The Obelisk Gate deluxe
N.K. Jemisin
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12.a Standard: Cream paper quarter hand marbled binding. Printed letterpress on Munken Rough 120gsm paper. Only state with a dustjacket. Slipcase made of blue buckram bookcloth. Limitation 500.
12.b Deluxe: Cream goat full leather binding. Blind stamping front and back. Gilding on all 3 sides. Lapis Lazuzli stone on spine. Printed letterpress on Munken Rough Cream 120gsm paper. Limitation 200.
12.c Lettered: Black Harmatan leather with blue obelisk stone embedded in the cover. Two colour stamping across boards and the spine. Printed letterpress on Magnani Pescia 130 gsm paper. All 3 edges gilded gold. Handmade wooden enclosure. Limitation 26.
Deluxe state
Limited to 200 copies only. The Deluxe Edition is over 320 pages and is letterpress printed on Munken Rough Cream 120gsm paper.
The boards are handbound in a rich cream goat leather and blind stamped on the front and back. The spine is rounded; foil stamped in gold and blue and has a Lapis Lazuli stone point affixed. The book is gilded on all three sides and the head and tailbands are blue/white and comes with a dark blue coloured ribbon.
This edition is housed in a curved capped slipcase covered in blue marbled cloth by Freya Scott of Paperwilds and capped with cream leather. The spine also has two labels adorn the back and both book and slipcase are handbound by Ludlow Bookbinders.
This edition is signed by both the author and the artist.

