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ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2021-2025
This series of threads is designed to list all the current series of limited editions in five year blocks, initially by year, then alphabetic order, with a picture of both the exterior and interior of each book.
The prices in the lists below are representative only, and may have varied from time to time, and market to market.
The other threads in this series can be found thus:-
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2001 to 2005 here
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2006 to 2010 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2011 to 2015 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2016 to 2020 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2026 to 2030 here.
More information, and often leaflets and brochure downloads for these books, can be found on the FSD wiki .
Some limited editions are still available directly from the Folio Society. The Folio Society Limited Editions website can be found here.
2021
Aurora Australis by Ernest Shackleton and members of the ‘Nimrod’ Expedition.
11 illustrations by George Marston. FACSIMILE VOLUME Quarter-bound in brown calfskin leather with brown beechwood Venesta boards. Hand-sewn binding with green twine. 194 pp. 11x8in. COMMENTARY BOOKLET Commentary by Jan Piggott. Printed letterpress. Bound in green Tintoretto Ceylon paper cover blocked in brown foil. 16pp. 10x7½in. CLAMSHELL BOX Fawn linen-covered spine blocked in brown foil and front inset with a calfskin leather label blind-blocked with the ‘Printed at the Sign of “The Penguins”’ device. 12x9x2¼in. 500 copies (£495)
Complete Short Stories by Philip K. Dick
(4v.). Introduced by Jonathan Lethem. All 118 of Philip K. Dick’s pieces of short fiction. 24 illustrations by 24 different artists. Title pages and contents printed in two colours. All page edges fluorescent coloured. Ribbon page markers. Fluorescent coloured endpapers. Bindings designed by La Boca and bound in Duchesse cloth screen-printed with fluorescent inks, each volume a different colour. Presented vertically in a two-part box. 2,560 pages in total. 9¾x6¾in. 750 copies. (£495)
Divine Comedy, The by Dante Alighieri.
(3v.). 100 illustrations by Neil Packer. Translated by Robin Kirkpatrick. Essay by Jhumpa Lahiri. Editorial material by George Holmes. Signed by Neil Packer. Bound in black goatskin leather blocked in metallic foils with raised bands. Printed in two colours throughout on Corolla Book Laid paper. Page edges printed with coloured hand-drawn lettering. Colour pattern printed white endpapers. Black grosgrain ribbon markers. Hand-made black cloth-covered case 5x12⅔x8in. Three separate prints presented in a folder. 808pp. in total. Books 8¾x5½in. 700 copies. (£700)
Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott.
Foreword by Diana Gabaldon. Frontispiece and nine full colour illustrations (one double-page spread) by June Carey. Signed by Diana Gabaldon and June Carey. Ribbon page marker. Bound in grey goatskin leather blocked with a cover and spine image in blue and gold foils. Gilded page tops. Blue cloth slipcase front inset with an illustration label in a border blocked in gold foil. 520pp. 11x7¼in. 750 copies. (£295)
Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy.
Frontispiece and 16 full-colour full-page illustrations and 16 vignettes by Stanley Donwood. 109 poems selected and introduced by Robert Macfarlane. Signed by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. Quarter-bound in red goatskin leather blocked in white foil on spine with white Iris cloth boards printed with a design by the artist. Limitation page printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten paper and tipped on by hand. Green Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten endpapers. Green ribbon marker. Green Iris cloth slipcase blind-blocked with a design by the artist and lined with Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten paper. 224pp. 10x7¼in. (£295)
Three Musketeers, The by Alexandre Dumas
11 illustrations by Roman Pisarev. Introduced by George MacDonald Fraser. Translated by William Barrow. Gilded page tops. Bound in brown goatskin gilt and black blocked on cover and spine. Signed by the artist on numbered frontispiece etching. Maroon page marker ribbon. Plain maroon slipcase. xvii + 568pp. 26x18.9cm. 750 copies. (£250)
2022
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Frontispiece and seven colour plates printed on Arctic Volume Ivory paper, and nine black-and-white vignettes by Angela Barrett. Introduced by Richard Holmes. Limitation label signed by Angela Barrett. Bound in blue leather, cover blocked in silver and black foils with a design by Angela Barrett. Silvered on all three page-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered black slipcase blocked in silver foil with a design by Angela Barrett. 232pp. 10x6¾in. 300 copies (£300)
Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake.
(3v.). Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone. Introduced by Neil Gaiman. 142 colour illustrations by Dave McKean integrated throughout the three volumes . Signed by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman. Printed in colour throughout. Black Burano paper endpapers. Black page edges. Open-spine bindings. Sides covered in Setalux cloth printed with colour designs by the artist. Cloth-covered presentation case blocked in metallic red foil, lined and screen-printed in black ink. Case interior printed in silver with a design by the artist. Separate print presented in a black Burano paper folder printed in silver. Books: 9¾×6¾in. Box: 11¾×6½×6¾in. Print: 6⅓×9⅓in. 1,376 pages in total. 750 copies (£745)
Haunting of Hill House, The by Shirley Jackson
Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 4 double-page spreads and 9 integrated illustrated tailpieces by Angie Hoffmeister. Signed by Angie Hoffmeister and Joyce Carol Oates. Bound in dark blue cloth screen printed with a wrap-around colour picture. Metallic blue image blocked endpapers. Orange page tops. Grey clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in image printed paper. Extra print enclosed. 232pp. 8¾x5 ½in. 250 copies (£250)
Lord of the Rings, The by J. R. R. Tolkien.
53 tipped in illustrations by Alan Lee who has signed the first volume. Preface by Alan Lee. Note on the Text by Douglas A. Anderson, a Note on the Revised Text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, Tolkien’s Foreword to the Second Edition and Prologue, as well as Appendices and Indexes. Quarter-bound in maroon leather with dark blue cloth sides blocked in silver and inset with colour illustration labels. Circular limitation printed letterpress on Tintoretto paper hand tipped within a gold border. Printed in black and burgundy throughout. 57 illustrated chapter openers. Endpapers printed with a colour design by the artist. Silver page tops. Burgundy satin ribbon markers. Two maps printed together in black and red and enclosed in a case covered in maroon blocked cloth. Hand-made dark blue cloth-covered slipcase title blocked on sides in silver and gunmetal with colour printed internal illustration. Separate print presented in a folder of Pergamenata paper. 3v. & map folder. 1,504 pages in total. 12x7¾in. 1000 copies. (£1000)
Tale of Peter Rabbit , The by Beatrix Potter.
