Vehicle Editions

Vehicle Editions was founded in 1976 by Annabel Levitt. Annabel Lee (she married the Lee in 1988) brings diverse experience to her role as publisher. She is a writer, an editor, a letterpress printer, an offset printer, a hand bookbinder, a teacher of bookcrafts, a bookkeeper, a phototypesetter, a monotype typesetter, a hand typesetter and an icono... clastic maverick. She has worked for many other publishers including a stint as production manager for Aperture, and she has worked extensively with artbook publishers on behalf of European printers. The publisher thus has full involvement with the artistic, technical, literary and business aspects of the company. Authors, artists, craftspeople and the publisher work in close association to ensure that the format of each book reflects its contents. Authors, artists and the publisher work together as partners collaborating on format and production decisions as well as editorial content decisions. The attempt is always made that the books exterior be an expression of its interior. For this reason, Vehicle Editions do not often resemble each other. Editions range in numbers from 100 to 5000 depending on production methods and intent. Vehicle Editions has employed commercial printers and binders for some titles,and for others done all handwork at the kitchen table. The authors of Vehicle Editions share an intensive and intimate relationship with language itself. As we know, it is not economically feasible for the larger publishers to publish much of the more progressive poetry, short fiction and essays being written today. Vehicle Editions rejoices in such challenges to the status quo.Read More