The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy standard champagne

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.

Standard state

Each colourway is limited to 375 copies (750 in total). Printed Letterpress by Phil and Robert from Hand & Eye Letterpress on Munken Lynx Rough Ultra White 150gsm and is 276 pages in total. The colour images have been offset printed onto the page by Gomer Press, and the typography and B&W illustrations overprinted by Hand & Eye.

Quarter bound in Champagne Metallium Wicotex cloth and has hand marbled boards by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. The cover design has two colours of foil stamping, gold and white. The label affixed to the spine is the same marbled paper with another two hits of foil stamping. Handbound by the artisans at Ludlow Bookbinders.

The slipcase is also covered in the same cloth used on the spine and comes with another marbled paper label affixed on the back. There are two stamped designs on either side of the case, the classic “Whale” and “Petunia’s”.

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

The other editions:  Standard Black - Deluxe - Lettered