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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy deluxe

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy deluxe

Published by

Curious King

2024

250

List Price

£560

Limitation

Market Value

£850

April 2, 2026

Artist

Gary Gianni

Introduction by

No

Last recorded sale

£975

March 20, 2026

Value Pages

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy deluxe

Bibliography

8.a.i Standard Black: Quarter handbound in black metallium wicotex cloth, hand marbled boards, two colours foil stamping. Matching colour metallium black cloth slipcase. Printed letterpress on Munken Lynx Rough Ultra White 150gsm paper. Limitation 375.

8.a.ii Standard Champagne: Quarter handbound in champgne metallium wicotex cloth, hand marbled boards, two colours foil stamping. Matching colour metallium champagne cloth slipcase. Printed letterpress on Munken Lynx Rough Ultra White 150gsm paper. Limitation 375.

8.b Deluxe: Handbound full white goatskin leather binding with black leather onlay, two colours foil stamping. White buckram slipcase capped with corresponding black leather. Printed letterpress on Munken Lynx Rough Ultra White 150gsm paper. Limitation 250.

8.c Lettered: Handbound full green goatskin leather binding, two coulours foil stamping, black letehr onlay, 3 black stained edges. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine 148gsm paper. Limitation 26.


Limited to 250 copies, the Deluxe Edition is letterpress printed on Munken Lynx Rough Ultra White 150gsm in two colours by Phil and Robert from Hand & Eye Letterpress and is 276 pages. The colour images have been offset printed on the page by Gomer Press, and the typography and B&W overprinted by Hand & Eye Letterpress.


The book is fully bound in white goatskin with an oval hand-flecked black leather onlay across the spine and boards. The cover has then also been stamped with two colours of hot foil to complete the design. The endpapers have been double-hand marbled by Freya Scott of Paperwilds and the top edge of the book has been hand coloured by the artisans at Ludlow Bookbinders.


The enclosure is capped with two hand flecked pieces of leather and is covered with a durable white buckram. There is also a matching wormhole design on both sides of the slipcase stamped in two colours of hot foil.


This edition is signed by the contributors and the artist Gary Gianni.


The other editions: Standard Black - Standard Champagne - Lettered

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