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In celebration of the 2011 winter holiday season, Paravion Press presents James Joyce’s Christmas story with specially commissioned illustrations by William Bock. This limited edition of 500 copies features a hand-set letterpress broadside and tailored wrapping paper.

Order before Friday 16th December to ensure delivery in time for Christmas.

All three titles from our New York series, plus two fables: Rudyard Kipling's 'How the First Letter Was Written,' and Lewis Carroll's nonsense verse, 'The Hunting of the Snark.'

All three titles from the first in our Cities series, collecting great voices inspired by the world's great capitals. A story by O. Henry, verse by Walt Whitman, and an essay by Maxim Gorky.

We welcome you to the famous Coney Island, where Maxim Gorky takes us on a surreal, whirlwind tour of the sights and sounds of America’s Summer Playground. Things looked mighty strange to the visiting Russian, but through his lens we are treated to an honest assessment of mass entertainment in ‘the fantastic city all afire.’ This edition includes illustrations by Alexandra Citrin.

A big city has a hum to it, has a buzz and occasionally a grunt. On a quest to find the “composite vocal message of massed humanity,” this O. Henry short story guides us through streets, past cops and vendors in order to discover what New York has to say. Intricate and honest illustrations by Magda Boreysza bring New York to life in this slim adventure.

This selection from Leaves of Grass, beautifully illustrated by William Bock, is a direct address to future readers: “And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose.” Follow Whitman as he takes you on a journey across the East River from Manhattan into Brooklyn.

This fantastical story tells the origin of the first letter. Our heroine Taffimai sends a picture message to her mother, and sufficiently confuses her entire tribe. Hilarity, as fans of Kipling are well aware, ensues. Beautifully illustrated by Alexandra Citrin, this short story offers a life lesson on the importance of clarity in communication and the need for humanty to invent the letter.

What I tell you three times is true. Follow the nonsense adventure of the intrepid Bellman and his misfit crew of hunters on a quest to find a Snark. ‘But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day/If your Snark be a Boojum! For then/You will softly and suddenly vanish away, /And never be met with again!’ This edition includes spectacular illustrations by Nic Rawling.

Our first series features stories by Katherine Mansfield, Saki, Sherwood Anderson and Anton Chekhov, and an essay by Mark Twain. Produced in a limited edition of 500, the first 100 of which are individually hand-stitched.

A tender and honest observation on the drama of the human heart, its desire for beauty and ultimately, love.

A hilarious and charming story about a child's victories over a strict, small-minded aunt.
Illustrated by Magda Boreysza.

A beautifully atmospheric exploration of the existential shifts that occur on the cusp of adolescence and adulthood.

A sharp critique of American society, revealing the multiple falsehoods that occur under the guise of truthfulness.

A delicately crafted unravelling of a universal phenomenon; the encounter between male psyche and feminine beauty.

A special edition of Katherine Mansfield’s short story, with new illustrations by Alex Citrin, for Valentine’s Day 2011. This tender, honest observation on the drama of the human heart is the perfect gesture of artful amour and sure to win the affections of your intended sweetheart.