THE BOOK OF THE SUN: RARE Signed By Gene Wolfe / Neil Gaiman - Folio Society
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THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN
GENE WOLFE
FOLIO SOCIETY
VERY RARE Signed By Gene Wolfe/Neil Gaiman & Sam Weber
THIS BOOK SOLD OUT WITHIN WEEKS, IT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE FOLIO WEBSITE
Folio Society Collectors Limited Edition
STILL BOXED AND WRAPPED - HENCE STOCK IMAGES- MORE PICS ON REQUEST Signed By Gene Wolfe Before He Passed Away In April 2019 -
Making This Edition Very Rare and Collectable.
Signed By Neil GaimanSigned By The Artist Sam We...ber Illustrated by Sam WeberIntroduced by Neil GaimanLimited to 750 hand-numbered sets ONLY - WORLDWIDE ‘A masterpiece. Gene Wolfe is a wizard, a torturer, frightening, delightful. Beware! This is magic stuff!’ - Ursula K. Le Guin ‘The books are chests full of wonders; full of images like jewels, of words a reader can get drunk on, of people and incidents that will linger long in memory.’ - George R. R. Martin Severian, a young torturer just learning his trade, makes the mistake of falling in love with one of his victims. Unable to bear the sight of her pain, he offers his love the mercy of a sharp blade, and for this crime he is exiled from his home. He is ordered to travel to the distant city of Thrax, there to take up the position of Executioner, but the journey will be longer and stranger than he can imagine. On the road Severian finds new friends and enemies and discovers a strange jewel that seems to command power over life and death – a power that others will kill to obtain.A series of dangerous revelations about his dying world lead Severian to question the very nature of existence, and his own shadowy destiny. This remarkable work, often described as ‘the Ulysses of fantasy’, demanded Folio’s most lavish treatment: a fully illustrated limited edition. Each volume features a striking Sam Weber binding design, printed on a fine cloth to ensure that the details and colours are reproduced to perfection, and the colours employed build as the series progresses. Red foil diamonds have been blocked on the spines to denote the order of the books and the page numbers too are bordered by tiny red diamonds replicating this device. There are 20 different decorative initials, hand-drawn by Sam Weber and printed in red at the start of the chapters, each references an incident or character from the books for the reader to puzzle over. The head and tail bands, end papers and page edges are all in deepest black befitting the tale of a torturer in contrast to the blood red of the limitation label. The labels, each numbered by hand, bear the signatures of Gene Wolfe, Sam Weber and Neil Gaiman and are placed at the front of the first volume in each set. Sam Weber’s illustrations are fabulous. In 2017 Folio Publishing Director Tom Walker travelled to New York to discuss the project with the illustrator. Weber had suggested The Book of the New Sun as the work he wanted to illustrate and his dedication to the project has been extraordinary. He made models of some of the items in the illustrations so that he could establish how the light would fall on them and employed people to sit for the characters featured. Each volume includes a colour frontispiece and double-page illustration with a further three mono illustrations. All are printed on FSC certified Natural Evolution Ivory paper ensuring that the muted palette and extraordinary detail reproduce perfectly. The slipcase in which all four volumes are presented is bound in Imperial black cloth and there is a pleasing curve to the top and bottom lips. The sides are blocked with motifs from the work – a rose and the sword Terminus Est – in the palest gold and the box is lined with stunning silver mirrored paper. For this limited edition our editors and designers really have thought of everything and we believe it to be a fitting testament to the work of one of the very greatest writers of science fiction. Four volumes, each three-quarter bound in black buckram blocked in red foil
Cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator
Black page edges
Set in Jenson with Priori Serif display and printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper
Decorative initial letters designed by the illustrator
Printed in two colours throughout
1, 196 pages of text in total
Colour frontispiece and double-page illustration in each volume
Three black and white full-page plates in each volume
Illustrations printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper
Handmade cloth-bound slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper
Each volume 10˝ × 6¾˝
THIS SET WILL NEVER BE PUBLISHED AGAIN!!!
