Abercrombie, Joe (2023) ‘The Blade Itself’, UK signed lettered limited edition published by Curious King

Joe Abercrombie (2023) ‘The Blade Itself‘, UK signed limited edition, published by Curious King. One of only 26 lettered copies of which this is copy with the letter ‘U’. Signed by author Joe Abercrombie and the artist Tommy Arnold.

The buyer will receive the series rights, i.e. the right to purchase volume two and three of the First Law series directly from the publisher at publication cost.

Production details according to the publisher:

Printed two colour letterpress on Magnani Mouldmade 130gsm paper by Pat Randle at Nomad Press, this edition features unique bindings, a solander case and title setting.

Bound in finest Harmatan black goat leather with 2 blue leather labels and an inlay on the front board with 2 hits of foil stamp designs unique to this edition. It includes four raised bands, a rounded spine, coloured headbands and three edges gilded gold. This is the most luxurious edition of The Blade Itself ever produced.

There are seven tipped in pieces of art (including the frontispiece) and a fold out colour map. The lettered also comes with a handmade marbled endpaper and fold out piece of art.

The book is housed in a black and blue leather solander box with a rounded spine, and blind stamped cross hatching across. There are also 3 hits of foil stamping on the leather covering and the inside is lined with a sumptous dark blue suede to protect the book nicely.