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The Folio Limited Edition Archive

Every Folio Limited Edition is a publishing event – carefully crafted, exquisitely illustrated and made to be loved. But once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Step inside The Folio Limited Edition Archive, where our most sought-after titles live on. These editions may now be out of stock, but their stories – and the artistry behind them – still deserve the spotlight.

Take a look around. Revisit the books that made your shelves – and the ones that got away.

Released in 2015

A landmark year for legends, lyricism and literary transformation.

Magna Carta

480 numbered copies


  • Facsimile manuscript – complete with a replica seal
  • Printed on genuine sheepskin parchment
  • Mounted on white board, wrapped in red fabric
  • Framed in oak and glass for display
  • Details include: a metal plaque and printed limitation label
  • Authenticity: certificate signed by David Way of the British Library
  • Rupert Brooke, Selected Poems

    Rupert Brooke
    Introduced by Jon Stallworthy
    1750 numbered copies


  • Lithographs by Ed Kluz
  • Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper
  • Quarter bound in blue leather with hand-patterned paper sides
  • Dark blue slipcase blocked with a lithograph panel
  • Printed by Stonehouse Fine Press; lithographs by Curwen Studio
  • Typeset in Walbaum by Gloucester Typesetting Services
  • Illustrations include 3 full-page lithographs, 6 colour double-page spreads and 6 vignettes
  • Apuleius, the golden ass, or Metamophoses

    Introduced by James Wood
    Illustrated by Quentin Blake
    1000 numbered copies


  • Translated with notes by E. J. Kenney
  • Bound in dark brown goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a Blake rabbit
  • Printed by Kösel; typeset in Poliphilus and Blado
  • Dark red endleaves; slipcase blocked in gold with titling by Blake
  • Includes 12 full-page colour illustrations and 34 drawings


  • The Pearl Manuscript

    Edited by Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron
    Foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue
    980 numbered copies


  • Two-volume set in a clamshell box
  • Facsimile bound in dark blue Indian goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a Stephen Raw design
  • Lift-out tray lined in dark blue velvet; dark red endleaves
  • Commentary volume bound in dark blue buckram with dark blue endleaves
  • Released in 2016

    Stories of wonder, folklore and imagination brought to life.

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll
    Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyck
    1000 numbered copies


  • Printed in black and gold by Smith Settle
  • Set in Caslon with hand-drawn lettering
  • Quarter vellum binding with red paper boards, blocked in gold, silver, metallic red and black
  • Gilded top edge with grey endleaves printed letterpress by The Logan Press
  • Clamshell box bound in red cloth with grey paper spine label, titled in gold
  • Includes a copperplate etching printed by New Leaf Editions, signed by the artist
  • Features 11 tipped-in colour plates and nine additional illustration ‘scraps’
  • Plants of the Americas

    Nikolaus von Jacquin
    Commentary by Christopher Mills
    Foreword by Richard Deverell
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Miller Display
  • Bound in full pale blue cloth blocked in gold and black
  • Presented with accompanying prints in a dark blue paper wallet
  • Includes botanical prints of star apple, horse-eye bean and giant grandilla
  • The Doors in the Wall and Other Stories

    H.G. Wells
    Illustrated by Alvin Langdon Coburn
    1000 numbered copies


  • Facsimile edition reproduced by Grafos
  • Printed by Gramlich
  • Quarter bound in brown cloth with pale brown paper boards blocked in gold
  • Cream endleaves
  • Includes ten tipped-in photogravure illustrations
  • Reproduced from one of the original 60 copies, with minor corrections
  • Mort

    Terry Pratchett
    Introduced by A.S. Byatt
    Illustrated by Omar Rayyan
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Caslon and printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound in full black ‘velveteen’ cloth with printed paper label
  • Black endleaves with silver design and decorated slipcase
  • Includes seven colour illustrations and a title-spread by Omar Rayyan
  • Endleaves and slipcase printed in gold
  • Tales from One Thousand and One Nights

    Illustrated by Salvador Dalí
    Introduced by Robert Irwin
    750 numbered copies


