Excerpted from Kenneth Grahame’s essay of the same title (from The Pagan Papers, 1898); this paragraph is often referred to as the “Lament to a Bookbinder.” Set in a letterpress configured version of Monotype Bell. Printed by Gerald Lange in three colors (titling in deep maroon, grids in pencil gray) from steel-backed photopolymer plates on dampened mouldmade Somerset Velvet Newsprint Grey in an edition of 120 copies. 9 by 11 inches. Published February, 2009. $39.95.
