FIRST BITE PRESS. CULP, Miranda & DELMAN, Laurelin. ~ The Canon of Aphrodisia.
No. 10 of 25 copies of the deluxe edition. Four volumes, together with a portfolio of erotic illustrations not included in the regular edition. Hand painted frontispieces, illustrations throughout by Laurelin Gilmore. Printed in Gill Joanna and Perpetua on Arches Rives Lightweight Paper. 15.7 x 19.3 cms. 12mo, original bindings by Amy Borezo of various coloured morocco spine lettered in gilt with the press device in gilt at the bottom of the spine, brown paper covered sides stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, extra prints in a stiff brown paper portfolio stamped in gilt. Housed in a green cloth telescoping box to resemble a library cabinet with a window to show the spines of the books and feet at the bottom. As new
12 erotic short stories in four volumes, mingling classic tales of horror, fantasy, noir, fable tragedy, sci-fi and fairy tales with ‘steamy romance’ intended to be from the woman’s perspective.
The book is co-written by a woman with illustrations by a woman artist Laurelin Gilmore and printed by a woman fine press printer - Stephanie Kimbro Dolin.