I HAVE OTHER BOOKS FOR SALE TOO - BROWSE MY SITES
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF EUROPE OR AMERICA / CANADA THEN MAIL ME BEFORE PURCHASING AS THE POSTAGE RATES WILL BE DIFFERENT- DO NOT PURCHASE BEFOREHAND
GENE WOLFE
FOLIO SOCIETY
VERY RARE Signed By Gene Wolfe/Neil Gaiman & Sam Weber
THIS BOOK SOLD OUT WITHIN WEEKS, IT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE FOLIO WEBSITE
Folio Society Collectors Limited Edition
STILL BOXED AND WRAPPED - HENCE STOCK IMAGES- MORE PICS ON REQUEST Signed By Gene Wolfe Before He Passed Away In April 2019 -
Making This Edition Very Rare and Collectable.
Signed By Neil GaimanSigned By The Artist Sam We...ber Illustrated by Sam WeberIntroduced by Neil GaimanLimited to 750 hand-numbered sets ONLY - WORLDWIDE ‘A masterpiece. Gene Wolfe is a wizard, a torturer, frightening, delightful. Beware! This is magic stuff!’ - Ursula K. Le Guin ‘The books are chests full of wonders; full of images like jewels, of words a reader can get drunk on, of people and incidents that will linger long in memory.’ - George R. R. Martin Severian, a young torturer just learning his trade, makes the mistake of falling in love with one of his victims. Unable to bear the sight of her pain, he offers his love the mercy of a sharp blade, and for this crime he is exiled from his home. He is ordered to travel to the distant city of Thrax, there to take up the position of Executioner, but the journey will be longer and stranger than he can imagine. On the road Severian finds new friends and enemies and discovers a strange jewel that seems to command power over life and death – a power that others will kill to obtain.A series of dangerous revelations about his dying world lead Severian to question the very nature of existence, and his own shadowy destiny. This remarkable work, often described as ‘the Ulysses of fantasy’, demanded Folio’s most lavish treatment: a fully illustrated limited edition. Each volume features a striking Sam Weber binding design, printed on a fine cloth to ensure that the details and colours are reproduced to perfection, and the colours employed build as the series progresses. Red foil diamonds have been blocked on the spines to denote the order of the books and the page numbers too are bordered by tiny red diamonds replicating this device. There are 20 different decorative initials, hand-drawn by Sam Weber and printed in red at the start of the chapters, each references an incident or character from the books for the reader to puzzle over. The head and tail bands, end papers and page edges are all in deepest black befitting the tale of a torturer in contrast to the blood red of the limitation label. The labels, each numbered by hand, bear the signatures of Gene Wolfe, Sam Weber and Neil Gaiman and are placed at the front of the first volume in each set. Sam Weber’s illustrations are fabulous. In 2017 Folio Publishing Director Tom Walker travelled to New York to discuss the project with the illustrator. Weber had suggested The Book of the New Sun as the work he wanted to illustrate and his dedication to the project has been extraordinary. He made models of some of the items in the illustrations so that he could establish how the light would fall on them and employed people to sit for the characters featured. Each volume includes a colour frontispiece and double-page illustration with a further three mono illustrations. All are printed on FSC certified Natural Evolution Ivory paper ensuring that the muted palette and extraordinary detail reproduce perfectly. The slipcase in which all four volumes are presented is bound in Imperial black cloth and there is a pleasing curve to the top and bottom lips. The sides are blocked with motifs from the work – a rose and the sword Terminus Est – in the palest gold and the box is lined with stunning silver mirrored paper. For this limited edition our editors and designers really have thought of everything and we believe it to be a fitting testament to the work of one of the very greatest writers of science fiction. Four volumes, each three-quarter bound in black buckram blocked in red foil
Cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator
Black page edges
Set in Jenson with Priori Serif display and printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper
Decorative initial letters designed by the illustrator
Printed in two colours throughout
1, 196 pages of text in total
Colour frontispiece and double-page illustration in each volume
Three black and white full-page plates in each volume
Illustrations printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper
Handmade cloth-bound slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper
Each volume 10˝ × 6¾˝
THIS SET WILL NEVER BE PUBLISHED AGAIN!!!
I HAVE OTHER BOOKS FOR SALE TOO - BROWSE MY SITES
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF EUROPE OR AMERICA / CANADA THEN MAIL ME BEFORE PURCHASING AS THE POSTAGE RATES WILL BE DIFFERENT- DO NOT PURCHASE BEFOREHAND
