With Make 100, we're publishing a letterpress and handbound edition with stunning illustrations.
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As shipping begins, we wanted to give you a look inside our edition, "The Great Man" by Leo Tolstoy. Many have expressed interest in our others books, and we are particularly proud of this one.
This edition contains several underappreciated passages from the epilogues of War and Peace, in which Tolstoy addresses the question: Do individuals affect history? His answer, resoundingly, is no. Though renowned as a novelist, we believe that Tolstoy is underread as a political historian, and we have published these passages – on their own in a book for the first time – in an effort to highlight this aspect of his oeuvre.
The text is printed in Russian and in an original English translation by artist and polyglot Valeria Zecchini. The original Russian is dense and circuitous, and from it Zecchini has produced crystalline English prose – as dense and brilliant as the original, but clear too. Her translation is complimented (with a touch of irony) by six woodcut portraits of “the great man” himself.
If you haven't yet reserved a copy, do so by mid-August and we can send the book alongside your "Masque of the Red Death," waiving your shipping with the code REDDEATH at checkout.
If you are interested in reserving a copy, you can do so at our website, and please be sure to use the code REDDEATH at discount to have our shipping waived! Best wishes, everybody, and more soon,
Team No Reply
Shipping is beginning today for paperbound copies. It will be slow-going at first, as our office is too small to safely accommodate more than one person at a time. Still, packages should start steadily leaving the building until they're all out!
With each package, we're trying to include a few bits of ephemera printed by friends and fellows of the press this summer. Each should be a little different!
Importantly, if you need to change your address – or if you need us to hold your package until you know what address you'll be using – please reach out now!
This Monday we'll be posting photos from "The Great Man" by Leo Tolstoy, which is included in the collector tiers. In the meantime, a few photos from shipping:
Best wishes everybody, and more on Monday,
Team No Reply
The paper for our newly-added endpapers arrived yesterday. We're affixing them this week and, by the middle of next week, we hope to step into the final stages of production. In addition, we've had progress on several fronts:
We're getting really close!!! And so, we are confident enough to say that:
We expect to have everything shipped by the end of August. We'll update you with more details when paperbound shipping begins, and perhaps have a more accurate shipping estimate.
At the moment, there are few trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flights. This is a problem, because the USPS uses commercial flights to carry packages across. We have seen huge delays in international packages. In a few weeks, we may begin reaching out to international backers to check in about what option works best for each of you. We can send the package normally, hold the package until international shipments become faster and more reliable, or switch to a country-specific courier which, though likely more reliable, will also mean additional shipping charges. We're committed to working with each of you individually, so we'll find solutions for all.
You'll be hearing from us again next week for another shipping update, and a look at our edition, "The Great Man" by Leo Tolstoy, which is included in the collector tiers!In the meantime, very best wishes to all,
Team No Reply
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