The Road

The Lettered edition is limited to twenty-six. The text pages are set in Boydlow, an unreleased type design by Matthew Carter based on the Century typeface. It is a hand sewn Coptic binding with waxed linen threads and genuine Ardesia stone slate from Italy covering the boards. The pastedown is Mexican Mayan paper, handmade with renewable plant fibers and is acid-free. The frontispiece engraving is printed letterpress from the original boxwood block and the edition is printed offset on French Speckletone paper. It is housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in Japanese cloth, and is signed by Joyce Carol Oates, Ryan Pancoast and Richard Wagener.

The Numbered edition is limited to two hundred fifty copies and is a quarter leather binding with Japanese cloth over boards. The text pages are set in Boydlow, an unreleased type design by Matthew Carter based on the Century typeface. A print of the The Road wood engraving by Richard Wagener is inset in the cover. Endsheets are Thai mango leaf, and the edition is printed offset on Mohawk Via Vellum Flax paper. It is housed in a cloth covered slipcase, and is signed by Joyce Carol Oates, Ryan Pancoast and Richard Wagener.