Category Archives: Fine Press Book Reviews

The Arion Press Don Quixote

Posted on June 9, 2011 by J. Davis

When the Arion Press announced that it would be publishing an edition of Don Quixote in the acclaimed new translation by Edith Grossman, I was ecstatic. Grossman managed to get Cervantes’ masterpiece back on the best-seller lists for several months … Continue reading →

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The Letterpress Shakespeare, published by The Folio Society

Posted on May 28, 2011 by J. Davis

Far be it from me to write a review of the literary merits of The Bard. There have been plenty of people much more learned than me that have spent their lives doing just that in the almost 400 years … Continue reading →

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Orlando by Virginia Woolf, published by the Arion Press

Posted on May 14, 2011 by J. Davis

Virginia Woolf has been on my “to-read” list for years and years. So it was with great pleasure that I read Orlando in the sumptuous Arion Press edition from 2005. Woolf was one of the foremost lyrical novelists of the … Continue reading →

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The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; Subterranean Press

Posted on May 3, 2011 by J. Davis

This was my first novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. I do read a lot of Spanish language literature in translation and also (slowly) in the original, so I am always looking for new authors to check out. The tie into Dumas … Continue reading →

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Johnson’s Dictionary; published by the Folio Society

Posted on April 23, 2011 by J. Davis

“It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by fear of evil, than attracted to the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be … Continue reading →

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The Tamarind Wood by Carlo Toselli; Le Grazie

Posted on March 29, 2011 by J. Davis

In this book of poems, Carlo Toselli helps me answer the question of why I love poetry by dismissing the question.

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The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe; Centipede Press

Posted on March 14, 2011 by J. Davis

When it comes to fine print editions of novels and longer works,  it is common to see the “classics” of literature. Often it is a classic title and other times a less well known novel by a “classic” author. So … Continue reading →

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Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Limited Editions Club

Posted on March 5, 2011 by J. Davis

I love poetry. But I really love love poetry. And this is about as love as it gets. Elizabeth Barret Browning is right up there with some of my favorite love poets like Neruda, Denise Levertov, Robert Herrick, Joe Pulichino, … Continue reading →

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Ulysses by James Joyce, printed by the Arion Press

Posted on February 27, 2011 by J. Davis

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…

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Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis, printed by The Barbarian Press

Posted on February 20, 2011 by J. Davis

An earlier review I had done on LibraryThing back in 2007, edited and posted here to test out the review section of The Whole Book Experience.

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