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Numbered Edition
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
Numbered Edition
Print Run:
250
Pages:
229
Trimmed Page Size:
240 x 170mm
Paper:
148gsm Mohawk Superfine Eggshell
Printing:
Text printed letterpress in black and green throughout. Colour images printed offset litho and sewn into the binding
Binding:
Bradel bound in black and green goatskin leather
Presentation:
Silk marker ribbon, headbands, sculpted head-caps, 22 colour images including four double page spreads tipped onto tabs
Box:
Slipcase
Signatures:
Gregory Manchess – Artist
£495.00
Price plus shipping and handling of £25 UK and £55 Worldwide.
One copy per household – see Pre-Order Details below.
Numbered Lottery Closed
Lottery registration for the remaining Numbered copies of ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ is now closed.
Winners will be given the opportunity to purchase this edition and will be chosen at random. You will be emailed if successful. If you don’t receive an email then unfortunately you were not selected. One entry per household.
Numbered Edition Details
Limited to 250 copies
Trimmed page size – 240 x 170mm
Signed by Gregory Manchess
Printed letterpress on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine Eggshell by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington of Hand and Eye Letterpress. Printed in black and green throughout on a Heidelberg cylinder press using photopolymer plates.
This edition is newly illustrated by award-winning oil painter Gregory Manchess. There are 22 paintings, comprising 21 full-page and one half-page colour images. This includes 4 double page spreads hand tipped onto tabs. All images are printed offset litho by Hurtwood and sewn into the structure of the binding.
The numbered edition is bound as a bradel binding, with black goatskin leather spine. The front and back boards are covered with mid-green goatskin leather and foil blocked in gold and black. The title is foil blocked to the spine in gold and green.
Endpapers are mottled green Napura Khepera paper and are foil blocked with a silhouette of Dorothy and Toto.
Silk ribbon marker.
Sculpted leather head-caps.
Top edge gilded gold.
The book comes in a straight edged slipcase, capped with charcoal Suedel and wrapped with a handmade marbled paper by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. A black paper label with gold foil blocking is inset to the front of the slipcase. The inside of the slipcase is lined with charcoal Suedel.
Please be aware that there may be minor alterations to the design as we enter the production stage.
Numbered Edition Pre-Order Details
This edition is limited to 250 copies. The first 150 copies, numbered 1 – 150, will first be offered privately to current Lyra’s Classics rights holders (those who are the registered rights holders of A Christmas Carol). Any copies not taken up by current rights holders, as well as the remaining 100 copies (numbered 151 – 250) will be available by lottery ONLY. The lottery form will be open on this page from midday BST (GMT+1) on Thursday the 25th of April until midday BST (GMT+1) on Saturday the 27th of April. Winners will be notified by email within 48 hours. The option to purchase will be in place for 48 hours from the timestamp of the notification email, after which any unpurchased copies will be offered to someone else.
If we fail to sell all copies through the lottery, these copies will become available on the website shortly afterwards and you will be able to purchase directly through the shop page.
Only copies numbered 1 – 150 carry rights to the next Lyra’s Classics title
Read more about how the rights system works here.
There is a ‘one entry per household’ rule in place for the lottery. If we find multiple entries, they will be deleted and you will be banned from this lottery.
Click here to see our rules around the lotteries on our FAQ page.
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 currently deliver to Russia, Ukraine or Belarus.
We expect to have the books finished and ready to ship in autumn 2024. Updates will be posted on social media and via the website subscriber email as we go.
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