SP Books, also known as Editions des Saints Peres, is an independent publishing house specialized in the publication of limited facsimile editions of literary manuscripts. Founded in 2012 by Nicolas Tretiakow and Jessica Nelson, Editions des Saints Peres has published the manuscripts of major literary figures including Charles Baudelaire, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, and Marcel Proust .
Based in Paris, France, SP Books publishes oversize, slipcased books that are printed on deluxe paperPublishers Weekly: SP Books Finds Niche with Reproductions of Classic Manuscripts . and feature facsimiles of the handwritten manuscripts, with revisions and notes. Most print runs are limited and hand-numbered.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.
“SP” stands for “Saints Peres”, district of Paris where the company was originally foundedLos Angeles Review: Saint Père Books - The Los Angeles Review. Editions des Saints Peres' luxury editions are limited and hand-numbered. During a 2015 interview with lecteur.com, Jessica Nelson stated that "in order to bring the facilities of the works back to their original state, each project requires a veritable restoration of the text and the page, it's very touching."
Manuscripts
2012 : Hygiene and the Assassin by Amelie Nothomb 2013 : Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian 2013 : Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau 2013 : Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard 2014 : Journey to the End of the Night by Louis Ferdinand Celine 2014 : Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 2015 : Candide by Voltaire 2015 : The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 2015 : In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust 2015 : Alice's Adventures Under Ground by Lewis Carroll 2016 : Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 2016 : The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 2016 : The Mystery of Jean the Bird Catcher by Jean Cocteau 2016 : Tales by Charles Perrault 2016 : Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 2017 : Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne 2017 : Alcools by Guillaume Apollinaire
is an independent publishing house specialised in the publication of limited facsimile editions of literary manuscripts.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 .
Founded in 2012 by Nicolas Tretiakow and Jessica Nelson,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. 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.
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