Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In three volumes with an introduction by Todd Hosfelt.. This item is unavailable.Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In three volumes with an introduction by Todd Hosfelt.

Signed limited edition, number 106 of 281 copies only, numbered and signed by the illustrator. To create his atmospheric ink artworks, Hawkinson built a contraption of a hypodermic needle stylus and wall-mounted turntable, in order to reflect the "gothic novel's themes of technology, nature, and consciousness, as well as the pursuits of the novel's titular inventor" (Haines Gallery). Since 1974, Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press has been producing fine limited editions in the heart of San Francisco, using letterpress equipment dating from the 1910s. Overseeing every aspect of book production in-house, they are the only unified hot-metal type foundry, letterpress workshop, and book bindery in the United States. Hoyem won the San Francisco Living Treasure Award in 2010 for his decades of contribution to both book arts and the city. Haines Gallery, A New Chapter: Arion Press at Haines. Octavo. Nine plates in black and white and title-page vignette in colour, after Tim Hawkinson. Original grey leatherette, decorated in white on spine and covers, endpapers blue, fore edge untrimmed. With sleeve and slipcase, as issued. Board corners a little rubbed; a near-fine copy.…