Foulness

By David Henningham

A haunting experimental novel set on the Essex coast during the Cold War.

Make Foulness a reality – choose your reward below.
$25  + shipping
89 pledges

First Edition Paperback

A first edition paperback original with silver foil debossed cover.

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  • Your name listed as a subscriber in the back of the book
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$75  + shipping
14 pledges

Handmade Book

A handmade large-format photographic version of the novel. This signed limited edition includes colour and b/w reproductions of photographs by Harpreet Kalsi, and drawings by David Henningham. Cover debossed and die-cut with sand-textured endpapers.

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  • Name listed in the back of the book
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$100  + shipping

Book Club

Five copies of the first edition paperback original with silver foil debossed cover.

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  • Your names (and/or book club name) listed as subscribers in the back of the book
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$175  + shipping
2 pledges

Slipcase Edition

One of 14 unique cloth-covered slipcases, named after a bird species, made using its colouring. (Each chapter of the novel is named after a different species). A handmade large-format photographic version of the novel. This signed limited edition includes colour and b/w reproductions of photographs by Harpreet Kalsi, and drawings by David Henningham. Cover debossed and die-cut with sand-textured endpapers.

PLUS:

  • Printed proof of the paperback book months before the trade release.
  • Name listed in the back of the book
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$175  + shipping

Book Binding & Beer

Join David Henningham for a hands-on binding experience in an East London brewery. Arts and craft beer will collide as you learn to make pamphlets using Gmund Bier papers (recycled hop paper supplied by G.F Smith; probably the best paper merchant in the world).

This 4 hour BEGINNER workshop (with breaks) opens with a pamphleteer session making several different quick booklets, followed by an authentic Japanese book. We'll reveal the history and science behind the form of these beautiful books, which you'll soon be knocking up at home.

LIMITED TO 6.
Covid safe (your 2m workstation will be fully equipped, ventilated, and your triple vaxxed teacher will don a mask in your space)

PLUS:

  • Come away with 4 bindings of your own
  • Signed first edition paperback of the book
  • A pack of 10 colour postcards reproducing bird paintings and pencil drawings by David Henningham
  • Your name listed as a subscriber in the back of the book
  • G.F Smith gift pack
  • Glass of refreshing craft beer
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$375  + shipping
1 pledge

Collector

One of 14 unique cloth-covered slipcases, named after a bird species, made using its colouring. (Each chapter of the novel is named after a different species). A handmade large-format photographic version of the novel. Signed limited edition including colour and b/w reproductions of photographs by Harpreet Kalsi, and drawings by David Henningham. Cover debossed and die-cut with sand-textured endpapers.

PLUS:

  • A signed oil sketch on ingres paper of one of the bird species in the book.
  • Printed proof of the paperback book months before the trade release
  • Name listed in the back of the book
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