THE FOLIO SOCIETY The Raven, Letterpress

Printing the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe at Nomad Letterpress

To commemorate 175 years since the death of the master of Gothic horror, The Folio Society produced a brand new collection of Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories called ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’.

To accompany this edition, Folio also commissioned Nomad Letterpress to print a copy of ‘The Raven’ (Poe’s most famous poem) using hot metal casting and letterpress printing techniques.

This film celebrates the quality of historical printing techniques and the thriving industry of craftspeople that keep these historic methods alive today.