  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Two-volume edition presented in a dark blue clamshell box, blocked in gold and cream
  • First volume bound in quarter dark brown cowhide with crushed silk boards and gilt top edge
  • Includes fifty illustrations by Salvador Dalí, reproduced from surviving works
  • Second volume abridged and translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons
  • Bound in dark blue buckram with paper label and matching endleaves
  • The Poetic Edda

    Translated by Carolyne Larrington
    Illustrated by Simon Noyes
    980 numbered copies


  • Set in Minion Pro and printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound in full dark red leather by Josef Spinner
  • Pale brown endleaves with matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes colour plates inspired by runic carvings
  • Text printed in Norse and English side by side
  • Released in 2017

    Epic works, lyrical voices and visionary texts.

    Edward Thomas: Selected Poems

    Edward Thomas
    Introduced by Andrew Motion
    Illustrated by David Gentleman
    1250 numbered copies


  • Set in Bembo and typeset by Gloucester Typesetting Services
  • Printed letterpress by Stonehouse Fine Press on Zerkall mould-made paper
  • Bound in quarter dark green leather with paper boards by Victoria Hall
  • Dark green-brown endleaves with matching slipcase blocked in gold
  • Includes three full-page lithographs, six colour double-page spreads and nine vignettes
  • Containing 50 poems, issued to mark the centenary of Thomas’s death
  • The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories

    H.P. Lovecraft
    Edited by S.T. Joshi
    Preface by Alan Moore
    Illustrated by Dan Hillier
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Italian Old Style with Goudy Forum display
  • Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in green-purple cloth blocked in gold
  • Black endleaves with spot-varnish design and purple slipcase printed in gold
  • Includes 18 illustrations, with double-page spreads and a title-spread
  • Presented in a clamshell box lined with metallic green paper
  • Includes a signed print by Dan Hillier, wrapped in a protective folder
  • Riddley Walker

    Russell Hoban
    Illustrated by Quentin Blake
    Postscript by Rowan Williams
    1000 numbered copies


  • Set in Poliphilus and Blado with hand-drawn lettering
  • Illustrations reproduced by Tag
  • Printed and bound by Kösel in full cloth with design by Quentin Blake
  • Printed edges with pale brown endleaves and matching slipcase
  • Includes 39 colour illustrations and an additional essay by Quentin Blake
  • Features a map of Walker’s post-apocalyptic world
  • The Bayeux Tapestry

    Facsimile
    43 metres
    480 numbered copies


  • Reprographics by Tag
  • Printed by Surface Print from photographs supplied by the Bayeux Museum
  • Mounted in a hardwood scroll box with lead-free glass top by Promo International
  • Continuously printed reproduction at 60% of the original size
  • Operated by two handles set into the front of the box
  • Overall dimensions 744 × 870 × 520 mm; weight approximately 27 kg
  • Includes The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece with scene-by-scene commentary
  • Supplied with a numbered limitation certificate
  • Micrographia

    Robert Hooke
    Introduced by Ruth Scurr
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Caslon; reprographics by Tag
  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound by Richard Mayer in quarter black leather with cloth boards blocked in silver, design by Neil Gower
  • Silver top edge with dark grey endleaves and black cloth slipcase
  • Includes 38 plates, including five fold-outs
  • Text follows the first edition with modernised spelling and minor emendations
  • Winner of the 2017 British Book Design and Production Award
  • The Counte of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas
    Introduced by John Mortimer
    Illustrated by Roman Pisarev
    500 numbered copies


  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark red leather blocked in gold and black
  • Gilded top edge with dark grey endleaves and matching slipcase
  • Includes 24 plates
  • Features a limitation spread with a signed and numbered etching by the artist
  • Genesis

    Paul Nash
    750 numbered copies


  • Facsimile of the 1924 Nonesuch Press edition; the first in the Fine Press Classics series
  • Set in Caslon; printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Presented in a brown two-volume clamshell box with a Nash woodcut inset, titled in gold
  • Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full black cloth blocked in gold, following the original design
  • Includes twelve woodcuts and the opening chapter in the Authorised Version
  • Accompanied by a separate essay by Sebastian Carter
  • Pages doubled as in the first edition; reproduced from one of the 375 original copies
  • The Song of Songs

