CORDES PRESS

The main subjects of the published books are mostly ancient Japanese fairy tales or the weird and macabre nature of Yokai stories and separately, American science fiction short stories by authors as diverse as Jack Vance and Kurt Vonnegutt.

 

Works published are printed by James Freemantle at his St James Park Press and use handmade, mould made and Japanese papers to augment the woodblock prints, engravings and hand painted images that the books are illustrated with by established and new artists such as Paul Binnie, Ben Goodman and Ewa Kropiewnicka.

 

Bindings and slipcases are by Roger Grech and are sympathetic to the genres of titles published.

 

Works published by Cordes Press have been purchased and can now be viewed at public institutions such as the Weston Library (Bodleian Library), Knight Library, University of Oregon and by fine press book dealers, the Japanese Embassy in London and in private collections.