Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - BOOKS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE LIMITED EDITION 2023
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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - BOOKS ILLUSTRATED / BODDINGTON & ROYALL 20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE LIMITED EDITION
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 3 of 200 copies
Signed by the author and illustrator.
Tipped-in frontispiece illustration and 20 colour illustrations by Alice Cao, each approved by Cornelia Funke.
Bespoke endpapers showing an Italian mountain road scene.
Letterpress printed on a Heidelberg Press.
Printed on 120 gsm Munken paper.
Black silk ribbon.
Red Alcantara fabric binding with gold embossing.
Pages edges gilded on all sides.
Housed in a gold embossed red Solander box with small artwork pasted on cover and black trays.
Gold ribbon book-lift in box.
Lined dark blue chemise with a cut-out to reveal the flaming ink heart of the book cover, and printed in black with the same picture as the endpapers.
A signed limited edition print by Alice Cao of Meggie reading her books inserted inside Solander box.
31x232x8.4cm.
456 pages
£650
THIS is now one of the most beautiful books in my library, and at the time of posting this review, copies were still available from the publisher.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 3 of 200 copies
Signed by the author and illustrator.
Tipped-in frontispiece illustration and 20 colour illustrations by Alice Cao, each approved by Cornelia Funke.
Bespoke endpapers showing an Italian mountain road scene.
Letterpress printed on a Heidelberg Press.
Printed on 120 gsm Munken paper.
Black silk ribbon.
Red Alcantara fabric binding with gold embossing.
Pages edges gilded on all sides.
Housed in a gold embossed red Solander box with small artwork pasted on cover and black trays.
Gold ribbon book-lift in box.
Lined dark blue chemise with a cut-out to reveal the flaming ink heart of the book cover, and printed in black with the same picture as the endpapers.
A signed limited edition print by Alice Cao of Meggie reading her books inserted inside Solander box.
31x232x8.4cm.
456 pages
£650
THIS is now one of the most beautiful books in my library, and at the time of posting this review, copies were still available from the publisher.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2RRCBS
The book does look really beautiful, as do the illustrations. I’ve been thinking of going for the Collectors edition, but hesitant based on reviews I’ve read of the book (yes, I know I could just start reading an ebook, but for me, that would take some of the pleasure away). How do you find the book itself? Do you think the text is worthy of this deluxe treatment?
3SF-72
That's a gorgeous edition. I would have gone for it after your seeing your post if only it wasn't a translation - it's very beautifully made.
By the way, they got the German title wrong. It's Tintenherz / Ink Heart, not Tintinherz. I had to smile at that one. I guess Tintin makes more sense for an English-speaker and that's how it ended up wrong.
By the way, they got the German title wrong. It's Tintenherz / Ink Heart, not Tintinherz. I had to smile at that one. I guess Tintin makes more sense for an English-speaker and that's how it ended up wrong.