Multiple enclosures in a mid-blue cloth covered presentation box, blocked on front in silver and black with title and image, and lined with paper blocked in silver with a design taken from an illustration. 1. Facsimile of picture letter 1893, printed on Arena Wove paper, 8 pages, 8×4¾in. 2. Facsimile of privately printed edition, 1901, bound in Wibalin paper, 88 pages, 5¾×4¼in. 3. Facsimile of 1902 maquette, presented in an archive folder made from Sirio Color paper blocked in silver foil, 88 pages. 5×3¾in. 4. Facsimile of deluxe edition of 1902 bound in orange cloth with an inset colour picture label, gold page tops, grey and white printed endpapers, 104 pages, 5½×4in. 5. Five Christmas letters printed on Arena Wove paper each 3×1½in. 6. Giclée print on Modigliani Insize Neve paper with blind embossed frame line 9×6½in. 7. Commentary by Sara Glenn, printed on Abbey Pure paper and bound in Sirio Color paper blocked in silver foil, foreword by Emma Thompson, 80 pages, 9½×6½in. 8. Limitation certificate hand-numbered and printed letterpress on Fedrigoni Tintoretto Ceylon paper 14×13¾×2in. Limitation 1000. (£325)
Turn of the Screw, The by Henry James.
Introduced by Colm Tóibín. Frontispiece and 5 full-colour illustrations by Audrey Benjaminsen. Integrated black & white decorations, chapter headings and tailpieces. Double endpapers, one set with signed and hand-numbered limitation label tip, one set green and printed with a gilt pattern. Gilded page edges. Bound in black goatskin leather blocked on covers with a colour image. Green cloth slipcase printed with a gilt pattern. 8¾x5½in. 168pp. 250 copies (£500)
Ulysses by James Joyce.
Introduction, frontispiece and 18 full-page colour illustrations by John Vernon Lord. Introductory essays by Danis Rose, John O’Hanlon, and Stacey Herbert. Signed by John Vernon Lord. Printed in two colours. Map endpapers printed dark red on green. Bound in green calfskin leather cover image blocked in gold foil. Gilded page tops. Two green grosgrain ribbon markers. Separate print by John Vernon Lord presented in a folder featuring a design by the artist. Clamshell box covered in red cloth inset with a printed front label and title blocked in gold foil on edge. Book 11⅖×8in. Clamshell box 3½×12½×9in. 768pp. 500 copies (£495)
Waste Land, The by T. S. Eliot.
11 colour plates by Tom Phillips RA, giclée printed by Pureprint on Symbol Tatami Ivory paper and hand-tipped on to the Zerkall paper. Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress. Limitation page signed by Tom Phillips. Half-bound in vellum by Ludlow Bookbinders with spine blocked in 22-carat gold, violet cloth sides printed in grey with a text design by Tom Phillips. Dark blue Colorplan Damask Amethyst endpapers. Gilded page top edge with natural deckle retained on fore and bottom edges. Light brown cloth-covered clamshell box lined with soft, napped fabric in purple and blind-blocked on front and blocked with brown foil on spine. 84pp. 11×15×1½in. 350 copies. (US$1500 – available in USA and Canada only).
2023
Beowulf
Introduced by Janina Ramirez. Translated by Seamus Heaney. 11 illustrations including 8 double-page spreads and illustrated title page by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Janina Ramirez. Printed in two colours throughout. Dark blue endpapers printed in white with an image. Bound in brown goatskin leather, cover blocked with an image in metallic blue and gold foils. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Clamshell box covered in dark blue image and title blocked dark blue cloth and lined with printed Sirio paper. Separate blue and white image print within blue presentation folder. 35x25cm. 304pp. 750 copies (£625)
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Introduced by Kim Sherwood. 9 full-colour illustrations including two double-page spreads, and 7 black & white illustrations by Fay Dalton, who has signed the limitation label. Text printed in two colours. Bound in dark grey leather blocked in silver, metallic red and black foils with a design by Jamie Clarke. All page edges stained silver. Grey endpapers blocked with 007 image. Clamshell box covered with a grey metallic cloth screen-printed and blocked with an 007 design by Jamie Clarke and lined with cloth printed with a colour illustration by Fay Dalton. 248pp. 11x7¼in. 750 copies. (£500)
Complete Plays of William Shakespeare.
(3v.). Introduced by Gregory Doran. Foreword by Dame Judi Dench. 40 black and red illustrations by Neil Packer. Bound in off-white silk and linen jacquard cloth printed in black with a wrap-around pattern. Tipped in limitation signed by Neil Packer. Printed in two colours throughout on Munken Pure paper. Gilded on all 3 edges in gunmetal silver. Black cloth-covered pslipcase lined with image printed Woodstock Betulla paper. 1464pp. in total. 12x8½in. 1000 copies (£1000).
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The by Douglas Adams.
(5v.). 44 colour and 30 black & white illustrations by Jonathan Burton. Introduced by Jonathan Burton. Additional introductions by Terry Jones, Adam Roberts and Jon Canter. Preface by Carlo Rovelli. Bound in cloth blocked in holographic silver, turquoise, pink, blue, green, red and orange foils. Metallic foil page-tops, each volume a different colour. Endpapers printed in colour with a design by the artist. Presented in a two-part box covered in cloth and paper blocked with metallic foils, labelled “Don’t Panic” and lined with paper printed with silver stars. Print of computer keyboard suitable for framing presented in a folder printed with a design by the artist. Signed by Jonathan Burton. Books 9½x6¼in. 1240 pages in total. 750 copies (£600).
Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins
10 colour illustrations by Juan Esteban Rodríguez printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper. Introduced by Val McDermid. Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Val McDermid and Juan Esteban Rodríguez. Quarter-bound in indigo leather, spine blocked in gold foils. Cloth-covered sides printed with a colour picture. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Endpapers printed with a design in gold ink on Sirio paper. Dark blue cloth-covered slipcase blocked on front in gold foils. 536pp. 10x7in. 750 copies (£250)
Peloponnesian War, The by Thucydides
Nine two-colour illustrations and page decorations by Nick Hayes. Introduced by Katherine Harloe. Translated by Martin Hammond. Additional introduction and notes by P. J. Rhodes. Signed by Nick Hayes and Katherine Harloe. Five maps printed in terracotta. Printed in two colours on Abbey Pure paper. Freelife Merida dark brown endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Bound in full-grain leather, front cover blocked in black and gold foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page-tops. Black grosgrain ribbon marker. Dark-brown cloth-covered slipcase lined with printed paper and front blocked in black and gold with a picture. 11½x8in. 744pp. 750 copies (£400).
Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
Seven double-page spread colour illustrations, including a double-sided fold-out by Dave McKean. Introduced by Dave McKean. Foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin. Afterword by Boris Strugatsky. Translated by Olena Bormashenko. Printed in dark green ink with integrated illustrations. Bound in printed textured green cloth, cover blocked with a colour image, gilt spine titling. Cold-foiled and printed endpapers. Page edges digitally printed with a green pattern. Blocked green cloth slipcase with a printed lenticular panel in a die-cut shape. Folder with separate print, 4 prints of cover and slipcase designs from the unnumbered edition, and numbered limitation page signed by the artist. 240pp. 25x15.6cm. 600 copies (£295)
Shadow of the Wind, The by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Seven double-page colour illustrations and black & white title-page spread by Jorge González who has signed the limitation page. Preface and translation by Lucia Graves. Bound in dark brown leather title blocked on cover and spine in gold foil. Gilded page tops. Maroon ribbon page marker. Slipcase covered with colour printed cloth and with hidden illustration inside. Laid in print in maroon presentation folder. 496pp. 10x6¾in. 500 copies. (£295)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 2 double-page spreads and 10 integrated tailpieces by Angie Hoffmeister. Afterword by Donna Tartt. Bound in blue cloth, covers screen-printed in black and white with a picture. Blue endpapers printed in black with a picture. Clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in paper printed with a colour picture. Enclosed print for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 200pp. 8¾x5½in. 500 copies (£250)
2024
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Frontispiece and 11 full-page colour illustrations (two double-page} illustrations by Elliot Lang. Introduced by Michael Dirda. Printed in black and gold ink throughout on Abbey Pure paper. Thirty drop-cap illustrations and an illustrated title page and three part-titles. Dark blue endpapers printed in white with a design. Black ribbon marker. Gilded book edges. Tipped in limitation label printed in black and gold ink on Fedrigoni Marina Conchiglia paper signed by Michael Dirda and Elliot Lang. Quarter-bound in blocked leather, with cloth sides printed and blocked with a design by Elliot Lang. Metallic gold cloth slipcase printed in black with an original design by Elliot Lang. 24.2x17.3cm. 365pp. 500 copies (£400).
Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak.
Black & white title-page spread illustration by Alexis Deacon, 26 original black & white integrated illustrations by Trudy White and 6 double-page spread colour illustrations by Alexis Deacon. Introduced by the author. Signed by the Marcus Zusak and Alexis Deacon. Printed in 2 colours. Bound in black leather and foil blocked with title in silver on front and spine. Silver foiled top edge. Ribbon marker. Slipcase covered in cloth printed with a wrap-around colour picture by the artist. 250 copies. 25.4x17.2cm. 488pp. £280
Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien.
28 colour illustrations by Alan Lee, hand tipped as plates within borders, numerous black & white line integrated illustrations. Limitation label signed by the illustrator. Printed in two colours, dark red and black. Quarter-bound in dark red leather, dark blue art silk sides with an inset label printed with an illustration by Alan Lee on front cover. Silver page tops. Red ribbon page marker. Maps including Thror's map and a map of Wilderland in a separate matching folder. Separate print presented in a folder. Dark blue slipcase blocked on front with title and a silver design, printed lining. 30.5x20.2cm. 344pp. 1000 copies (£600)
King of Elfland’s Daughter, The by Lord Dunsany.
Frontispiece and 8 illustrations by Julie Dillon. Introduced by Erin Morgenstern. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Letterpress printed limitation tip signed by the Morgenstern and Dillon. Pictorial endpapers printed with a picture in shades of blue and grey. Page edges silvered. Dark blue ribbon page marker. Quarter-bound in dark blue leather, title blocked in silver foil on spine and cover, mid-blue cloth covers with design in silver and dark blue printed on front cover. Dark blue cloth-covered slipcase printed and blocked with a silver and mid-blue design by the artist. xix+218pp. 26.5x18.6cm. 500 copies (£375).
Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The by Becky Chambers.
10 illustrations by Zoë van Dijk printed on GardaPat 13 Bianka paper. Introduced by the author. Limitation ‘envelope’ signed by Becky Chambers and Zoë van Dijk. Printed in two colours on Abbey Lynx paper. Bound in dark blue buckram printed in black ink and blocked in lemon-gold foil.Printed page edges. Ribbon marker. Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Presentation box covered in printed and blocked paper. Exclusive print in a presentation folder. 408pp. 10x7½in. 750 copies (£295)
Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Signed by both illustrator and author. Frontispiece and seven colour illustrations, four of which are double-page spreads, by Anna Mill. Introduced by Malcolm Edwards. Bound in printed, blocked and laminated blue paper with a black design and white titling. Printed in black and blue ink on Abbey Lynx Rough paper. Blue endpapers printed in grey and white with a pattern. Blue ribbon marker. Blue book edges printed with a pattern. Clamshell box covered in printed, blocked and laminated paper to look like a 1980s communication device and lined in blue paper printed with a circuit board design by Anna Mill. Limitation label signed by William Gibson and Anna Mill. 2024 25.2x15.8cm. 296pp. 500 copies (£400)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell.
Introduced by Elif Shafak. Eight illustrations by La Boca printed on Tatami Ivory paper.Limitation tip printed letterpress signed by Elif Shafak and La Boca. Bound in metallic silk paper screen-printed in 3 colours with a design by the artist. Speckle printed page edges. Red ribbon page marker. Red endpapers printed in grey with an image. Presentation box bound in screen-printed grey metallic paper with red caps. Laid-in print, stickers and patch within a presentation folder. Printed in 2-colours on Munken Pure paper. 320pp. 26.5x21.4cm. 750 copies (£500)
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Introduced by A. C. Grayling. Picture selection by William Bynum. Half-bound in goatskin leather blocked in gold foil with lettering and ornaments by Jamie Clarke. Marbled paper sides by Jemma Lewis. Printed on Munken Pure paper. Frontispiece and 40 pages of plates printed on Symbol Tatami paper. Gilded page tops and fore-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered slipcase blocked in gold foil with lettering and ornaments by Jamie Clarke. 448pp. 11½x8in. 500 copies. (£500)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe.
(2v.). MAIN VOLUME: Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Joe Hill and Evangeline Gallagher; ten full page integrated illustrations, 24 motifs and vignettes and a coloured frontispiece printed on art paper by Evangeline Gallagher; printed in two colours on Munken Pure paper; dark grey Textured Twist endpapers; red ribbon page marker; all page edges printed with a black and red design; quarter bound in black goatskin with black cloth sides blocked in 2 foils with a red and cream design; 432pp. THE RAVEN: Printed letterpress on Libra Charta mould-made paper; two integrated illustrations; Black Textured Twist paper cover printed in red with a picture. SLIPCASE: Black front opening presentation box printed on all sides with pictures and designs in red and cream, red caps; 25.5x17.5cm. 500 copies. (£450). Sold out in eight hours.