    Eric Gill
    750 numbered copies


  • Facsimile of the 1925 Golden Cockerel Press edition; the second in the Fine Press Classics series
  • Set in Caslon; printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Presented in a dark green two-volume clamshell box with a Gill engraving inset, titled in gold
  • Bound by Real Lachenmaier in cream cloth blocked in gold
  • Printed in black and red with cream endleaves and pale brown dust-jacket
  • Reproduced from the first edition
  • Accompanied by a separate essay by Sebastian Carter
  • The Book of Jonah

    David Jones
    750 numbered copies


  • Facsimile of the 1926 Golden Cockerel Press edition; the third in the Fine Press Classics series
  • Set in Caslon; printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Presented in a green-blue two-volume clamshell box with a Jones engraving inset, titled in gold
  • Bound by Real Lachenmaier in cream cloth blocked in gold
  • Includes engravings on wood by David Jones
  • Reproduced from the first edition
  • Accompanied by a separate essay by Sebastian Carter
  • Released in 2018

    Visionary storytelling, from classic romance to speculative fiction.

    Love is Enough

    William Morris
    750 numbered copies


  • Facsimile of the 1873 Ellis and White edition
  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound by Richard Mayer in full brown cowhide blocked in gold, after a design by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
  • Pale cream endleaves with a green-blue cloth slipcase blocked in gold
  • Includes a four-page introductory note by John Bidwell
  • I am Legend

    Richard Matheson
    Introduced by Joe Hill
    Illustrated by Dave McKean
    250 numbered copies


  • Set in Aldus
  • Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in printed and blocked cloth with design by McKean
  • Green endleaves with a dark purple slipcase featuring cut-out panels
  • Includes seven colour plates and black-and-white section breaks by McKean
  • Supplied with a signed colour print by the artist
  • The Wanderer

    Michael Alexander
    Foreword by Bernard O’Donoghue
    Illustrated by Alan Lee
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Arcadian Bembo; printed by Memminger MedienCentrum in black and grey-blue
  • Quarter bound by Josef Spinner in dark grey goatskin with printed paper boards by Napier Jones
  • Silver top edge with dark grey endleaves printed in gold
  • Dark blue cloth slipcase blocked in silver with Folio logo
  • Includes eight colour plates with additional illustrations and borders by Alan Lee
  • Signed and numbered by the artist, with letterpress limitation certificate by The Logan Press
  • The Karma Sutra of Vatsyayana

    Vatsyayana
    Translated by Sir Richard Burton and F. F. Arbuthnot
    Illustrated by Victo Ngai
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Aria; printed and bound by Kösel
  • Presented in a dark blue two-volume clamshell box blocked in gold
  • Bound in dark blue cloth with printed inset label; dark yellow endleaves printed in blue
  • Includes eight colour illustrations with additional drawings throughout
  • Accompanied by a separate volume of essays by W. G. Archer, Hanif Kureishi and John Key
  • Supplied with a signed print by the artist
  • Wilfred Owen: Selected Poems

    Wilfred Owen
    Introduced by Owen Sheers
    Engravings by Neil Bousfield
    1250 numbered copies


  • Set in Plantin
  • Printed letterpress by The Logan Press, with engravings by L.E.G.O.
  • Bound by L.E.G.O. in quarter brown goatskin with paper boards by Victoria Hall
  • Grey endleaves with a pale brown slipcase blocked in gold and printed with a detail from one of the engravings
  • Includes 14 colour plates, 42 poems, and engravings by Neil Bousfield throughout
  • Issued in the centenary of Owen’s death; each copy signed by the artist
  • Released in 2019

    Monuments of imagination. Cities, myths and modern epics.

