The Great Gatsby-Full-Leather Black Rondel
It is no coincidence that The Great Gatsby is the American novel most often taught in the rest of the world. "It is our novel, how we present ourselves,” said American literary scholar James West, “[Fitzgerald] captured and distilled the essence of the American spirit."
We are extraordinarily honored to announce that Thornwillow Press, with the blessing of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s family and estate, is publishing this greatest American novel, The Great Gatsby, in a limited edition, letterpress, hand-bound volume.
Note that the Paper and Half-Cloth copies have uncut pages.
Full Leather copies still available:
$30,000 Jay Gatsby (Institute Patron Copy) (1/1) Of your pledge, $25,000 is a contribution to the Thornwillow Institute and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. You will receive a letter acknowledging your gift and will be recognized as a patron of the Thornwillow Institute. The remaining $5,000 is not deductible, as it covers the cost of your book.
$30,000 Daisy Buchanan (Institute Patron Copy) (1/1) Of your pledge, $25,000 is a contribution to the Thornwillow Institute and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. You will receive a letter acknowledging your gift and will be recognized as a patron of the Thornwillow Institute. The remaining $5,000 is not deductible, as it covers the cost of your book.
$10,000 East Egg (Institute Patron Copy) (1/2) Of your pledge, $5,000 is a contribution to the Thornwillow Institute and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. You will receive a letter acknowledging your gift and will be recognized as a patron of the Thornwillow Institute. The remaining $5,000 is not deductible, as it covers the cost of your book.
$10,000 West Egg (Institute Patron Copy) (1/2)Of your pledge, $5,000 is a contribution to the Thornwillow Institute and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. You will receive a letter acknowledging your gift and will be recognized as a patron of the Thornwillow Institute. The remaining $5,000 is not deductible, as it covers the cost of your book.
If you are interested in these unique copies and want to learn more, please reach out to us via phone (845-569-8883). We are happy to discuss how it is made, and how your pledge will contribute to craft, culture, and community through the Thornwillow Institute. We are also happy to arrange subscription plans, if you would prefer to pay in installments.
In 1922, as F. Scott Fitzgerald was planning The Great Gatsby, he wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, that he had begun working on a novel that was going to be different, “something new—something extraordinary, and beautiful, and simple, and intricately patterned.” It was to be a "consciously artistic achievement" and a "purely creative work—not trashy imaginings… but the sustained imagination of a sincere and yet radiant world."
He was, of course, correct. Fitzgerald was the poet laureate of what he named “The Jazz Age,” and Gatsby was his magnum opus, a novel of the American Dream, and the great price the “dream” demands of the human soul. Fitzgerald’s evocative prose has carried this novel through changing times and shifting cultural landscapes. He had a “pitch-perfect ear,” James West said, and we can hear this in sentences as rich as, “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars,” as well as the stunning, famous line, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
''I am not a great man,” Fitzgerald wrote to his daughter, Scottie, “but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective quality of my talent … has some sort of epic grandeur.'' The grandeur of the prose in The Great Gatsby has proven imperishable. The Thornwillow edition of this fine novel is intended to be a vessel with the grandeur to match it.
The Thornwillow Press edition of The Great Gatsby, in concert with Kickstarter’s “exquisite objects” initiative, has risen to the occasion for this best of novels. This title will be published in four exquisitely hand-bound versions, each letterpress printed and hand numbered. Each book features handsome typography with wide margins, so that the reader can easily enjoy the text on genuinely engraved papers inspired by the art deco of the Jazz Age. Finally, each is signed by the publisher and numbered, certifying its place in the limited edition.
Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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About The Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) is perhaps best known for his masterful portrayals of the opulence and spectacle of the 1920s Jazz Age. He is considered one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. |
Dimensions | 6" x 9 1/4" |
Edition | The edition is limited to 350 bound in engraved wrappers; 300 bound in half-cloth and engraved boards; 140 bound in half-Morocco and engraved paste paper boards; 18 bound in full green Morocco; 9 bound in full black Morocco; 3 east egg copies bound in full midnight blue Morocco; 3 west egg copies bound in full scarlet Morocco, one bound in full yellow Morocco; One daisy buchanan copy bound in full black Morocco, inlaid with purple and green leathers; One jay gatsby copy bound in full Black Morocco, inlaid with purple and green leathers. |
Color | Black |
Price View | Price Range |