2025
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Full-colour frontispiece depicting the Three Ghosts of Christmas, hand-drawn wreath on the title page, full colour double-page spread at the beginning of each chapter and two additional illustrations per chapter by Sarah Coomer. Introduced by Simon Callow. Printed in full colour throughout. All page edges gilded. Bound in leather blocked with a golden wreath design inspired by the first edition from 1843. Clamshell box decorated with an inset illustration of a traditional Christmas tree and a lining illustration by the artist. 128pp. 25.4x18.5cm. 350 copies. (£425)
Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Thirteen full colour, full page illustrations by Yuko Shimizu. Afterword by Chuck Palahniuk. Printed in black and gold. Sirio Pearl Cocktail Blue Moon endpapers. Pages gilded on all edges. Ribbon marker. Bound in blue/green goatskin leather, blocked in 2 foils with a design by the artist. Printed and bound by Graphicom, Italy. Blue/green clamshell box covered in cloth which is screen-printed and foil blocked with a design. Display Box lettering commissioned from Atelier Olschnsky Grafik und Design OG, Vienna. 32.8x24.2cm. 224pp. 500 copies. (£350). Sold out in 2h15m.
Iliad and Odyssey by Homer
(2v.). Illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Introduced and translated by Emily Wilson. Full colour picture printed endpapers. Page tops gilded. Ribbon marker in each volume. Both volumes quarter bound in goatskin leather (orange for Iliad, light blue for Odyssey) with silver spine titling and illustrated paper covers. Black cloth covered presentation box, silver foil blocked with four designs, illustrated lining. Iliad 735pp., Odyssey 456pp. 500 copies. (£750)
It by Stephen King.
Six colour and 11 black & white double-page spread illustrations by Jim Burns. Introduced by Guillermo del Toro who signed the book. Red marbled page edges. Red pattern printed endpapers. Red ribbon page marker. Quarter bound in red leather with red patterned covers. Black Solander case with red image on front. 1216pp. 24.8x17.2cm. 500 copies (£590). Sold out in seven minutes.
Jane Austen - The Complete Novels
(6v.). Illustrated by Sarah Young. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Individual essays for each novel by Sebastian Faulks and Elena Ferrante. Printed on Munken Pure paper in 2 colours with a woodcut frontispiece, 5 linocut illustrations and integrated vignettes in each volume. Each volume bound in off-white woven jacquard cotton and silk blocked in colour with floral woodcut illustrations by Sarah Young. Spine monogram with initials of each title by Ruth Rowland. Colour matching ribbon page marker. Gilded page tops. Housed in a green cloth-bound presentation box designed by Emily Benton, gilt printed with a floral pattern. Sense and Sensibility 400pp. Pride and Prejudice 400pp. Mansfield Park 480pp. Emma 496pp. Northanger Abbey 260pp. Persuasion 268pp. 24.3x16.9x24cm. 750 copies. (£925)
Last Unicorn, The by Peter S. Beagle.
Introduced by Patrick Rothfuss. Frontispiece, nine full-page colour illustrations (two double-page spreads) and 28 black and white integrated illustrations by Lily Seika Jones. Signed by Peter Beagle and Lily Seika Jones. Gold metallic endpapers. Gold ribbon page marker. Foiled book edges in a rose gold. Bound in green leather, foiled in rose-gold and white on cover with title and picture. Fawn clamshell box with gold and white decorations on front and sides, and inset colour picture on front, lined in paper printed with an illustration by the artist. 25.4x19.1cm. 260pp. 500 copies. (£495).
Lottery, The and Other Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson.
Twenty short stories. Introduced by Ruth Franklin. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations, including 3 double page spreads, by Angie Hoffmeister.Integrated illustrated black and white tailpieces. Metallic blue endpapers blocked in black with images. Silver gilded page tops. Bound in blue cloth screen-printed blocked in blue, black and white with an image on both covers. Clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in colour picture printed paper. Enclosed print for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 288pp. 20.1x13.4cm. (£250) Sold out in eight hours.
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock.
Frontispiece and 5 full-page colour illustrations printed on Gardapat 13 Kiara paper and 39 black and white integrated illustrations including three illustrated double-page part-title spreads by John Howe. Foreword by John Howe. Limitation label printed in black and brown ink on paper signed by John Howe. Printed in black and brown ink throughout on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Endpapers printed with a brown toned image. Yellow ribbon page marker. All page edges gilded. Quarter-bound in dark brown cowhide leather with blocked gilt spine title, cloth sides printed in brown tones with a design by John Howe. Cloth bound slipcase printed in brown with an original design by John Howe. 320pp. 30x19.7cm. 500 copies. (£425)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville.
Limitation label printed in copper metallic ink and signed by the author and the artist. Eight black & white integrated chapter opening illustrations and 12 full-page colour illustrations by Doug Bell printed on Gardapat Ivory paper. Afterword by the author. Printed in black and metallic copper ink. Map endpapers printed brown and black on white. Copper foiled top book edge. Ribbon page marker. Bound in canvas cloth, screen-printed and blocked with a colour picture. Clamshell box with overlapping front flap, covered in paper which has been silver cold-foiled, printed, laminated and over-blocked in translucent foil with a design by the artist. 704pp. 500 copies. (£425).
Previous ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS Next.
This series of threads is designed to list all the current series of limited editions in five year blocks, initially by year, then alphabetic order, with a picture of both the exterior and interior of each book.
The prices in the lists below are representative only, and may have varied from time to time, and market to market.
The other threads in this series can be found thus:-
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2001 to 2005 here
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2006 to 2010 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2011 to 2015 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2016 to 2020 here.
ILLUSTRATED LIST OF FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITIONS 2026 to 2030 here.
More information, and often leaflets and brochure downloads for these books, can be found on the FSD wiki .
Some limited editions are still available directly from the Folio Society. The Folio Society Limited Editions website can be found here.
2021
Aurora Australis by Ernest Shackleton and members of the ‘Nimrod’ Expedition.
11 illustrations by George Marston. FACSIMILE VOLUME Quarter-bound in brown calfskin leather with brown beechwood Venesta boards. Hand-sewn binding with green twine. 194 pp. 11x8in. COMMENTARY BOOKLET Commentary by Jan Piggott. Printed letterpress. Bound in green Tintoretto Ceylon paper cover blocked in brown foil. 16pp. 10x7½in. CLAMSHELL BOX Fawn linen-covered spine blocked in brown foil and front inset with a calfskin leather label blind-blocked with the ‘Printed at the Sign of “The Penguins”’ device. 12x9x2¼in. 500 copies (£495)
Complete Short Stories by Philip K. Dick
(4v.). Introduced by Jonathan Lethem. All 118 of Philip K. Dick’s pieces of short fiction. 24 illustrations by 24 different artists. Title pages and contents printed in two colours. All page edges fluorescent coloured. Ribbon page markers. Fluorescent coloured endpapers. Bindings designed by La Boca and bound in Duchesse cloth screen-printed with fluorescent inks, each volume a different colour. Presented vertically in a two-part box. 2,560 pages in total. 9¾x6¾in. 750 copies. (£495)
Divine Comedy, The by Dante Alighieri.
