This beautiful letterpress printed edition of Red Rising is limited to 350 copies and packs the punch of a fully charged PulseFist. The interior layout has been reworked for letterpress printing on beautiful paper and the book comes lovingly handbound with a handmade slipcase.
This edition also comes with the signatures of author Pierce Brown as well as artists Marc Simonetti and Joel Daniel Phillips. The book is halfbound in sumptuous black goatskin leather and features Marc Simonetti's iconic artwork of Darrow at The Institute on a marbled background. The slipcase also features a cutout which reveals Simonetti's gorgeous rendering of a ClawDrill traversing the depths of Mars.
Purchase of this edition comes with Series Rights to future books in the Red Rising Series.
THE SPECS:
- Signed and Numbered by Pierce Brown, Joel Daniel Phillips and Marc Simonetti
- 13 pages of new, exclusive writing by Brown exploring the history, philosophy and personality traits central to each of the Institute Houses
- Full set of 13 Official Institute House Sigils by Joel Daniel Phillips
- 20 full-colour interior paintings by Marc Simonetti
- Updated Institute Map by Phillips
- Half-bound in black goatskin leather
- Two-colour letterpress on quality paper stock: Mohawk Superfine Ultra White 118gsm
- Printed by Nomad Letterpress on a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress
- Hand tooling, marbled boards, translucent foil stamping
- Rounded spine with stamping in metallic red and gold
- Handmade slipcase with inset illustration by Simonetti within foiled, stamped Gold Sigil
- Hand-coloured top edge in grey, white and red
DETAILS:
Printed in two colours on a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress by the master printers at Nomad Letterpress (Cheltenham, UK) on Mohawk Superfine Ultra White 118gsm paper.
Half-bound in black goatskin leather with red metallic hand tooling by the premier handbinders in the UK: Ludlow Bookbinders. The boards are covered in printed marble with elements from Marc Simonetti’s paintings and finished with a translucent foil stamping to the front cover. Both the front and rear endpapers feature full-color illustrations from Simonetti.
The spine is rounded with 2 hits of hot foil stamping in metallic red and gold. This is matched with the black and red head and tailbands, and comes finished with a sumptuous dark red ribbon. The top edge of the book is hand coloured in grey, white and red.
Surrounding the book is a handmade slipcase* by Ludlow Bookbinders covered in Wibalin Buckram and featuring a cut out with a Simonetti illustration embedded within and a gold stamped sigil.
*Please note that there will be a curved slipcase for this edition in the final release!
SHIPPING INFORMATION: This tier will be shipped directly from Ludlow Bookbinders to ensure the best quality packing with an express courier service.
