No Country for Old Men lettered edition

Description from Suntup Website

The Suntup edition of No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is presented in three states. The edition measures 6” x 9” and features ten color illustrations by world-renowned and multi-award-winning watercolor artist Joseph Zbukvic. The text pages are set in Monotype Garamont, and printed letterpress by Scott Vile on his Heidelberg cylinder press in Buxton, Maine on Cougar Natural, Neenah Cotton and mouldmade Arches Text Wove papers. The printing includes three passes through the press on the title page spread, and two passes on the half title, title, and chapter numbers. Interior design and typography by award-winning designer Jason Dewinetz.

For the Lettered state of No Country for Old Men, inspiration was drawn from renowned French bookbinder Jean de Gonet, whose innovative bindings reveal their structural elements—tapes, sewing, and spine linings—as intentional design features, blending functionality with raw visual impact.

In the Suntup edition, the spine and part of the boards are covered in a smooth, traditionally tanned goatskin, while the remainder of the panels feature a custom goat nubuck made specifically for this edition and which is brushed in two directions with a metal brush to achieve a distinctive surface texture. The exposed elements along the spine also serve as a quiet tribute to earlier editions of Cormac McCarthy that we have published, carrying forward a visual thread within this body of work.

The design as a whole conveys a sense of rugged functionality rather than polish, echoing the brutal landscape and stripped-down moral architecture of the novel. The asymmetry and expressive textures lend the book a sense of wear and exposure, as though it has endured the same harsh terrain as its characters. Like the story itself, the binding offers no ornament for its own sake—only the stark beauty of materials shaped by force and necessity. This unique binding is handcrafted by master bookbinder Jacek Tylkowski in Komorniki, Poland.

Limited to twenty-six copies, the edition is housed in a quarter leather clamshell enclosure with a rounded spine and European cloth sides. This state is printed letterpress on mouldmade Arches Text Wove paper and is signed by Joseph Zbukvic.

Also check the other states of the book:

Artist edition - Numbered