(3v.). 100 illustrations by Neil Packer. Translated by Robin Kirkpatrick. Essay by Jhumpa Lahiri. Editorial material by George Holmes. Signed by Neil Packer. Bound in black goatskin leather blocked in metallic foils with raised bands. Printed in two colours throughout on Corolla Book Laid paper. Page edges printed with coloured hand-drawn lettering. Colour pattern printed white endpapers. Black grosgrain ribbon markers. Hand-made black cloth-covered case 5x12⅔x8in. Three separate prints presented in a folder. 808pp. in total. Books 8¾x5½in. 700 copies. (£700)
Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott.
Foreword by Diana Gabaldon. Frontispiece and nine full colour illustrations (one double-page spread) by June Carey. Signed by Diana Gabaldon and June Carey. Ribbon page marker. Bound in grey goatskin leather blocked with a cover and spine image in blue and gold foils. Gilded page tops. Blue cloth slipcase front inset with an illustration label in a border blocked in gold foil. 520pp. 11x7¼in. 750 copies. (£295)
Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy.
Frontispiece and 16 full-colour full-page illustrations and 16 vignettes by Stanley Donwood. 109 poems selected and introduced by Robert Macfarlane. Signed by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. Quarter-bound in red goatskin leather blocked in white foil on spine with white Iris cloth boards printed with a design by the artist. Limitation page printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten paper and tipped on by hand. Green Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten endpapers. Green ribbon marker. Green Iris cloth slipcase blind-blocked with a design by the artist and lined with Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten paper. 224pp. 10x7¼in. (£295)
Three Musketeers, The by Alexandre Dumas
11 illustrations by Roman Pisarev. Introduced by George MacDonald Fraser. Translated by William Barrow. Gilded page tops. Bound in brown goatskin gilt and black blocked on cover and spine. Signed by the artist on numbered frontispiece etching. Maroon page marker ribbon. Plain maroon slipcase. xvii + 568pp. 26x18.9cm. 750 copies. (£250)
2022
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Frontispiece and seven colour plates printed on Arctic Volume Ivory paper, and nine black-and-white vignettes by Angela Barrett. Introduced by Richard Holmes. Limitation label signed by Angela Barrett. Bound in blue leather, cover blocked in silver and black foils with a design by Angela Barrett. Silvered on all three page-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered black slipcase blocked in silver foil with a design by Angela Barrett. 232pp. 10x6¾in. 300 copies (£300)
Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake.
(3v.). Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone. Introduced by Neil Gaiman. 142 colour illustrations by Dave McKean integrated throughout the three volumes . Signed by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman. Printed in colour throughout. Black Burano paper endpapers. Black page edges. Open-spine bindings. Sides covered in Setalux cloth printed with colour designs by the artist. Cloth-covered presentation case blocked in metallic red foil, lined and screen-printed in black ink. Case interior printed in silver with a design by the artist. Separate print presented in a black Burano paper folder printed in silver. Books: 9¾×6¾in. Box: 11¾×6½×6¾in. Print: 6⅓×9⅓in. 1,376 pages in total. 750 copies (£745)
Haunting of Hill House, The by Shirley Jackson
Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 4 double-page spreads and 9 integrated illustrated tailpieces by Angie Hoffmeister. Signed by Angie Hoffmeister and Joyce Carol Oates. Bound in dark blue cloth screen printed with a wrap-around colour picture. Metallic blue image blocked endpapers. Orange page tops. Grey clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in image printed paper. Extra print enclosed. 232pp. 8¾x5 ½in. 250 copies (£250)
Lord of the Rings, The by J. R. R. Tolkien.
53 tipped in illustrations by Alan Lee who has signed the first volume. Preface by Alan Lee. Note on the Text by Douglas A. Anderson, a Note on the Revised Text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, Tolkien’s Foreword to the Second Edition and Prologue, as well as Appendices and Indexes. Quarter-bound in maroon leather with dark blue cloth sides blocked in silver and inset with colour illustration labels. Circular limitation printed letterpress on Tintoretto paper hand tipped within a gold border. Printed in black and burgundy throughout. 57 illustrated chapter openers. Endpapers printed with a colour design by the artist. Silver page tops. Burgundy satin ribbon markers. Two maps printed together in black and red and enclosed in a case covered in maroon blocked cloth. Hand-made dark blue cloth-covered slipcase title blocked on sides in silver and gunmetal with colour printed internal illustration. Separate print presented in a folder of Pergamenata paper. 3v. & map folder. 1,504 pages in total. 12x7¾in. 1000 copies. (£1000)
Tale of Peter Rabbit , The by Beatrix Potter.
Multiple enclosures in a mid-blue cloth covered presentation box, blocked on front in silver and black with title and image, and lined with paper blocked in silver with a design taken from an illustration. 1. Facsimile of picture letter 1893, printed on Arena Wove paper, 8 pages, 8×4¾in. 2. Facsimile of privately printed edition, 1901, bound in Wibalin paper, 88 pages, 5¾×4¼in. 3. Facsimile of 1902 maquette, presented in an archive folder made from Sirio Color paper blocked in silver foil, 88 pages. 5×3¾in. 4. Facsimile of deluxe edition of 1902 bound in orange cloth with an inset colour picture label, gold page tops, grey and white printed endpapers, 104 pages, 5½×4in. 5. Five Christmas letters printed on Arena Wove paper each 3×1½in. 6. Giclée print on Modigliani Insize Neve paper with blind embossed frame line 9×6½in. 7. Commentary by Sara Glenn, printed on Abbey Pure paper and bound in Sirio Color paper blocked in silver foil, foreword by Emma Thompson, 80 pages, 9½×6½in. 8. Limitation certificate hand-numbered and printed letterpress on Fedrigoni Tintoretto Ceylon paper 14×13¾×2in. Limitation 1000. (£325)
Turn of the Screw, The by Henry James.
Introduced by Colm Tóibín. Frontispiece and 5 full-colour illustrations by Audrey Benjaminsen. Integrated black & white decorations, chapter headings and tailpieces. Double endpapers, one set with signed and hand-numbered limitation label tip, one set green and printed with a gilt pattern. Gilded page edges. Bound in black goatskin leather blocked on covers with a colour image. Green cloth slipcase printed with a gilt pattern. 8¾x5½in. 168pp. 250 copies (£500)
Ulysses by James Joyce.
