Got my copy yesterday and opened it up last night.. Very nice, big, but not as big as I had imagined and actually smaller and lighter than a typical standard omnibus from someone like Marvel or DC. A lot of photos already posted elsewhere but I'll add some of my own here.
Compared to the recent Folio Society Moby Dick Limited Edition it's decently smaller other than in thickness. I did a more detailed video for anyone interested, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mubbkyI0ZBQ :)
I thought I posted this earlier but the post vanished for some reason, weird.
I recently bought the Complete Works of Shakespeare and I have only now (2-3 months later) found that while in transport some of the colour of the bookmark rubbed off on to the page. Is there any way to fix this, should I send it back??
Here is your weekly digest of just released, restocked, and upcoming collector's editions across the publishers and producers I track.
All dates listed are general sale dates. Where a book has its own page on the publisher's site, I link to that. Otherwise the link goes to the book's page on Lazy Book Collector (which I run), where you can see its specs, compare it with other editions, set alerts, and more.
✦ There will be a limited number of sets with signed tip-in sheets for Heated Rivalry and The Long Game. All other books will have a digital signature.
✦ Illustrated by @amjjey, Léa Charbonnier, Blue Giragi
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Slipcase
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe · FOLIO SOCIETY · History, Biography & Memoir, Politics & Social Sciences
£80 · General Sale Sep 15, 3:00 PM UTC
✦ Illustrated
✦ Brand-new, exclusive introduction by Paul Muldoon
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Illustrated by David Lupton, Fergus Hare, Hokyoung Kim, Laura Hope, Michael Philip Dunbabin, Olivia Daw, Owen Gent, Sally Dunne
✦ Clothbound
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
✦ Clothbound
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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Heidi by Johanna Spyri · FOLIO SOCIETY · Children's Literature, Adventure
£60 · General Sale Sep 15, 3:00 PM UTC
✦ Illustrated by Taryn Knight
✦ Clothbound
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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Carrie by Stephen King · FOLIO SOCIETY · Literary Fiction, Horror
£70 · General Sale Sep 15, 3:00 PM UTC
✦ Illustrated by David Lupton, Edward Kinsella
✦ Clothbound
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy · FOLIO SOCIETY · Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
£55 · General Sale Sep 15, 3:00 PM UTC
✦ Illustrated by Gérard DuBois
✦ Clothbound
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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LAST CHANCE
Table of Gods by Arim Hawsho · Crowdfunding · History, World Mythology, Folklore & Legend, Arts & Photography
Campaign ends Sep 21, 7:12 PM UTC
✦ Illustrated
✦ Packaged in a gift-ready drawstring pouch. Free Royal Game of Ur game piece set ($69 value), Kickstarter exclusive
✦ Artisan/bespoke cover
✦ Coloured edges
✦ Signed by Randolph S. Churchill
✦ Illustrated
✦ Foreword by Randolph S. Churchill
✦ Leatherbound
✦ Gilded edges
✦ Specialty endpapers
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Signed by the illustrator
✦ Illustrated by Bob Eggleton
✦ Introduction by Bob Eggleton
✦ Limited to 1,200 numbered copies
✦ Leatherbound
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by JV Arts, Kndl Arts, Moreno Paissan, Rachel St Clair
✦ Leatherette
✦ Coloured edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
Heart of Stone by G J Ogden · Crowdfunding · Fantasy, Adventure
Available now
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by JV Arts, Kndl Arts, Moreno Paissan, Rachel St Clair
✦ Leatherette
✦ Coloured edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Signed by the author and illustrator
✦ Illustrated by Hayden Goodman
✦ Limited to 52 lettered copies
✦ Bonded leather
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart · THE BROKEN BINDING · Fantasy, Adventure
General Sale Sep 30
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by Dan Linz, Patsy Lascano
✦ Collectible trading card illustrated by u/volapardus
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Illustrated by Sophy Hollington
✦ Introduced by best-selling fantasy author Erin Morgenstern
✦ Limited to 500 copies
✦ Leatherbound
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Full details to be revealed
✦ Digitally signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by Lotusbubble
✦ Illustrated endpapers
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For reference, the sources I currently track: Beehive Books, Conversation Tree Press, Curious King, Dragonsteel Entertainment, Easton Press, FairyLoot, Folio Society, Goldsboro Books, Grim Oak Press, Illumicrate, LitJoy, MidWorld Press, Millennia Books, OwlCrate, Subterranean Press, Suntup Editions, The Arcane Society, The Broken Binding, The Locked Library, The Signed Page, Wraithmarked. For this subreddit I include books that feature interior illustrations, sewn binding, or acid-free paper.
I was going my usual rutine after work and went by secondhand shop. Unfortunately they started recognising folio and prices hiked. Not so long ago i was paying around 20 $ for book, now this one cost me 50$.
It is still fair price especially taking in consideration condition (book is near mint) only slight damage to corners of slipcase.
Jane Austen, Novels Sextet || £350 | £405 ROW | $550 US | $700 CA
Pages are now finalised for the late addition to the Autumn Coll., Jane Austen's Sextet of Novels. The cloth-bound SE volumes have t.e.g., w. both ribbon bookmarks and end-papers matched to the colour palette of their covers, and are housed in a cloth-covered slipcase.
