Limited to 26 copies

Trimmed page size – 265 x 175mm

Signed by Abigail Larson and Professor Roger Luckhurst.

Printed letterpress on 130gsm Hahnemuhle Bugra Bütten mould made paper by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington of Hand and Eye Letterpress. Text printed in black with additional spots of red on a Heidelberg cylinder press using photopolymer plates.

Text set in 12pt Baskerville and Open Kapitalen.

This edition is newly illustrated by Hugo award-winning artist Abigail Larson. There are thirteen full colour paintings, plus one colour frontispiece. All images, with the exception of the frontis, are tipped onto grey handmade paper by Paper Foundation, made entirely by hand at their mill in the English Lake District.

The Lettered edition is fully bound in polished, smooth red goatskin with a black over stain. The pattern on the binding is created by gently de-glazing the top stain combined with blind blocking and dye resists. The title is foil blocked to the front board in silver foil.

Endpapers are hand marbled paper by Freya Scott of Paperwilds.

The book comes in a bradel bound solander box, with the front board covered in stone effect Corvon material, the surface of which has the texture of stone. There are two ‘teeth’ cut out to reveal Paper Foundation handmade paper beneath. There are two circular red goatskin ‘puncture wound’ onlays beside the cut outs. The spine and back cover of the box are constructed in two additional pieces and bound in black goatskin leather which has been foil blocked in five passes, creating a cracked effect with the title overlaid in foil blocked silver.

The solander box trays are lined with paste paper made by Victoria Hall, and the trays themselves are covered in charcoal Colorado bookcloth.

This edition comes with a cloth covered portfolio of art prints which sits in the solander box with the book. The portfolio is foil blocked to the front, with a foil blocked paper label affixed above.

Please be aware that there may be minor alterations to the design as we enter the production stage.

Interior designed by Marcelo Anciano.

Bindings and binding designs by Richard Tong.