Lyra's Classics
Numbered Edition
Carmilla
Carmilla
by
Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu
Numbered Edition
Print Run:
275
Pages:
163
Trimmed Page Size:
265 x 175mm
Paper:
160gsm Heritage Book White
Printing:
Text printed letterpress in black with additional spots of red. Colour images tipped in
Binding:
Quarter bound with leather spine and paste paper boards
Presentation:
13 colour plates and frontispiece
Box:
Slipcase
Signatures:
Abigail Larson (artist) and Prof. Roger Luckhurst (afterword)
£550.00
Available soon
Price plus shipping and handling of £25 in the UK and £55 for the rest of the world.
One copy per household - see Pre-Order Details below.
Numbered Edition Details
Limited to 275 copies
Trimmed page size – 265 x 175mm
Signed by Abigail Larson and Professor Roger Luckhurst.
Printed letterpress on 160gsm Heritage Book White 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 full page black Hahnemuhle Bugra paper.
The Numbered edition is an unusually shaped ‘coffin’ quarter binding, bound with fully foil blocked black goatskin leather to the spine and handmade paste papers by Victoria Hall to the boards. Each quarter binding is foil blocked in four passes, along with a hand tooled edge crease on both sides.
The book comes in a straight edged slipcase, covered in stone effect Corvon material, the surface of which has the texture of stone. The inside of the slipcase is lined with dark red Suedel and there are two labels on the front board: a Corvon label layered over a paste paper label.
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.
Numbered Edition Pre-Order Details
This edition is limited to 275 copies. The first 150 copies, numbered 1 – 150, will be first offered privately to current Lyra’s Classics rights holders (those who are the registered Numbered edition rights holders of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz).
Rights holders will be contacted on Monday 12th October 2026 and will have until Wednesday 14th October 2026 to make their purchase. Any copies not taken up by current rights holders, as well as the remaining 125 copies (numbered 151 – 275) will be available to purchase by Purchase Registration ONLY.
The Purchase Registration form will be open on this page from 12pm BST (UK time) Friday 16th October 2026 until 12pm BST (UK time) Sunday 18th October 2026. If there are more registrations than copies available, registrants will be selected at random. Those selected will be notified by email on Monday 19 October 2026 and sent a payment link. The option to purchase will be in place for 48 hours from the timestamp of the notification email, after which any non-purchased copies will be offered to someone else.
There is a ‘one entry per household’ rule in place for registering to purchase this edition. We ask that you please respect this rule so that everyone has a fair and equal chance. If we find multiple entries, they will be deleted and you will be banned from the Purchase Registration for this edition. If you accidentally enter more than once, please notify us so we can remove the additional entry.
If we fail to sell all copies through Purchase Registration, these copies will become available on the website shortly afterwards and you will be able to purchase directly through the shop page. All purchase limits will then be removed.
You may also register to purchase the Lettered edition.
See our new How To Purchase page to understand our rules around Purchase Registration.
We are offering an extra 50 rights copies with this title. Copies numbered 1 – 200 carry rights to the next Lyra’s Classics title. Copies numbered 201 – 275 do not carry rights to the next title. If you are successful in the Purchase Registration, you will be notified as to whether your copy carries rights or not, before you make your purchase.
Read more about how the Rights System works on the FAQ page.
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Numbered Edition Delivery Details
The cost of shipping is £25 in the UK and £55 for the rest of the world. The shipping cost is based on custom made boxes with foam, packing and booking time as well as the cost of the courier service.
All books will be packed into custom made, double walled cartons and surrounded by thick foam on six sides to ensure safe delivery.
Deliveries within the UK will be sent via a 24 hour courier. Delivery times elsewhere in the world will vary depending on your location, but we would hope that the books will largely be delivered within a few days at most. All services will be fully trackable and you will be sent a confirmation of shipping along with a tracking number when your parcel is booked with the courier. If you have a preferred courier service then do let us know and we will try our best to use them if they are available.
All international deliveries, including to the EU, now have full customs declarations. Any import taxes, customs duties or fees must be paid for by the recipient. Customs policies vary from country to country and you should contact your local customs office for more information. Customs clearance procedures may cause delays and extend our quoted delivery time estimates, for which we cannot be liable.
Please note - we cannot deliver to PO Box addresses.
We expect to have the books finished and ready to ship mid 2027.
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