Printing is finished. Books in sheets now available!

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

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I’m happy to say that printing has come to an end for the latest book – The Intruder by Robert Traver / John Voelker.

The last of the little wood engravings by Jim Westergard have been done and today the colophon was run through the press. The other four sections of the book have already been collated and folded, tomorrow this final section will be gathered. Punching the holes for the sewn binding will also begin and from here on out we’ll be focused on bindery operations.

I will try to get books out to those of you who purchased in advance as soon as possible.

For the specialty hand book binders 10 copies have been set aside in the numbered edition to be sold in sheets. Their are 7 still available on a first come first serve basis as these quickly sell out. Contact me directly for details as these are not on the website yet.

The Intruder gathered in sections

Book sections

Shop news & Wrapping up on “The Intruder”

30 Wednesday May 2012

Posted by in Books, Heidelberg Windmill, Letterpress, Linotype, Printing, The Intruder

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It had been about a week since my last post here but I didn’t want anyone to think that I’ve been sitting idly by.

The Intruder has continued to make make progress, only a couple more days of printing. The paper is dampened and ready to go for tomorrows printing of the last big wood engraving. Then just the colophon and a few small wood engravings that will be scattered in amongst the text on some of the pages below. So here is the big preview of what is to come:

 

Other things have been coming along as well – the new Heidelberg press is completely cleaned up and running now with new rollers and a host of adjustments necessary for quality printing. The new Linotype/intaglio studio space now has proper lighting, a ceiling fan and has become far more organized than I had ever hoped from its prior home in the Lino cave. Overall, things are great here at DWP, just not enough time left at the end of the day to go fishing – the brown drakes are on right now – mmmmmm.