Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones – FOLIO SOCIETY LE - 2026
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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones – FOLIO SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION - 2026
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 80 of 500 copies
Eight colour illustrations by Marie-Alice Harel.
Chapter opening pages have full-page border with hand-drawn chapter headers and titles hand-lettered by the artist.
Illustrations are hand-tipped onto a page with decorative borders.
Introduced by Marcus Sedgwick.
Foreword by Michael Burrow.
Text printed in 2-colours throughout with border designs by the artist on every page.
Printed by Gomer Press in Wales and hand-bound by Smith Settle in Yorkshire.
Pale blue page ribbon marker.
Limitation label signed by Marie-Alice Harel and blocked with hand-lettering by the artist.
Black endpapers printed in white with a design.
All page edges printed with a black and white design.
Quarter-bound in black leather with art silk sides printed and blocked with a colour design by Marie-Alice Harel.
Separate map case bound in mid-blue art silk and printed on both covers with different diagrams, and containing a folded map printed in silver, black and white.
Book and map case presented in a centre-opening clamshell box with a die-cut front board and covered in black cloth silk screen-printed in white inside and out with a design by the artist.
xxi+322 pages
28.3x19.8cm.
£525 from publisher for UK purchasers, £550 in rest of world.
I have not previously featured Folio Society editions in this list, but I was specifically requested to do a review of this book by a LT member.
Map Case
In 2019, The Folio Society published a standard edition of Howl’s Moving Castle.
At the time of writing, both the limited and standard editions are available directly from The Folio Society HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 80 of 500 copies
Eight colour illustrations by Marie-Alice Harel.
Chapter opening pages have full-page border with hand-drawn chapter headers and titles hand-lettered by the artist.
Illustrations are hand-tipped onto a page with decorative borders.
Introduced by Marcus Sedgwick.
Foreword by Michael Burrow.
Text printed in 2-colours throughout with border designs by the artist on every page.
Printed by Gomer Press in Wales and hand-bound by Smith Settle in Yorkshire.
Pale blue page ribbon marker.
Limitation label signed by Marie-Alice Harel and blocked with hand-lettering by the artist.
Black endpapers printed in white with a design.
All page edges printed with a black and white design.
Quarter-bound in black leather with art silk sides printed and blocked with a colour design by Marie-Alice Harel.
Separate map case bound in mid-blue art silk and printed on both covers with different diagrams, and containing a folded map printed in silver, black and white.
Book and map case presented in a centre-opening clamshell box with a die-cut front board and covered in black cloth silk screen-printed in white inside and out with a design by the artist.
xxi+322 pages
28.3x19.8cm.
£525 from publisher for UK purchasers, £550 in rest of world.
I have not previously featured Folio Society editions in this list, but I was specifically requested to do a review of this book by a LT member.
Map Case
In 2019, The Folio Society published a standard edition of Howl’s Moving Castle.
At the time of writing, both the limited and standard editions are available directly from The Folio Society HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
3Another_Bibliomane
>2 supercell: damn and here I was thinking they’d scaled back the differential pricing.
4Another_Bibliomane
That is a truly gorgeous edition.
Looks like FS is paying attention to what’s happening in the LE market and stepping things up. I don’t recall seeing the “hand bound by…” description in prior editions (though I’m far from an expert on FS)
Looks like FS is paying attention to what’s happening in the LE market and stepping things up. I don’t recall seeing the “hand bound by…” description in prior editions (though I’m far from an expert on FS)
5wcarter
>2 supercell:
I just checked my invoice, and £550 was what I paid in Australia. Maybe things have changed since I purchased.
I just checked my invoice, and £550 was what I paid in Australia. Maybe things have changed since I purchased.
6supercell
>5 wcarter: That is odd. As I recall, it was £605 from day one (you may wish to check the credit card bill, as well).
8Korius
thank you so much for making this thread! also, to echo what Supercell said, for me the ROW price is also £605