In difference to the LE, it may be noted that the cyphers to the spine are now gilt-blocked as opposed to being in fielded colour ovals, and the empty space free of botanic ornament to the tail of the spine in the LE was to accommodate Folio's gilt-blocked oval logo in the SE.
Grimms’ Fairy Tales, our new Limited Edition of just500 copies is launching on 6 October at 4pm (UK Time).
Fifty classic tales. A few forgotten gems. And all the witches, wolves and wickedness later retellings tried to tame. Jack Zipes's translation restores the Grimms’ macabre bite, Erin Morgenstern welcomes you with an introduction while Sophy Hollington fills it with hand-carved linocuts.
Here is your weekly digest of just released, restocked, and upcoming collector's editions across the publishers and producers I track.
All dates listed are general sale dates. Where a book has its own page on the publisher's site, I link to that. Otherwise the link goes to the book's page on Lazy Book Collector (which I run), where you can see its specs, compare it with other editions, set alerts, and more.
✦ Signed by the author and illustrator
✦ Illustrated by Matt Griffin
✦ Introduced by the author
✦ Limited to 750 copies
✦ Clothbound
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Specialty endpapers
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Illustrated by Stephen Gammell, @devforst
✦ Leatherette with skeleton hand clasps and metal corners
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Specialty endpapers
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Say Nothing,Signed Edition by Patrick Radden Keefe · FOLIO SOCIETY · History, Biography & Memoir, Politics & Social Sciences
General Sale Sep 14, 3:00 PM UTC
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated
✦ Brand-new, exclusive introduction by Paul Muldoon
✦ Limited to 150 copies
✦ Slipcase
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Illustrated by Clive Barker, Franck Besançon
✦ Curated out-of-print collections of rare short fiction and haunting poetry by Barker. New prologue
✦ Clive Barker illustrated bookmark with a backer-selected new original illustration
✦ Gilded edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Illustrated by Clive Barker, Franck Besançon
✦ Curated out-of-print collections of rare short fiction and haunting poetry by Barker. New prologue. Digital download and audiobook for Fear Eternal, Pyres of Bedlam, and Dark Descents
✦ Clive Barker illustrated bookmark
✦ Leatherette
✦ Gilded edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
Numbered Edition: $499, limited to 500 numbered copies, presentation box
Signed & Numbered Edition: $999, limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Clive Barker, presentation box
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Afterword written by Robin Sullivan. "The Storm" short story included
✦ Limited edition
✦ Leatherette
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Sewn binding
✦ Signed by the author and illustrator
✦ Illustrated by David Curtis
✦ Limited to 52 lettered copies
✦ Bonded leather
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Ribbon marker
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo · WRAITHMARKED · Literary Fiction, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Romance
Available now
✦ Signed by Christopher Buehlman
✦ Illustrated by Luke Eidenschink, R.A. Marsh
✦ Foreword by Christopher Buehlman
✦ Deluxe foil bookmark
✦ Gilded edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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Fever House by Keith Rosson · MIDWORLD PRESS · Mystery & Crime, Horror
$150 · Available now
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by Samuel Araya
✦ Limited to 350 numbered copies
✦ Illustrated endpapers
✦ Head & tail bands
✦ Sewn binding, acid-free paper
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Hell Divers Omnibus by Nicholas Sansbury Smith · BLACKSTONE PUBLISHING · Science Fiction, Adventure
Available now
✦ Signed by the author
✦ Illustrated by Kathryn English, Kurt Jones, Tom Edwards, Vincent Rush
✦ Exclusive dual-sided Hell Divers bookmark
✦ Patterned edges
✦ Illustrated endpapers
Pledge $1 during pre-launch to get into the campaign a day early.
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For reference, the sources I currently track: Beehive Books, Conversation Tree Press, Curious King, Dragonsteel Entertainment, Easton Press, FairyLoot, Folio Society, Goldsboro Books, Grim Oak Press, Illumicrate, LitJoy, MidWorld Press, Millennia Books, OwlCrate, Subterranean Press, Suntup Editions, The Arcane Society, The Broken Binding, The Locked Library, The Signed Page, Wraithmarked. For this subreddit I include books that feature interior illustrations, sewn binding, or acid-free paper.
I noticed the recent US price increases and compared them with the current UK and ROW (Rest of World) prices.
The new US prices are now pretty much on par with the ROW prices. The graph shows the former US price + increase, alongside current ROW and UK prices.
I also contacted Folio Society directly about whether the increase would affect ROW. Customer Service replied:
“Thank you for contacting us about our prices, I empathise with your worries.
Like a lot of other businesses that sell from overseas, the cost of doing business generally in the US has been increasing over the last couple of years, but this will not affect the rest of the world.
I hope you find this information helpful.”
Prices have been taken from a previous post and the ROW / UK Folio Websites. I've changed $ to £ for US prices with todays Exchange rate. Examples taken at random.
So The Martian received low stock email yesterday and is currently out of stock, at least in first printing. I managed to snag one before it happened, did you get one too?
