The Dragon Master & The Last Castle numbered edition

Description from Suntup Website

The Suntup edition of The Dragon Masters and The Last Castle by Jack Vance is presented in three states. The edition measures 6” x 9” and features ten color illustrations by award-winning illustrators Julie Bell and Ted Nasmith, a new introduction by John Vance and a new afterword by Michael Moorcock. The text is set in Amerigo and Swift with the Numbered and Lettered states printed letterpress on Neenah Cotton and mouldmade Arches Text papers by Scott Vile on a Heidelberg cylinder press in Buxton, Maine. Design and typography by award-winning designer Misha Beletsky.

This edition of The Dragon Masters and The Last Castle by Jack Vance pays homage to the classic Ace Double format in which these two novellas were first paired in the 1960s. Reviving the distinctive tête-bêche structure, this volume presents each story as a self-contained book with its own front cover. Readers begin with The Dragon Masters, then rotate the book 180 degrees to find The Last Castle beginning from the opposite end. This format preserves the mirrored, back-to-back presentation of the original Ace Doubles, where two works shared a spine but retained their own front matter and orientation. The shared design language—typography, title pages, and layout—unifies the volume while honoring the structural duality that defined this iconic paperback tradition.

The Numbered edition of 250 copies is bound by hand in full goatskin, featuring a leather cover label and foil blocking. A custom line-art illustration—commissioned specifically for this edition from the artists who illustrated the volume—is stamped on the covers. Each copy is housed in a cloth-covered clamshell enclosure with velour lined trays.

The edition is printed letterpress on Neenah Cotton paper, with the title and chapter pages printed in two colors requiring two separate passes through the press, and is signed by John Vance, Michael Moorcock, Julie Bell, and Ted Nasmith.

Also check the other states of the book:

Artist edition - Lettered edition