BLACK LETTER PRESS is a small, independent publisher based in Turin, Italy, found by Alice Winkler and Claudio Rocchetti.
We specialize on the revive of unusual, old and rare books on a broad range of topics, like the sciences and the history of science, poetry, occult philosophy, art, curious and peculiar novels and more.
We produce limited editions whose design, typography and illustrations are always carefully chosen and reflect the quality and elegance of old times.
Black Letter Press, 2022. Cover Illustration by Sarah B. Bolen. Collectors Edition, limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. Half bound Hardcover in Linen and Marbled Paper (printed) Measures 140x215 mm 120 gram Endpapers Printed on 115 g wood free cream paper Sewn Book Block Two ribbon markers Gilded on the spine..... More
Obernkirchen, Germany: Black Letter Press, 2022. Softcover Edition. The cover is made of a thick Fedrigoni carton. It is thread sewn and the book block is made of rough ivory, wood-free, age-resistant paper. It measures 140 x 215 mm and is printed and bound by Grafiche Veneziane in Venice, Italy..... More
Obernkirchen, Germany: Black Letter Press, 2022. Hardcover Edition. This edition is printed and bound in Venice by Grafiche Veneziane in turquoise Wibalin Buckram. The front and spine are decorated and titled in gold gilt. This edition is printed on rough ivory, wood-free, age-resistant paper. The Cover..... More
Black Letter Press. Cover Illustration by Sarah B. Bolen. First Thus Standard Hardcover Edition. Hardcover bound in cloud blue geltex Measures 140x215 mm 120-gram Endpapers Printed on 115 g wood free cream paper Sewn Book Block Two ribbon markers Gilded on the front and spine. "This compelling and occasionally comic..... More
Germany: Black Letter Press, 2022. First Edition. purple boards, gothic design in black & gilt, gilt lettering, 218 pages, binding tight, pages crisp, sealed in new plastic, black book ribbon. When Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto in 1764, he defined the Gothic genre as it has come down..... More