Introduction, frontispiece and 18 full-page colour illustrations by John Vernon Lord. Introductory essays by Danis Rose, John O’Hanlon, and Stacey Herbert. Signed by John Vernon Lord. Printed in two colours. Map endpapers printed dark red on green. Bound in green calfskin leather cover image blocked in gold foil. Gilded page tops. Two green grosgrain ribbon markers. Separate print by John Vernon Lord presented in a folder featuring a design by the artist. Clamshell box covered in red cloth inset with a printed front label and title blocked in gold foil on edge. Book 11⅖×8in. Clamshell box 3½×12½×9in. 768pp. 500 copies (£495)
Waste Land, The by T. S. Eliot.
11 colour plates by Tom Phillips RA, giclée printed by Pureprint on Symbol Tatami Ivory paper and hand-tipped on to the Zerkall paper. Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress. Limitation page signed by Tom Phillips. Half-bound in vellum by Ludlow Bookbinders with spine blocked in 22-carat gold, violet cloth sides printed in grey with a text design by Tom Phillips. Dark blue Colorplan Damask Amethyst endpapers. Gilded page top edge with natural deckle retained on fore and bottom edges. Light brown cloth-covered clamshell box lined with soft, napped fabric in purple and blind-blocked on front and blocked with brown foil on spine. 84pp. 11×15×1½in. 350 copies. (US$1500 – available in USA and Canada only).
2023
Beowulf
Introduced by Janina Ramirez. Translated by Seamus Heaney. 11 illustrations including 8 double-page spreads and illustrated title page by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Janina Ramirez. Printed in two colours throughout. Dark blue endpapers printed in white with an image. Bound in brown goatskin leather, cover blocked with an image in metallic blue and gold foils. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Clamshell box covered in dark blue image and title blocked dark blue cloth and lined with printed Sirio paper. Separate blue and white image print within blue presentation folder. 35x25cm. 304pp. 750 copies (£625)
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Introduced by Kim Sherwood. 9 full-colour illustrations including two double-page spreads, and 7 black & white illustrations by Fay Dalton, who has signed the limitation label. Text printed in two colours. Bound in dark grey leather blocked in silver, metallic red and black foils with a design by Jamie Clarke. All page edges stained silver. Grey endpapers blocked with 007 image. Clamshell box covered with a grey metallic cloth screen-printed and blocked with an 007 design by Jamie Clarke and lined with cloth printed with a colour illustration by Fay Dalton. 248pp. 11x7¼in. 750 copies. (£500)
Complete Plays of William Shakespeare.
(3v.). Introduced by Gregory Doran. Foreword by Dame Judi Dench. 40 black and red illustrations by Neil Packer. Bound in off-white silk and linen jacquard cloth printed in black with a wrap-around pattern. Tipped in limitation signed by Neil Packer. Printed in two colours throughout on Munken Pure paper. Gilded on all 3 edges in gunmetal silver. Black cloth-covered pslipcase lined with image printed Woodstock Betulla paper. 1464pp. in total. 12x8½in. 1000 copies (£1000).
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The by Douglas Adams.
(5v.). 44 colour and 30 black & white illustrations by Jonathan Burton. Introduced by Jonathan Burton. Additional introductions by Terry Jones, Adam Roberts and Jon Canter. Preface by Carlo Rovelli. Bound in cloth blocked in holographic silver, turquoise, pink, blue, green, red and orange foils. Metallic foil page-tops, each volume a different colour. Endpapers printed in colour with a design by the artist. Presented in a two-part box covered in cloth and paper blocked with metallic foils, labelled “Don’t Panic” and lined with paper printed with silver stars. Print of computer keyboard suitable for framing presented in a folder printed with a design by the artist. Signed by Jonathan Burton. Books 9½x6¼in. 1240 pages in total. 750 copies (£600).
Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins
10 colour illustrations by Juan Esteban Rodríguez printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper. Introduced by Val McDermid. Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Val McDermid and Juan Esteban Rodríguez. Quarter-bound in indigo leather, spine blocked in gold foils. Cloth-covered sides printed with a colour picture. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. Endpapers printed with a design in gold ink on Sirio paper. Dark blue cloth-covered slipcase blocked on front in gold foils. 536pp. 10x7in. 750 copies (£250)
Peloponnesian War, The by Thucydides
Nine two-colour illustrations and page decorations by Nick Hayes. Introduced by Katherine Harloe. Translated by Martin Hammond. Additional introduction and notes by P. J. Rhodes. Signed by Nick Hayes and Katherine Harloe. Five maps printed in terracotta. Printed in two colours on Abbey Pure paper. Freelife Merida dark brown endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Bound in full-grain leather, front cover blocked in black and gold foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page-tops. Black grosgrain ribbon marker. Dark-brown cloth-covered slipcase lined with printed paper and front blocked in black and gold with a picture. 11½x8in. 744pp. 750 copies (£400).
Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
Seven double-page spread colour illustrations, including a double-sided fold-out by Dave McKean. Introduced by Dave McKean. Foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin. Afterword by Boris Strugatsky. Translated by Olena Bormashenko. Printed in dark green ink with integrated illustrations. Bound in printed textured green cloth, cover blocked with a colour image, gilt spine titling. Cold-foiled and printed endpapers. Page edges digitally printed with a green pattern. Blocked green cloth slipcase with a printed lenticular panel in a die-cut shape. Folder with separate print, 4 prints of cover and slipcase designs from the unnumbered edition, and numbered limitation page signed by the artist. 240pp. 25x15.6cm. 600 copies (£295)
Shadow of the Wind, The by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Seven double-page colour illustrations and black & white title-page spread by Jorge González who has signed the limitation page. Preface and translation by Lucia Graves. Bound in dark brown leather title blocked on cover and spine in gold foil. Gilded page tops. Maroon ribbon page marker. Slipcase covered with colour printed cloth and with hidden illustration inside. Laid in print in maroon presentation folder. 496pp. 10x6¾in. 500 copies. (£295)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations, including 2 double-page spreads and 10 integrated tailpieces by Angie Hoffmeister. Afterword by Donna Tartt. Bound in blue cloth, covers screen-printed in black and white with a picture. Blue endpapers printed in black with a picture. Clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in paper printed with a colour picture. Enclosed print for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 200pp. 8¾x5½in. 500 copies (£250)
2024
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Frontispiece and 11 full-page colour illustrations (two double-page} illustrations by Elliot Lang. Introduced by Michael Dirda. Printed in black and gold ink throughout on Abbey Pure paper. Thirty drop-cap illustrations and an illustrated title page and three part-titles. Dark blue endpapers printed in white with a design. Black ribbon marker. Gilded book edges. Tipped in limitation label printed in black and gold ink on Fedrigoni Marina Conchiglia paper signed by Michael Dirda and Elliot Lang. Quarter-bound in blocked leather, with cloth sides printed and blocked with a design by Elliot Lang. Metallic gold cloth slipcase printed in black with an original design by Elliot Lang. 24.2x17.3cm. 365pp. 500 copies (£400).
Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak.
Black & white title-page spread illustration by Alexis Deacon, 26 original black & white integrated illustrations by Trudy White and 6 double-page spread colour illustrations by Alexis Deacon. Introduced by the author. Signed by the Marcus Zusak and Alexis Deacon. Printed in 2 colours. Bound in black leather and foil blocked with title in silver on front and spine. Silver foiled top edge. Ribbon marker. Slipcase covered in cloth printed with a wrap-around colour picture by the artist. 250 copies. 25.4x17.2cm. 488pp. £280
Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien.
28 colour illustrations by Alan Lee, hand tipped as plates within borders, numerous black & white line integrated illustrations. Limitation label signed by the illustrator. Printed in two colours, dark red and black. Quarter-bound in dark red leather, dark blue art silk sides with an inset label printed with an illustration by Alan Lee on front cover. Silver page tops. Red ribbon page marker. Maps including Thror's map and a map of Wilderland in a separate matching folder. Separate print presented in a folder. Dark blue slipcase blocked on front with title and a silver design, printed lining. 30.5x20.2cm. 344pp. 1000 copies (£600)
King of Elfland’s Daughter, The by Lord Dunsany.
Frontispiece and 8 illustrations by Julie Dillon. Introduced by Erin Morgenstern. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Letterpress printed limitation tip signed by the Morgenstern and Dillon. Pictorial endpapers printed with a picture in shades of blue and grey. Page edges silvered. Dark blue ribbon page marker. Quarter-bound in dark blue leather, title blocked in silver foil on spine and cover, mid-blue cloth covers with design in silver and dark blue printed on front cover. Dark blue cloth-covered slipcase printed and blocked with a silver and mid-blue design by the artist. xix+218pp. 26.5x18.6cm. 500 copies (£375).
Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The by Becky Chambers.
10 illustrations by Zoë van Dijk printed on GardaPat 13 Bianka paper. Introduced by the author. Limitation ‘envelope’ signed by Becky Chambers and Zoë van Dijk. Printed in two colours on Abbey Lynx paper. Bound in dark blue buckram printed in black ink and blocked in lemon-gold foil.Printed page edges. Ribbon marker. Endpapers printed with a design by the artist. Presentation box covered in printed and blocked paper. Exclusive print in a presentation folder. 408pp. 10x7½in. 750 copies (£295)
Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Signed by both illustrator and author. Frontispiece and seven colour illustrations, four of which are double-page spreads, by Anna Mill. Introduced by Malcolm Edwards. Bound in printed, blocked and laminated blue paper with a black design and white titling. Printed in black and blue ink on Abbey Lynx Rough paper. Blue endpapers printed in grey and white with a pattern. Blue ribbon marker. Blue book edges printed with a pattern. Clamshell box covered in printed, blocked and laminated paper to look like a 1980s communication device and lined in blue paper printed with a circuit board design by Anna Mill. Limitation label signed by William Gibson and Anna Mill. 2024 25.2x15.8cm. 296pp. 500 copies (£400)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell.
Introduced by Elif Shafak. Eight illustrations by La Boca printed on Tatami Ivory paper.Limitation tip printed letterpress signed by Elif Shafak and La Boca. Bound in metallic silk paper screen-printed in 3 colours with a design by the artist. Speckle printed page edges. Red ribbon page marker. Red endpapers printed in grey with an image. Presentation box bound in screen-printed grey metallic paper with red caps. Laid-in print, stickers and patch within a presentation folder. Printed in 2-colours on Munken Pure paper. 320pp. 26.5x21.4cm. 750 copies (£500)
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Introduced by A. C. Grayling. Picture selection by William Bynum. Half-bound in goatskin leather blocked in gold foil with lettering and ornaments by Jamie Clarke. Marbled paper sides by Jemma Lewis. Printed on Munken Pure paper. Frontispiece and 40 pages of plates printed on Symbol Tatami paper. Gilded page tops and fore-edges. Ribbon marker. Cloth-covered slipcase blocked in gold foil with lettering and ornaments by Jamie Clarke. 448pp. 11½x8in. 500 copies. (£500)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe.
(2v.). MAIN VOLUME: Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Joe Hill and Evangeline Gallagher; ten full page integrated illustrations, 24 motifs and vignettes and a coloured frontispiece printed on art paper by Evangeline Gallagher; printed in two colours on Munken Pure paper; dark grey Textured Twist endpapers; red ribbon page marker; all page edges printed with a black and red design; quarter bound in black goatskin with black cloth sides blocked in 2 foils with a red and cream design; 432pp. THE RAVEN: Printed letterpress on Libra Charta mould-made paper; two integrated illustrations; Black Textured Twist paper cover printed in red with a picture. SLIPCASE: Black front opening presentation box printed on all sides with pictures and designs in red and cream, red caps; 25.5x17.5cm. 500 copies. (£450). Sold out in eight hours.
2025
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Full-colour frontispiece depicting the Three Ghosts of Christmas, hand-drawn wreath on the title page, full colour double-page spread at the beginning of each chapter and two additional illustrations per chapter by Sarah Coomer. Introduced by Simon Callow. Printed in full colour throughout. All page edges gilded. Bound in leather blocked with a golden wreath design inspired by the first edition from 1843. Clamshell box decorated with an inset illustration of a traditional Christmas tree and a lining illustration by the artist. 128pp. 25.4x18.5cm. 350 copies. (£425)
Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Thirteen full colour, full page illustrations by Yuko Shimizu. Afterword by Chuck Palahniuk. Printed in black and gold. Sirio Pearl Cocktail Blue Moon endpapers. Pages gilded on all edges. Ribbon marker. Bound in blue/green goatskin leather, blocked in 2 foils with a design by the artist. Printed and bound by Graphicom, Italy. Blue/green clamshell box covered in cloth which is screen-printed and foil blocked with a design. Display Box lettering commissioned from Atelier Olschnsky Grafik und Design OG, Vienna. 32.8x24.2cm. 224pp. 500 copies. (£350). Sold out in 2h15m.
Iliad and Odyssey by Homer
(2v.). Illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Introduced and translated by Emily Wilson. Full colour picture printed endpapers. Page tops gilded. Ribbon marker in each volume. Both volumes quarter bound in goatskin leather (orange for Iliad, light blue for Odyssey) with silver spine titling and illustrated paper covers. Black cloth covered presentation box, silver foil blocked with four designs, illustrated lining. Iliad 735pp., Odyssey 456pp. 500 copies. (£750)
It by Stephen King.
