Night Eye Books
Night Eye Books

The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe

Wood engravings by Tatsuki Tsukada

With nine wood engravings by Tatsuki Tsukada

Proof of the closing stanza of The Raven, “Shall be lifted—nevermore!”, in raking light
The last two stanzas of The Raven in handset metal type, with furniture between them
Handset Stempel Garamond for The Raven, close up, the lines reading in reverse
A proof of The Raven in Stempel Garamond: “Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!”
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Nine original wood engravings by Tatsuki Tsukada, printed directly from the blocks: a frontispiece, and one engraving on each verso facing the stanzas on the recto. The binding, by Thekla Ahrens, is designed to lie flat when open; it is still in design.

Two proof sheets of The Raven with deckle edges, the press mark blind-embossed in the corner

Colophon

Text
The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe, 1845
Imprint
Night Eye Books
Illustrations
Tatsuki Tsukada — nine original wood engravings, printed directly from the blocks: a frontispiece, and one on each verso facing the stanzas
Typeface
Stempel Garamond, 12D, for the textStempel Garamond, 36D, for the drop capsNewly cast by Rainer Gerstenberg; the face allows a gradual tightening of word spaces and leading, following the narrator into despair
Paper
Fabriano Tiepolo, mould-made, 290 gsm
Ink
Cranfield Midnight Black
Format
220 × 280 mm
Binding
Thekla Ahrens, bookbinder and conservator, Biezenmortel — designed to lie flat when open; still in design
Press
Korrex Berlin, 1970 — cylinder proof press, hand-fed
Total printed
140 text blocks

The type is redistributed after the final page is printed; no reprints will be made.

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States

Of the 140 text blocks printed, twenty-five are reserved for replacements and contributors’ copies — the Artist’s, Binder’s and Publisher’s copies among them. The remaining 115 are divided between the states below.

  • Fine edition

    100 copies · numbered 1–100

    Fine edition binding by Thekla Ahrens — to be announced

    The full suite of wood engravings, printed from the blocks

    Price on enquiry

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  • Unbound sheets

    10 copies · numbered U1–U10

    Sheets folded and gathered, unbound

    The full suite of wood engravings, printed from the blocks

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  • Custom edition

    A unique binding, made for each patron

    The full suite of wood engravings, printed from the blocks

    Price on enquiry

    available— 3 spots remaining

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