. Copies sent to early subscribers had the frontis initialed by the artist. ----------- The ICHTHYIC issue comprises 25 roman numeral ( I - XXV ) copies printed on Nideggen, a laid sheet suitably tinted for the story's abyssal theme. These were hand-bound at the Heavenly Monkey studio: sewn on black vellum slips and laced into a traditional limp case made from a handmade abaca-based paper with the texture and look of vellum. This issue also includes proofs of the engravings printed from the original blocks on handmade gampi paper, interleaved through the text, with the colophon signed by Shinsuke Minegishi. This was out-of-print before publication. ------------The ABYSSAL issue, for friends and contributors, makes up the balance of the edition. These copies were bound by various people. None of these were available for purchase. -----------any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Shinesuke Minegishi.

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