The Martian deluxe numbered
Andy Weir
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10.a Standard: Printed buckram cloth full binding. Printed letterpress on Munken Lynx White 120gsm paper. Only state with a dustjacket. Slipcase made of "rust" buckram cloth. Limitation 500.
10.b Deluxe: Red suedel binding. Black paper onlay across front, spine and back. Two-hit foil stamping on rounded spine. Printed letterpress on Munken Lynx White 120gsm paper. Slipcase made of matching red suedel en black paper. Limitation 200.
10.c Lettered: Bound fully in custom made paper by Cave Paper resembling the surface of Mars. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Superfine White 148gsm paper. Rounded spine, all 3 edges gilded gold. Hand-marrbled end-papers by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. Solander of black alcantara with two alcantara onlays across the base and three-hit foil stamping. Limitation 26.
Deluxe state
Limited to 200 copies only. The Deluxe Edition is over 370 pages and is letterpress printed on Munken Lynx White 120gsm paper by Hand & Eye Press, London.
The boards are covered in a deep red “Pivoine” Suedel and comes with a spacecraft onlay on both the front and back boards in Corvon Carbon-X Maroon paper that emulates the style of carbon fibre. The spine has been rounded and comes with two hits of foil stamping as well as white head and tailbands and red ribbon. The top edge has also been hand-sprayed black with red flecks to match the book.
The slipcase is covered in Corvon Carbon-X Maroon paper with the entrance of the case covered in the same “Pivoine” Suedel creating a matching entrance when removing the book. The spine has a stamped label of three colours as well as stamping directly onto the slipcase itself.
This edition is signed by both the author and the artist.
