The Great Gatsby

Philadelphia: Beehive Books, 2022. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. This beautiful book from Beehive Books is an elegant production of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. It is one of 2500 copies from the standard edition. The Italian illustrators Anna and Elena Balbusso, known as the Balbusso Twins, take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, bringing out the rich satire and sorrow that suffuses this saga of wealth and love. Featuring more than fifty stunning full-color illustrations that combine jazz age decadence with a sleek modern sensibility, this stunning edition brings us into Gatsby's world and Gatsby into ours [from the publisher's website.] The illustrators, Anna and Elena Babusso are sisters also known as the Balbusso Twins. They are an international recognised award-winning Italian artist duo living in Milan. Their work has been published by major international publishers and companies through out the world on various media. They've illustrated more than 50 illustrated books, including the luxury limited edition of The Great Gatsby for Beehive Books, the deluxe Folio Society editions of The Handmaid's Tale, Pride and Prejudice, and Atlas Shrugged. The book features an introduction by literary scholar William Cain. Cain is a professor of English at Wellsley collegel. He is an expert in nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature; Shakespeare; and modernism in the arts. His scholarly interests include nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature, African American literature; and literary theory and criticism..

This is a hardcover volume bound with elaborately illustrated covers in shades of green, gold,and black with titling to spine. The book is accompanied by a loose copy of a print used at the end of the volume. It is a dazzling illustration of Gatsby walking down a staircase to join a dance floor filled with dancers. The image is decorated with a sparkling array of stars. The interior is printed on creamy, acid-free heavy-weight 140gsm uncoated paper. The text is set in Ten Oldstyle, Art Deco, and Baskerville types. The book is housed in an elaborately embossed and debossed gold die-cut slipcase, silk-screened and foil-stamped with artwork. The slipcased book is in turn held in a black and white box with the title and bibliographic informationon the cover and a black and gray illustration of a woman's face on the back. In fine condition. The book measures 12 x 9 inches. 168 pages. LIT/011426.