SP Books explained
Founders: | Nicolas Tretiakow, Jessica Nelson |
Country: | France |
Publications: | Manuscripts |
Topics: | Literature, Music, Art, Science |
SP Books is an independent publishing house specialised in the publication of limited facsimile editions of literary manuscripts.[1] [2] [3]
Founded in 2012 by Nicolas Tretiakow and Jessica Nelson,[4] [5] [6] SP Books has published the manuscripts of major literary figures including Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, Lewis Carroll, Jules Verne & Charlotte Brontë.
Based in Paris, France, SP Books publishes oversize, slipcased books that are printed on deluxe paper[7] and feature facsimiles of the handwritten manuscripts, with revisions and notes. Most print runs are limited and hand-numbered.[8] [9] [10]
“SP” stands for “Saints Peres”, district of Paris where the company was originally founded[11]
Notes and References
- SP Books: Manuscripts and prints - SP Books (Editions des Saints Peres) .
- Publishers Weekly: SP Books Finds Niche with Reproductions of Classic Manuscripts .
- Newsweek: The French publishing house bringing authors' manuscripts to life .
- The Guardian: Jane Eyre facsimile manuscript to be published for Brontë bibliophiles.
- Fine Books Magazine: SP Books Publishes Limited Edition Facsimile of Frankenstein.
- WWD: Exploring The Great Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Own Handwriting.
- Publishers Weekly: SP Books Finds Niche with Reproductions of Classic Manuscripts .
- SP Books: Manuscripts and prints - SP Books (Editions des Saints Peres) .
- Bustle: The Original Manuscript Of 'Frankenstein' Is Being Released In Celebration Of The Book's 200th Anniversary.
- Luxurious Magazine: Luxury Edition of Virginia Woolf's handwritten manuscript of Mrs Dalloway.
- [Los Angeles Review]