With a Wooden Box

If You See Her [Suntup Numbered / Book Designer's PC Copy]

Ahlborn, Ania

Publication: [Irving, CA]: Suntup Press, 2023.

Notes: This is a PC copy of the numbered issue, limited to 350 numbered books and a small group of PC (publisher's) copies. Paul Suntup gave this PC copy to Michael Russem in acknowledgement of his work as the book's designer. This version is unusual for Suntup in that the numbered edition is arguably more interesting than the lettered version. At least I'd rather have the one in the wooden box.

According to the publisher's website, this edition has "a quarter cloth binding with illustrated paper sides. The edition includes a Zanders Elephant Hide paper dust jacket, which has been foil blocked and die-cut to create an oval “keyhole” revealing the illustrated boards beneath it. It is housed in a custom-made Walnut & Maple wood box with an engraved lid. Endsheets are black Hahnemühle Bugra, and the edition is printed offset on Mohawk Via Vellum paper. It is signed by Ania Ahlborn and [the illustrator] Babs Webb." This copy is also signed by Russem (the designer) on the colophon.

The designer of this book, Michael Russem, produced innovative fine press books for his own Kat Ran Press for many years; he now runs a design bookstore and gallery near Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he also designs books for many publishers. Among the books he designed for Suntup Press include Slaughterhouse-Five, Silence of the Lambs, Blood Meridian, and The Handmaid's Tale.

With six full-page color illustrations by Webb.

Edition + Condition: A fine copy in a fine wooden box. Signed by Ahlborn, Webb, and Russem on the colophon page.

Item No: #364265

Price: $500