Terrascopædia Magazine
The Terrascopaedia is a letterpress music publication which first appeared in 2012. The editor and publisher is Phil McMullen, who previously edited the Ptolemaic Terrascope Magazine ( a commercially printed offset litho publication which was pasted up by hand ).
The type used by us can be traced back to punches engraved in London during the 1720s by William Caslon. Caslon Old Face #128 is a revival introduced in 1916 by the Monototype Corporation Ltd at Salfords near Redhill in Surrey. The type we used for many of the first 9 issues was cast for us in 2014 by Hand & Eye of London E1; in 2018 we purchased a complete fount of brand new type cast for us on an original Monotype Composition Caster owned by the Paekakariki Press in Walthamstow, London - quite literally around the corner from where the original Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine was printed by a commercial printer between 1989 and 2004.
The paper used is 145gsm Zerkall White Extra Smooth, mould-made acid-free paper made from part cotton rag with 4 deckle edges. It is unsized so it accepts and enhances the ink, and the smooth surface gives good reproduction of fine detail.
The Terrascopaedia is a letterpress music publication which first appeared in 2012. The editor and publisher is Phil McMullen, who previously edited the Ptolemaic Terrascope Magazine ( a commercially printed offset litho publication which was pasted up by hand ).
The type used by us can be traced back to punches engraved in London during the 1720s by William Caslon. Caslon Old Face #128 is a revival introduced in 1916 by the Monototype Corporation Ltd at Salfords near Redhill in Surrey. The type we used for many of the first 9 issues was cast for us in 2014 by Hand & Eye of London E1; in 2018 we purchased a complete fount of brand new type cast for us on an original Monotype Composition Caster owned by the Paekakariki Press in Walthamstow, London - quite literally around the corner from where the original Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine was printed by a commercial printer between 1989 and 2004.
The paper used is 145gsm Zerkall White Extra Smooth, mould-made acid-free paper made from part cotton rag with 4 deckle edges. It is unsized so it accepts and enhances the ink, and the smooth surface gives good reproduction of fine detail.
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Terrascopædia Issue 8
Published August 2017, issue 8 features interviews with British bands Piano Magic and Stereocilia and Sweden's The Greek Theatre.
100 copies produced. Each copy entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset in 12pt Caslon Old Style and lovingly printed on unbleached, hand cut acid-free paper on a circa. 1900 vintage "Peerless" treadle jobbing press manufactured by Cropper, Charlton & Co. of Nottingham, England. Please be aware that due to the hand-made nature of this publication, small mistakes are bound to occur and no two copies can ever be exactly the same. Stitched. Illustrated. Full colour. 16 pages plus cover. Acid free cotton rag deckle edged paper. Measures approx. 5 inches by 7 inches (a paper size formerly known as "Duke"). Cost: £8.00 a copy, postage included (UK), £9.00 (EU), £10.00 (RoW) Please note that this edition is NEARLY SOLD OUT Terrascopædia Issue 6
Terrascopaedia issue 6 was published in August 2016. Once again, this was an extremely limited edition letterpress publications, containing an editorial, graphics, a selection of LP reviews and interviews - this time with Rusalnaia's Sharron Kraus, PSP's Jens Unosson and Constantine's, uh, Constantine.
100 copies were produced. Each copy was entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset in Caslon Old Style and lovingly printed on unbleached, hand cut paper on a vintage "Peerless" treadle jobbing press manufactured by Cropper, Charlton & Co. of Nottingham, England. Please be aware that due to the hand-made nature of this publication, small mistakes are bound to occur and no two copies can ever be exactly the same. Stitched. Lavishly illustrated. Ten different colours. 16 pages plus cover. Acid free cotton rag deckle edged paper. Measures approx. 5 inches by 7 inches. Please note that this edition is SOLD OUT Terrascopædia Issue 4
Terrascopaedia issue 4 (December 2015) contained a selection of LP reviews (no CDs or downloads, obviously) and interviews - this time with Thought Forms and Wolf People - all unique to this publication.
100 copies produced. Each copy entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset in a specially commissioned fount and lovingly printed on a hand-cranked, fully restored 1950s vintage Adana Letterpress machine. Hand Stitched. Fully illustrated. Four colours. 14 pages plus cover. Acid free cotton rag deckle edged paper. Measures approx. 5 inches by 7 inches. Please note that this edition is SOLD OUT |
Terrascopædia Issue 7
Published January 2017, this is the latest in an ongoing series of extremely limited edition letterpress publications, containing an editorial, graphics, a selection of LP reviews and interviews - this time with The Amazing, Maida Vale and Tangle Edge (all artists who hail from Scandinavia)
85 copies produced. Each copy was entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset in Caslon Old Style and lovingly printed on unbleached, hand cut acid-free paper on a vintage "Peerless" treadle jobbing press manufactured by Cropper, Charlton & Co. of Nottingham, England. Stitched. Lavishly illustrated. Ten different colours. 16 pages plus cover. Acid free cotton rag deckle edged paper. Measures approx. 5 inches by 7 inches. Please note that this edition is SOLD OUT Terrascopædia issue 5
Terrascopaedia issue 5 (January 2016) featured an editorial, graphics, a selection of LP reviews and interviews - this time with Dead Sea Apes and the Man band's Deke Leonard.
100 copies were produced. Each copy is entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset in a specially commissioned fount and lovingly printed on unbleached, hand cut paper on a fully restored 1940s vintage Adana Letterpress machine. Please be aware that due to the hand-made nature of this publication, small mistakes are bound to occur and no two issues can ever be exactly the same. Stitched. Illustrated. Four colours. 16 pages plus cover. Acid free cotton rag deckle edged paper. Measures approx. 5 inches by 7 inches. Please note that this edition is NEARLY SOLD OUT Terrascopædia issue 3
Terrascopeaedia issue 3 was the third in an ongoing a series of extremely limited edition letterpress editions, containing a selection of LP reviews (nothing digital, obviously), a feature on Plague Lounge and specially comissioned interviews with the Bevis Frond and Green Pajamas, all unique to this publication.
100 copies produced. Each copy entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset and lovingly printed on a hand-cranked, fully restored 1950s vintage Adana Letterpress machine. Please note that this edition is SOLD OUT |