Incunabula (publisher)

Incunabula (publisher)

Incunabula is the name of a quality small press based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The company is under the sole proprietorship of Ron Drummond, who serves as publisher, editor, and production manager. The company's distinctive logo, consisting of a photograph of pieces of type arranged in two vertical columns that spell out the company name, was designed by Nick Gregoric from an idea by Drummond. Though the press is often mistakenly referred to as "Incunabula Press", the correct name in fact consists of just the single word.

Incunabula was originally active during the years 1992-1996, during which time they published three books and one broadside: "They Fly at Çiron" by Samuel R. Delany (July 1993); "Antiquities: Seven Stories" by John Crowley (October 1993), short-listed for the 1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection; "Solutions to Everything" by Michael Ventura (10 September 1994); and "" by Samuel R. Delany (July 1995). "Çiron" and "Antiquities" were both published in trade editions of 1,000 copies and limited editions of 77 signed, numbered, hand-bound copies. The Ventura broadside was published in a private edition of approximately 200 copies on the occasion of the marriage of Penny Deerfield and John Vik (about half the copies were distributed as a gift from the bride and groom to their guests); it carries a publisher's acknowledgement explicitly requesting that copies be given and received freely and without the exchange of money. "Atlantis" was published in a single limited edition of 334 signed, numbered copies; Incunabula also produced a trade edition of "Atlantis" for Wesleyan University Press.

"They Fly at Çiron" was designed and composited by the well-known explicator of publication- and design-related software programs, Olav Martin Kvern; all subsequent Incunabula titles were designed and composited or are slated to be designed and composited by the multiple award-winning book designer, John D. Berry.

After a hiatus of nearly a decade, the company is active again, preparing for the subscription-based publication in Summer 2008 of a museum-quality 25th anniversary edition of John Crowley's classic 1981 novel, "Little, Big".

External links

* [http://www.littlebig25.com/ The 25th Anniversary Edition of "Little, Big"]


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