Dymaxion Press

16/06/2023

I have spent a lot of my free time in the last month experimenting with slipcases and decoration. Best decoration has been the result of brass finishing tools I received from and I was happy with this subtle decoration on my Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life slipcase.

Hand-drawn lettering has yielded mixed results so I think I may have to invest in some brass type and a type setter, or just have to have custom dyes made. (K)

06/06/2023

We have received the mock-ups from the bindery and they look great! Still need the dust jacket but for the actual book itself we are going for something elegant and refined.

The canapetta book cloth is gorgeous but it is very difficult to stamp on (it’s a challenge to get crisp edges when the material is so textured), so there may be some changes with the stamp but I think the trouble is worth it for such a gorgeous cloth. There will be no fancy stamping on this edition. Instead the design is much more subtle. Not sure we want to give anything away just yet, but keep an eye out for the use of the color red in the page design.

05/04/2023

Today I finished a rebind for my personal library: Marguerite Yourcenar's The Abyss. Found this reading copy years ago where the text block was almost falling out, no dust jacket, and the cloth and endpapers were this god-awful brown. So I tore it down, painstakingly removed all the old glue, repaired the pages, sewed it back up, and bound it in black Euro-library buckram.

I just started experimenting with the application of foil by hand but that did not work really well (either due to the foil or the buckram--not sure which yet) so I designed and printed the label for the spine. Now it sits alongside the Memoirs of Hadrian, Yourcenar's other classic (which is also in need of an upgrade from the modern library edition). If you look you will also see the 1926 Grosset and Dunlap Lolly Willowes next to it on the shelf which Dymaxion Press will be printing later this year.

Next up: Calvino's Castle of Crossed Destinies which I picked up years ago without a dust jacket and had damage to the corners and spine, and the casing was a bit loose. Calvino is one of my all-time favorites and I am desperate for fine press editions of all his works. I have this gorgeous Franco Maria Ricci edition that features the first half of the edition I am rebinding.

24/03/2023

Just some quotes about Sylvia Townsend Warner and Lolly Willowes. 🧙‍♀️🌼🐱😈

18/03/2023

Lolly Willowes preorders are now open! We are pleased to present a limited edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner's 1926 feminist classic with full-color illustrations by Katy Horan Art and a new introduction by Pam Grossman. https://www.dymaxionpress.com/shop/p/lolly-willowes

Limited to 350 copies, this edition will be printed on Mohawk Superfine paper with 2-colors throughout, six full-color interiors and wraparound dust jacket illustrated by Katy Horan, a sewn binding, a beautiful Canapetta cloth cover, a cloth-covered slipcase, and signed by Katy Horan.

Head over to dymaxionpress.com to reserve your copy now! And be sure to join our mailing list for regular updates on production and upcoming titles we are working on.

This edition of Lolly Willowes truly exemplifies what we are trying to achieve here at Dymaxion Press. This book is an important work in feminist literature, and has become a cult classic in its own right, but has little of the mainstream recognition it deserves, despite being a bestseller upon its initial release and even the very first Book of the Month selection in the United States. In addition, it hasn’t had an adequate edition since the 1926 Grosset and Dunlap version. Our aim is for this edition to satisfy those who are already ardent fans and to introduce this classic to first-time readers.

LOLLY WILLOWES(OR THE LOVING HUNTSMAN)BY SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER ILLUSTRATED BY KATY HORANINTRODUCTION BY PAM GROSSMAN sylvia townsend warner’s 1926 debut novel is a shrewd satire about one woman’s determination to create a life of her own…with a little help from witchcraft. Join us on a journ...

10/03/2023

LOLLY WILLOWES goes up for preorder next week! Preorders will open to mailing list subscribers on Friday, March 17 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific, and then will open to the public on Saturday, March 18 at 1pm Eastern. This will be a limited edition of 350 copies so joining our mailing list is the best way to ensure you can get a copy. https://dymaxionpress.com/editions/lolly-willowes

We are so excited to bring this fine press edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s feminist classic into the world with the help of Katy Horan Art and Pam Grossman and hope you’ll be as charmed as we are by the first of Katy’s illustrations.

And if you visit the Editions page on our website you’ll spot a few clues about the upcoming titles we are also working on. 😉 https://dymaxionpress.com/editions

Thanks for being on this journey with us!

— Kenyon & Heather

09/03/2023

“London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no potting-shed, earthy and warm, with bunches of poppy heads hanging from the ceiling, and sunflower seeds in a wooden box, and bulbs in thick paper bags, and hanks of tarred string, and lavender drying on a tea-tray.” — Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Another small peek at the first Lolly Willowes artwork by .

08/03/2023

Lady Place, Somerset, England. A small peek at the first Lolly Willowes artwork by .

07/03/2023

"'Don't try to put me in your pocket, Laura. You are not my only conquest, and I am not a human master to have favourites among my servants. All are souls that come to my net.'"

—Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Dymaxion Press edition coming soon.

06/03/2023

"'Come here, my bird! I will give you the dangerous black night to stretch your wings in, and poisonous berries to feed on, and a nest made of bones and thorns, perched high up in danger where no can climb to it.' That's why we become witches: to show our scorn of pretending life's a safe business, to satisfy our passion for adventure."

—Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Dymaxion Press edition coming soon.

24/02/2023

Decisions, decisions…

21/02/2023

"One doesn't become a witch to run round being harmful, or to run round being helpful either, a district visitor on a broomstick. It's to escape all that—to have a life of one's own..."

—Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Dymaxion Press edition coming soon.

14/02/2023

"It was not beauty at all that she wanted... Loneliness, dreariness, aptness for arousing a sense of fear, a kind of ungodly hallowedness—these were the things that called her thoughts away from the comfortable fireside."
—Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Dymaxion Press edition coming soon.

07/02/2023

"This was the moment when Laura, who had been behaving nicely for years, chose to indulge her fantasy, and to wreck in five minutes the good intentions of as many months."
—Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Dymaxion Press edition coming soon.

29/01/2023

Thrilled to announce that our first Dymaxion Press release will be a fine press edition of Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner with illustrations by Katy Horan Art and a new introduction by Pam Grossman. https://dymaxionpress.com/campaigns/view-campaign/UxhueFclGeuK8cV79cZTQukrNnkLX-8oShTs9hH-1UyRySG88u4dVcvfHLGAHqijqLK8k6ATa8qmxMdLRFHJBxDEpKJ6d6JV

Mailing list subscribers will get detailed updates as we go through the production process and they will also have first access to preorders when they go up (date TBA). You can subscribe at http://dymaxionpress.com.

Dymaxion Press aims to craft exceptional editions of classic and speculative fiction.

16/01/2023

We will be announcing our inaugural title by the end of January; are you subscribed to our mailing list yet? Because our subscribers will hear about it first. dymaxionpress.com

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17/11/2022

Introducing Dymaxion Press, a new fine press aiming to craft exceptional editions of classic and speculative fiction.

Dymaxion Press will offer high-quality limited editions that are affordable for fans and essential to the discerning collector. We are motivated to honor these stories with luxurious bindings that are meant to be read *and* look beautiful on the shelf.

Our editions will feature visionary artwork from both rising and established talents and we are dedicated to equity in the sourcing of these talents.

While primarily a press for speculative fiction, we will also showcase classic titles that have yet to receive the fine press treatment and help reintroduce these wonderful works to new audiences.

Join our mailing list to follow our journey towards finalizing our first title!

Dymaxion Press aims to craft exceptional editions of classic and speculative fiction.