Subscribing to the Arion Press
Those wishing to collect Arion Press limited editions are invited to join our subscriber group. Members include general readers, art collectors, scholars, and appreciators of fine printing and book design, as well as museums and libraries. There is no fee to join. Subscribers are committed to purchase each book in our subscription series, usually two to three books per year, and they receive a thirty percent subscriber discount, for a yearly expenditure of approximately $2,000 after discount. To initiate their subscription, new subscribers are asked to purchase all books in the current year’s subscription series, plus the previous year’s subscription series. For those considering joining in 2010, new subscribers would purchase the following:
- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, with 28 illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton and an introduction by Christopher Buckley, May 2010. The edition is limited to 300 copies for sale. The retail price is $450; the subscriber price is $315.
- Book I of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman, with illustrations by William T. Wiley, December 2009. The edition is limited to 400 numbered copies for sale. The retail price is $2,000 per volume; the subscriber price is $1,400 per volume.
- Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell, with 68 photographs in color and black-and-white by Laurie Simmons, August 2009. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale. The retail price is $550; the subscriber price is $385.
- The Nachman Stories by Leonard Michaels, April 2009. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale. The retail price is $450; the subscriber price is $315.
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Certain publications that are more expensive or specialized in subject, or are additional features to a book, are designated as optional for subscribers. Examples include our folio Bible and the extra prints issued with artist books. One of the benefits of subscription is that subscribers are accorded preference to purchase these optional publications, and a discount applies, usually between 10% and 30%. Two new available optional publications are:
- I Love My Love, the ballad by San-Francisco born Scottish poet Helen Adam, with 16 prints by Kiki Smith, in accordion-fold format. The edition is limited to 75 numbered copies for sale, signed by the artist. The retail price is $5,000; the subscriber price is $4,000.
- Extra print by William T. Wiley to accompany the two-volume edition of Don Quixote. Colored relief print, "Don Quixote in a Printing House in Barcelona", 24 by 18 inches, printed on Somerset English mouldmade paper, with black plus three additional colors. The edition is limited to forty, signed by the artist. Retail price is $1,500; the subscriber price is $1,200.
Another advantage of subscription is the entitlement to purchase previously published books and prints, if available, at the prevailing subscriber discount. Again, this is usually 30%, but may be less. Members also receive occasional keepsakes. These have recently included a new Seamus Heaney translation of the Pushkin poem "Arion" and a brief history of Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press. Members are invited to special events, parties, lectures, and exhibition at the Press and elsewhere.
Subscribers are sent the prospectus for each book as issued, with an invoice enclosed. Upon receipt of payment the book is shipped to them. Some subscribers choose to pre-authorize payment to their MasterCard or Visa credit card, in which case we ship the book with paid receipt and prospectus upon the publication’s release.
To become an Arion Press subscriber or for more information, contact us by telephone, fax, e-mail, or post. We look forward to welcoming you to our group of collectors.
The Arion Press
Andrew Hoyem, Publisher
1802 Hays Street, The Presidio
San Francisco, California 94129
Telephone: 415-668-2542
Fax: 415-668-2550
E-mail: arionpress@arionpress.com
Web: www.arionpress.com
In the Media
"Arion Press, a San Francisco publisher, produces some of the most beautiful limited-edition, handprinted books in the world. It carries on a grand legacy of San Francisco printers and bookmakers. There are too few things in the world that can be said to be done with perfect love and care. Arion makes fresh art out of old (and not so old) literature by matching artist and writer with typeface, paper and binding."
– Michael Kimmelman, New York Times
"Innovative design, imaginative combinations of texts and artwork, and immaculate letterpress production have made Arion’s books centerpieces in many private and public collections around the world."
– Paul Razzell, Artstar
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