The Obelisk Gate lettered

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.

Lettered state

Limited to 26 copies only, the Lettered Edition is printed on a mouldmade Magnani Pescia 130gsm by master printers Nomad Letterpress of Cheltenham.

The case is a custom hand-made wooden box by expert box maker Peter Canham. The lid is made out of four pieces of wood to ensure no warping in humidity. It also has a unique blue stone embedded within the wood and will be laser etched with the author and title.

The spine of the case has an etched design done by Peter. A piece of blue indigo wood has been inset to the wood and had a blue Lapis Lazuli point cut into the block. Inside, the box has been lined in Royal Dark Blue suedel by Ludlow Bookbinders and comes with a matching blue ribbon for retrieving the book.

The book inside is handbound by Ludlow Bookbinders in finest black Harmatan leather and has a blue obelisk stone embedded in the cover. There is an all over two colour stamped design reaching across both boards and the spine. The book boards are 6mm with chamfered edges, and the book is gilded gold across all three edges. Inside the book there are marbled endpapers and a further 9 tipped in colour plates.

This edition is signed by both the author and the artist.

The other editions: Standard - Deluxe