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FLOWERS
OF EVIL
Charles
Baudelaire
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971
The
production of books such as those done by The Limited Editions Club,
requires coordination and cooperation among a group of people and
organizations—publisher, designer, typesetter, printer, illustrator,
author, and bookbinder.
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projects take time, as evidenced by the dates on a correspondence
and printed proof pages for this bilingual edition of Baudelaire’s
poems, designed by Charles Skaggs. |
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The
two-color page proof is dated by
Skaggs July 30, 1969. His
proposal called for the English text to be printed in black ink and
the French in purple. Ultimately, this two-color design was abandoned;
the book was issued in two volumes, each containing the text in only
one language.
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WHITE
FANG
Jack
London
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973
"The
Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club," August 1973,
which announces and describes this book, states the following about
the designer:
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superb typographical grooming of our edition of White Fang is the
accomplishment of designer Charles E. Skaggs, 'an afficionado of the
letter.'… The cloth has been printed with an all-over fir-tree pattern
drawn by Mr. Skaggs in the spirit of our artist’s illustrations. His
title lettering is to be stamped on the spine in metallic leaf."
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designed a number of other books for The Limited Editions Club. His
first book for the Club—A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
(1946)—is on display here.
The
Limited Editions Club’s books have always been printed and bound
by various commercial and fine presses. White Fang was printed
by the Stinehour Press in Lunenberg, Vermont.
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