Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes, Sutton Hoo Press, 2024

SOME BACKGROUND:

In 2009, when Sutton Hoo Press delivered its Memorial Day title, Breviary by Kevin Young, two future projects stood in galleys ready for printing. Alas, that is where those projects remained for 15 years and through a few moves. Chad had to tear down his Vandercook to move to a new home for his family, a small farm in Houston, Minnesota. Space was at a premium, and there was no good place to set-up shop straight away, and before there was, another move occurred, this time to Rollingstone Township in Southeastern Minnesota. He spent several years making the distressed property in this most beautiful part of the country livable, and a few more years making it suitable for gardening and animals. About 8 years in, the press still in pieces in the old uninhabitable farmhouse, a long time subscriber to Sutton Hoo Press asked for a broadside to be printed for an event. It had been a long time, but then was a good time. The press made its way into the old fiber mill that was now the farm home, and Sutton Hoo Press was operational again. 

TODAY:

And now, Sutton Hoo Press customers are about to see their collections get company! The long standing (long suffering?) forms of one project that were set 15 years ago have been printed and the binding completed. The Press is announcing its new title for May Day 2024:

Ecclesiastes, with wood engravings by Ladislav Hanka, is available for ordering beginning on May Day 2024. The book is set by hand from Joanna types with justified margins. Chapter headings in the shoulders are set from American Uncial. The paper is handmade Iyo Glazed. Fewer than 100 copies were printed of which 60 are in a limp style binding cased in a handmade Indian vegetable rush. Only 20-30 copies are cased in Bridget O’Malley’s handmade flax cover from Cave Paper. A vellum binding may be forthcoming—watch this space!