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...Hugh Sidey's essays on U.S. Presidents, there was never a doubt as to who would be the publisher. A 1989 winner while at Harvard of one of our College Achievement Awards, Luke Ives Pontifell is a member of the extended TIME family. He received his prize for founding Thornwillow Press, an enterprise that is dedicated to issuing limited editions of exquisitely designed, hand-printed books. "The goal is to create beautiful, durable books that can carry inspiring events and exciting ideas into the future," says Pontifell, 23. "Today's primary means of communication, like newspapers and television, are effective...
...teens Pontifell took a printing course and promptly fell in love. "There's nothing like running your fingers over the letters on a newly printed page," he says. "It enhances the way you experience the words." At age 16 he leased his own letterpress, and Thornwillow was born. His first coup was printing historian William L. Shirer's memoir of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. Since then Thornwillow has published works by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Helmut Kohl. This week it brings out The Presidency by Hugh Sidey. The book is available through Thornwillow Press in New York City...
Pontifell, who founded a smallscale publishing house called Thornwillow Press in 1985, plans to release 2000 of the 44-page books, which outline Kohl's vision for a unified Germany within the framework of Europe. The books also contain a short introduction by the German chancellor...
Pontifell founded Thornwillow Press in 1985 during the summer before his senior year in high school, publishing 100 copies of a children's book called Hello...
...high prices and low volume that come with hand printing and Moroccan leather do not discourage Pontifell. "My market might be small because of the prices, but it is not defined. I consider it crucial that Thornwillow does not limit itself to collectors," he says, pointing out that the Rizzoli Bookstore sells his books across the country...