    Gargantua and Pantagruel

    François Rabelais
    Translated by M. A. Screech
    Illustrated by Gustave Doré
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Bulmer
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom
  • Quarter bound in dark red goatskin with cloth boards blocked in gold
  • Gilded top edges with dark red endleaves and matching cloth slipcase
  • Two-volume edition based on a 2006 translation and the design of an 1873 edition
  • Includes over 50 full-page illustrations by Gustave Doré, with additional decorative material
  • London & New York

    Alvin Langdon Coburn
    750 numbered copies


  • Printed by Smith Settle, with photographs by Pureprint
  • Quarter bound in dark brown goatskin with paper boards blocked in gold
  • Pale grey endleaves with a grey-brown two-volume slipcase titled in metallic blue
  • Two-volume facsimile of the 1909 and 1910 Duckworth editions
  • Includes 40 tipped-in photographic plates
  • Accompanied by an eight-page leaflet with contributions by Geoff Dyer and Rut Blees Luxemburg
  • Book of the New Sun

    Gene Wolfe
    Illustrated by Sam Weber
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Jenson with Priori Serif for display
  • Printed in red and black by L.E.G.O.
  • Bound in three-quarter black buckram with printed cloth boards, each volume with a unique design
  • Black edges with black endleaves
  • Four-volume edition in a black cloth slipcase decorated in pale gold and lined with silver paper
  • Signed by the author and illustrator
  • Studies from Nature

    Kitagawa Utamaro
    500 numbered copies


  • Printed by Pureprint
  • Bound by Smith Settle in paper printed with designs by Neil Gower, with title labels in English and Japanese calligraphy
  • Six-volume set including five facsimile volumes of Japanese art and poetry and a separate commentary volume
  • Presented in a pale orange cloth clamshell box lined with dark blue paper printed in gold
  • Secured with two gold ribbons and a printed paper label
  • Woodblock-printed works originally designed by Utamaro and published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō
  • Includes translations and commentary by John T. Carpenter with additional essays
  • Dracula

    Bram Stoker
    Introduced by John Banville
    Illustrated by Angela Barrett
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Clifford with Bernard MT Condensed for display
  • Printed by Kösel
  • Bound by Richard Mayer in full blood red leather blocked in gold and black
  • Gilded edges with dark red endleaves and a black silk-covered slipcase blocked in gold and cream
  • Includes colour plates and decorative borders by Angela Barrett
  • Text follows the first edition of 1897 with minor emendations
  • Signed by the artist
  • Doctor Zhivago

    Boris Pasternak
    Translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater
    Illustrated by Leonid Pasternak
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Albertina with Corvallis for display
  • Printed by Kösel
  • Bound by Richard Mayer in quarter dark blue leather with marbled paper boards by Jemma Lewis
  • Gilded edges with pale blue endleaves and a dark blue slipcase blocked in gold
  • Includes over 60 colour illustrations by Leonid Pasternak
  • Introduction by Ann Pasternak Slater with editorial work by Maya Slater
  • Signed by the translator
  • Released in 2020

    From desert planets to ancient realms, stories of imagination and adventure.

    The Pilgrim’s Progress

    John Bunyan
    Introduced by Nathalie Collé
    Illustrated by William Blake
    750 numbered copies


  • Edited by Roger Pooley
  • Set in Poliphilus with Blado for display
  • Printed and bound by L.E.G.O.
  • Quarter bound in dark red leather with pale blue cloth boards and inset leather title label
  • Gilded top edge with dark red endleaves and a dark blue-green slipcase with printed inset illustration
  • Includes 28 illustrations by William Blake
  • The Story of Babar

    Jean de Brunhoff
    750 numbered copies


  • Three-volume edition including facsimile, sketches and commentary
  • Printed by L.E.G.O. and Pureprint; bound by Smith Settle
  • Presented in a clamshell box in quarter green cloth blocked in gold with printed paper boards
  • Facsimile of the 1931 first edition of Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant
  • Includes over 60 sketches and preparatory material, with prototype book
  • Commentary volume with essays by Faïza Guène, Adam Gopnik and Christine Nelson, with translations
  • The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

    Laurence Sterne
    Edited by Melvyn New and Joan New
    Illustrated by Tom Phillips
    750 numbered copies