Six colour and 11 black & white double-page spread illustrations by Jim Burns. Introduced by Guillermo del Toro who signed the book. Red marbled page edges. Red pattern printed endpapers. Red ribbon page marker. Quarter bound in red leather with red patterned covers. Black Solander case with red image on front. 1216pp. 24.8x17.2cm. 500 copies (£590). Sold out in seven minutes.
Jane Austen - The Complete Novels
(6v.). Illustrated by Sarah Young. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Individual essays for each novel by Sebastian Faulks and Elena Ferrante. Printed on Munken Pure paper in 2 colours with a woodcut frontispiece, 5 linocut illustrations and integrated vignettes in each volume. Each volume bound in off-white woven jacquard cotton and silk blocked in colour with floral woodcut illustrations by Sarah Young. Spine monogram with initials of each title by Ruth Rowland. Colour matching ribbon page marker. Gilded page tops. Housed in a green cloth-bound presentation box designed by Emily Benton, gilt printed with a floral pattern. Sense and Sensibility 400pp. Pride and Prejudice 400pp. Mansfield Park 480pp. Emma 496pp. Northanger Abbey 260pp. Persuasion 268pp. 24.3x16.9x24cm. 750 copies. (£925)
Last Unicorn, The by Peter S. Beagle.
Introduced by Patrick Rothfuss. Frontispiece, nine full-page colour illustrations (two double-page spreads) and 28 black and white integrated illustrations by Lily Seika Jones. Signed by Peter Beagle and Lily Seika Jones. Gold metallic endpapers. Gold ribbon page marker. Foiled book edges in a rose gold. Bound in green leather, foiled in rose-gold and white on cover with title and picture. Fawn clamshell box with gold and white decorations on front and sides, and inset colour picture on front, lined in paper printed with an illustration by the artist. 25.4x19.1cm. 260pp. 500 copies. (£495).
Lottery, The and Other Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson.
Twenty short stories. Introduced by Ruth Franklin. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations, including 3 double page spreads, by Angie Hoffmeister.Integrated illustrated black and white tailpieces. Metallic blue endpapers blocked in black with images. Silver gilded page tops. Bound in blue cloth screen-printed blocked in blue, black and white with an image on both covers. Clamshell box with central magnetic opening, covered in colour picture printed paper. Enclosed print for framing printed on Natural Evolution paper. 288pp. 20.1x13.4cm. (£250) Sold out in eight hours.
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock.
Frontispiece and 5 full-page colour illustrations printed on Gardapat 13 Kiara paper and 39 black and white integrated illustrations including three illustrated double-page part-title spreads by John Howe. Foreword by John Howe. Limitation label printed in black and brown ink on paper signed by John Howe. Printed in black and brown ink throughout on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Endpapers printed with a brown toned image. Yellow ribbon page marker. All page edges gilded. Quarter-bound in dark brown cowhide leather with blocked gilt spine title, cloth sides printed in brown tones with a design by John Howe. Cloth bound slipcase printed in brown with an original design by John Howe. 320pp. 30x19.7cm. 500 copies. (£425)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville.
Limitation label printed in copper metallic ink and signed by the author and the artist. Eight black & white integrated chapter opening illustrations and 12 full-page colour illustrations by Doug Bell printed on Gardapat Ivory paper. Afterword by the author. Printed in black and metallic copper ink. Map endpapers printed brown and black on white. Copper foiled top book edge. Ribbon page marker. Bound in canvas cloth, screen-printed and blocked with a colour picture. Clamshell box with overlapping front flap, covered in paper which has been silver cold-foiled, printed, laminated and over-blocked in translucent foil with a design by the artist. 704pp. 500 copies. (£425).
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4BooksFriendsNotFood
By the way, thank you >1 wcarter: for always keeping this list updated! It's one of my favorite topics to revisit.
5LesMiserables
>1 wcarter: Fantastic effort, thank you.
8affle
>7 jhicks62:
The Histories was published in 2020, and recorded in Warwick's previous thread.
>1 wcarter:
This is a comforting presentation, Warwick: I am happy with all the LEs I bought in these five years (nine), and regret none of those I passed. Smug, or what?
The Histories was published in 2020, and recorded in Warwick's previous thread.
>1 wcarter:
This is a comforting presentation, Warwick: I am happy with all the LEs I bought in these five years (nine), and regret none of those I passed. Smug, or what?
9wcarter
>7 jhicks62:
The limited editions listed in the threads above are ALL the LEs published by the Fs, regardless if I bought them or not. I did actually buy Herodotus' Histories and about 80% of all the LEs ever published by the FS.
The limited editions listed in the threads above are ALL the LEs published by the Fs, regardless if I bought them or not. I did actually buy Herodotus' Histories and about 80% of all the LEs ever published by the FS.
10rubix_cubin
>9 wcarter: 80%?! That's incredible. Although, I suppose to be expected from the Godfather of FSD. My very fast count found 220 LEs published by FS, which would equate to ~176 FS LEs owned by the illustrious wcarter. Impressive!
11wcarter
>10 rubix_cubin:
There have been 149 editions published since 2001 in the modern series of limited editions. I own 135 of these.
In addition there were the 39 Letterpress Shakespeare editions published between 2008 and 2014 - I own only 8 of these.
Then there were the 20 Folio Fine Press books published between 1987 and 1981 that were limited to 1000 copies (I own only three of these).
There were also nine specially bound standard editions published in very limited numbers between 1990 and 1995 (I own four of these), the five rare limited edition special bindings from 1960 (I own two) and 22 irregularly produced limited editions that were published between 1948 and 2005 (I own 8 of these).
Full details of all these books on the FSD wiki here.
An illustrated catalogue of all my limited editions from all publishers can be seen here.
I'm always looking for more of these older LEs to add to my collection.
There have been 149 editions published since 2001 in the modern series of limited editions. I own 135 of these.
In addition there were the 39 Letterpress Shakespeare editions published between 2008 and 2014 - I own only 8 of these.
Then there were the 20 Folio Fine Press books published between 1987 and 1981 that were limited to 1000 copies (I own only three of these).
There were also nine specially bound standard editions published in very limited numbers between 1990 and 1995 (I own four of these), the five rare limited edition special bindings from 1960 (I own two) and 22 irregularly produced limited editions that were published between 1948 and 2005 (I own 8 of these).
Full details of all these books on the FSD wiki here.
An illustrated catalogue of all my limited editions from all publishers can be seen here.
I'm always looking for more of these older LEs to add to my collection.
12jhicks62
>8 affle: Thank you! Sorry I missed the previous posting!
>9 wcarter: Thank you for restoring order in my mind by confirming that you purchased The Histories. I always love your pictorial reviews!
>9 wcarter: Thank you for restoring order in my mind by confirming that you purchased The Histories. I always love your pictorial reviews!
