Hyperion Roman
Dan Simmons
Publication year
Limitation
Curious King
2024
10
Author signature
Artist
Introduction
Yes
Jaime Jones
No
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£7,000
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4.a Deluxe: Full blue leather goatskin blind stamped labyrinth design, four colour foil stamping. Limitation 300
4.b Lettered: Finest Harmatan black leather goatskin with marbled leather onlays and 3 colour foil stamping. Limitation 26
4.c Roman: Full painted goatskin leather binding. Large fine leather onlay Shrike design with 3 colour foil stamping. Title in brass letters set into the rounded spine. Printed letterpress on Liber Charta 145gsm. Housed in an ornate aluminium box. Limitation 10
Roman numeral edition
The box has two pieces of milled aluminium for both the lid and backpiece, these have been metal plated with nickel to give a darker look to it. The lid has been milled out of one single piece of metal to encompass the head of the Shrike and labrynth borderwork which is also on the backpiece.
Oak has been used on the rest of the enclosure, and this has been hand scorched black and the edges have been milled out to complete the design. The lift has been secured with hinges and is held fast with a magnet when opening and closing.
Inside the box there is an inner well which houses both John Keats’ epic poem “Hyperion” and of course the book. It is lined with black suedel and two red ribbons have been installed to ensure a smooth release of each book.
The inside of the lid has a piece of original artwork by Jaime Jones bound into it and finished with suedel. Each of these images follows one of the pieces contained within the book and have been hand drawn by Jaime using a crow quill and ink.
Completely covered in goatskin leather that has been hand marbled by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. The colours come from a description of the planet Hyperion from the book.
A large piece of Harmatan fine goatskin onlay onto the case with three hits of foil stamping for the highlights and eyes. The spine has been rounded and contains brass letters spelling out the title of the book recessed into the leather for sturdiness.
Hand sewn head and tailbands. Hand dyed and splattered edges, and a red ribbon.
A tactile and textured high quality black endpaper with a foil stamped design on. The paper used is Liber Charta 145gsm and this edition also comes with a custom limitation page letterpress printed in two colours by Pat and Ellen at Nomad Letterpress.
This book features all the artwork from the other editions and has the Shrike and Consul endpapers as foldouts within the book.