I think you summarised Suntup’s approach very well: well thought out design, with distinct personality yet remaining somewhat understated. It’s a careful balance and they seem to manage to capture the feeling of each story in their bindings.
Thanks very much. As I said, this was my first time getting up close to a Suntup book, but I have seen a number of other nice editions in their catalogue that indeed have a restrained approach to their design. Hopefully, there will be some more featured here soon.
Gorgeous! I love your presentation of it as well. Btw, did the company inform you about the type of leather and that the headbands were hand-sewn, or are you able to notice that by eye? I want to be able to identify stuff like that, but I don't know if it's possible haha.
Thanks very much. Many modern fine editions have a kind of fake headband that is simply glued onto the spine. These "real" ones that are actually sewn into the binding look quite different and are easy to spot. I read about the leather on their website, but in principle this can also be judged by looking at the grain.
Yeah the book is nice, the leather and the binding surely make this book unique but the asking price is just crazy when you consider you can also have really nice unique books (with top quality paper, top notch binding, etc...) from other nice presses for a fraction of the price... It's just not worth it imho. Thank you for the review though :), it's always nice to see beautiful books!
Thanks for commenting. I also have other things I would do with $14k. But that is a matter of personal taste and priorities. The Roman Numeral edition is out of print so there must be ten people out there somewhere who thought it was worth more to them than anything else they could buy with the money. I'm genuinely happy for them.
Stunning book!
Yes, it's quite special.
That truly is a pretty beautiful version of my very first favourite childhood book
I think you summarised Suntup’s approach very well: well thought out design, with distinct personality yet remaining somewhat understated. It’s a careful balance and they seem to manage to capture the feeling of each story in their bindings.
Thanks very much. As I said, this was my first time getting up close to a Suntup book, but I have seen a number of other nice editions in their catalogue that indeed have a restrained approach to their design. Hopefully, there will be some more featured here soon.
Gorgeous! I love your presentation of it as well. Btw, did the company inform you about the type of leather and that the headbands were hand-sewn, or are you able to notice that by eye? I want to be able to identify stuff like that, but I don't know if it's possible haha.
Thanks very much. Many modern fine editions have a kind of fake headband that is simply glued onto the spine. These "real" ones that are actually sewn into the binding look quite different and are easy to spot. I read about the leather on their website, but in principle this can also be judged by looking at the grain.
Yeah the book is nice, the leather and the binding surely make this book unique but the asking price is just crazy when you consider you can also have really nice unique books (with top quality paper, top notch binding, etc...) from other nice presses for a fraction of the price... It's just not worth it imho.
Thank you for the review though :), it's always nice to see beautiful books!
Thanks for commenting. I also have other things I would do with $14k. But that is a matter of personal taste and priorities. The Roman Numeral edition is out of print so there must be ten people out there somewhere who thought it was worth more to them than anything else they could buy with the money. I'm genuinely happy for them.
Столько хороших художников и никто не проиллюстрировал нормально книгу😢 и золото на обрезе тоже спорно🎉эти иллюстрации уродские и тупые