Thinking Louder & Clearer

HENRY DAVID THOREAU
No. 8 in the ‘Henry’ chapbook series

2026 / Limited Edition Chapbook / VH0045

¶ This letterpress chapbook reprints a short excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s May 1852 journal. The passage catalogues numerous springtime phenomena and consider their impact on his thinking. This is the first showing of the newly-acquired Linotype Melior types by the press.

Specifications: Typeset in Linotype Melior, and handset Optima. Printed in black and three spot colours on Hahnemühle mouldmade paper. Two sheets printed ‘two-up’, folded and gathered in a single signature trimmed to 11.7  × 18 cm. Bound with a three-hole stitch in a black endsheet, a black paper cover and a purple paper wrapper printed in black and two spot colours. Issued in a paper wrapper printed from wood and metal type.

8 pages + black endsheet
Limited edition of 70 numbered copies­
CND $30 + shipping & taxes

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