Swan Song numbered

Description from Suntup Website

Our edition of American Gods by Neil Gaiman is presented in four states: Classic, Numbered, Lettered & Roman Numeral. The edition measures 170mm x 243mm (6¾” x 9⅝”) and features ten illustrations by award-winning artist Yoann Lossel, an introduction to the text & afterword by Neil Gaiman reprinted from an earlier edition, and the two American Gods sequel novellas, The Monarch of the Glen & Black Dog. There are nine full color illustrations and one monochrome illustration, all of which feature gold foil accents with offset print production supervised by the artist using his preferred printer.

Interior design & typography is by renowned designer Michael Russem. The text pages are set in Requiem types, and are printed letterpress by Pat Randle & Ellen Bills at Nomad Letterpress on a Heidelberg Cylinder in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

The Numbered edition is limited to 350 copies and is a Bradel binding in full goatskin featuring an embossed World Tree designed by Yoann Lossel with an inset coin. The coin is custom minted for this edition by Shire Post Mint, also from a design by Yoann Lossel. Volume 1 features a Sun coin in brass and Volume 2 features a Moon coin in nickel silver.

The leather is Goatskin from the Alran Tannery in France. The tannery has been producing some of the finest goat leather since its founding in 1903 in the South of Tarn. The leather is produced in a labor intensive 23-step process which takes 4 weeks to complete. It has a unique natural and rustic grain with a soft yet structured feel and an even, consistent color.

The front and back sections of each volume are black Hahnemühle Bugra with the frontispiece illustration tipped-on in volume 1 within an ornate frame foiled in three shades of gold. Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and head & tail bands are handmade with leather.

The edition is printed letterpress on 118 gsm Mohawk Superfine and is published in two volumes with a tipped-in fold-out of the Classic edition dust jacket art. It is housed in a clamshell enclosure covered in black Dubletta cloth with a leather spine label and velour lined trays, and is signed by Neil Gaiman and Yoann Lossel.

Also check the other states of the book:

Classic edition - Lettered