Antiquarian bookseller, Simon Beattie, specialises in books on European language and culture, sourcing rare and interesting pieces for specialist collectors and libraries all around the world.
Many dealers catalogues follow a generic and traditional formula; produced as ‘listings’ that seem to bypass a key ingredient: the joy of the book.
My involvement
Creating Style Sheets / Typesetting / Kerning type / Tidying line endings / Layout tweaks and amendments / Photographing all items within the catalogue using studio lighting / Colour correcting imagery and retouching imperfections / Supplying live and hi-res print ready PDF artwork files / Proof checking / Overseeing print run
Beattie’s large format catalogue is a bibliophiles delight, celebrating his discoveries, showcasing and examining ‘The books you never knew you wanted’ in all their eclectic glory
My involvement
Typesetting / Kerning type / Layout tweaks and amendments / Drawing stationery symbols accurately in Illustrator / Resizing posters for various print formats / Supplying live and hi-res print ready PDF artwork files