By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake
Published by Libanus Press (2003). Bound by Glenn Malkin (2021)
Limited Edition: #24 of 50 ‘Special’ copies including an additional set of prints (housed separately in the box)
Book dimensions: 330mm x 230mm x 20mm
Bound in an adapted K118 style in full Pentland leather, tooled in carbon and ink and hand dyed with acrylic ink. Back pared black leather onlay. Hand-sewn double silk endbands. Suede endpapers and red dendritic printed paper edge-to-edge doublures with red leather joints. Housed in a bespoke suede-lined wooden box with decorative leather title panel and suede base. The box also contains the additional set of prints which accompanies this edition.
The design of the covers represents the turbulent and stormy seas with the albatross gliding above the waves, whilst the doublures represent the hot and becalmed fate that awaits the ship.
Winner of the Society of Bookbinders International Competition 2022 – First Prize for Fine Binding
The book is housed in a bespoke suede lined wooden box
Superb illustrations by Mervyn Peake
An additional set of prints is included in the box
