Recently published in the US by Beehive Books of Philadelphia is a new, lavish illustrated edition of David Lindsay's classic 1920 novel, A Voyage to Arcturus. The illustrations are by Jim Woodring, brightly colored and striking in an individualist style. Whether this psychedelic surreal style is appropriate for Lindsay's novel is a matter of personal taste. But the production quality of this new edition is very high. Here I share a few highlights to showcase this new edition.
First, the oversized book comes in a box:
Opening the box you see the slip-cased book:
And pulling the book out of the slipcase, one sees:
Opening to some random pages, there are double-spread illustrations, and pages mixing illustration and text:
And finally, an illustration of Sullenbode, followed by the facing page of text:
