Bound by Gavin Dovey using Fair Goat

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Published by Fablelistik Editions @fablelistik
Print Run: Lettered Edition - 26 copies
Book dimensions: 10" x 14"
Approximately 144 interior pages
Includes 12 original artworks by Greg Manchess tipped in, giclee printed A signed original piece of artwork by Greg Manchess, giclee printed Hot metal letterpress printed by Pat Randle at Nomad Letterpress on handmade Losin paper

Designed and handbound by Gavin Dovey at Paper Dragon Books with deckled edges, custom colored, hand dyed spine on Fair Goat, with craquele. Hand sewn with leather head and tail bands. The endpapers are hand dyed. The front and back case boards are stone leaf veneer with laser etching by Sarah Pike at Freefall Laser - @freefalllaser

The book is housed in a clamshell box, wrapped in japanese mohair cloth and lined in genuine burgundy pig suede, with a craquele leather inset spine element Signed by all collaborators and contributors: Andrew Burstein, Catalina Hannan, Gavin Dovey, Greg Manchess, Pat Randle, and Roger Grech

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is an American short story published in 1819 in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayonalong with a companion short story, Rip Van Winkle. The popular Gothic tale is a mainstay in the literary canon as it holds the title of being America's first short story. Its elements of Romanticism shine through in Irving's reference to the town of Sleepy Hollow. Following the tenets of Romanticism, the town is described with a spirituality of nature. Based on folklore, the story revolves around schoolteacher Ichabod Crane who competes against Brom Bones, a local prankster farmer, for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel. One night, after a party, Crane heads home only to be followed by what he thinks is the legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman. The horseman throws an object at Crane, which knocks him off his horse. The next day, the townspeople look for Crane but cannot find him; all they find is a smashed pumpkin where Crane's hat lies.

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