  • Two-volume edition with accompanying commentary volume
  • Typeset by Blundell Studios; printed and bound by L.E.G.O.
  • Main volume bound in full white cloth printed in red and blocked in gold, with design by Tom Phillips
  • Gilded top edge with dark purple endleaves and dark red-brown cloth slipcase blocked in metallic red
  • Includes colour plates and collages by Tom Phillips throughout
  • Signed and numbered by the artist, with letterpress limitation page
  • Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert
    Translated by Adam Thorpe
    Introduced by Karl Ove Knausgård
    Illustrated by Nushka
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Galliard with Garamond for display and Carré Noir for dropped capitals
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom in full silk blocked in gold and printed with an illustration
  • Gilded top edge with pale blue endleaves and matching slipcase
  • Includes colour plates and a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the translator, introducer and artist
  • Dune

    Frank Herbert
    Illustrated by Sam Weber
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Dante with Helvetica Neue and Black Tulip for display
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom
  • Two-volume edition presented in a pale grey cloth clamshell box blocked in gold and printed in black
  • Bound in full orange-brown cloth printed in black and blocked in red
  • Red top edge with grey endleaves printed in gold
  • Includes colour plates and a folded map of Arrakis, with a separate colour print by Sam Weber
  • Signed by the artist
  • Letters from Fairyland

    Charles van Sandwyk
    Written and illustrated by the artist
    250 numbered copies


  • Hand-drawn lettering; typeset by Blundell Studios
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom in full dark red paper blocked in gold with inset illustration
  • Printed endleaves with a gold slipcase featuring a bronze illustration
  • Expanded edition including additional text and drawings
  • Includes five pasted-in pockets containing letters, fairy money and a concertina of portraits
  • Features a tipped-in letter opening into the shape of a leaf
  • Signed by the artist, with a copperplate etching tipped in at the front
  • Herodotus

    Herodotus
    Translated by Robin Waterfield
    Introduced by Peter Frankopan and Carolyn Dewald
    Illustrated by Nick Hayes
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Haarlemmer
  • Printed in green-grey and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full dark green leather blocked in gold and black with design by Nick Hayes
  • Gilded top edge with green endleaves printed in gold and matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes illustrations by Nick Hayes and double-page maps by Kevin Freeborn
  • Features a timeline by Peter O’Neill
  • Signed by the translator, artist and introducer
  • Released in 2021

    Adventure and imagination: from classic heroes to distant futures.

    The Three Musketeers

    Alexandre Dumas
    Introduced by George MacDonald Fraser
    Illustrated by Roman Pisarev
    750 numbered copies


  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound by Josef Spinner in full dark red leather blocked in gold and black
  • Gilded top edge with dark grey endleaves and matching slipcase
  • Includes 11 plates
  • Features a tipped-in etching signed and numbered by the artist
  • Philip K. Dick: The Complete Short Stories

    Philip K. Dick
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Mentor with Futura for display
  • Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in full cloth with fluorescent ink designs by La Boca
  • Printed edges with silver endleaves, each volume with a different design
  • Four-volume edition in a two-part paper-lined box designed by La Boca
  • Includes 118 short stories with illustrations by 24 artists
  • Accompanied by a set of plain paper notebooks bound by Kösel
  • Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems

    Thomas Hardy
    Selected and introduced by Robert Macfarlane
    Illustrated by Stanley Donwood
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Walbaum
  • Printed by Pureprint; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in red goatskin with printed cloth boards and green endleaves
  • Green slipcase blind stamped to echo Donwood’s illustrations
  • Includes colour plates and additional pencil sketches by Stanley Donwood
  • Signed by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood
  • Rob Roy

    Sir Walter Scott
    Foreword by Diana Gabaldon
    Illustrated by June Carey
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Fournier with Arno Pro Display for dropped capitals
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom
  • Bound in full grey goatskin leather blocked in gold and dark blue with design by June Carey
  • Gilded top edge with dark blue-green endleaves and matching slipcase
  • Includes colour plates, one as a double-page spread
  • Signed by Diana Gabaldon and June Carey
  • The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri
    Translated by Robin Kirkpatrick
    Illustrated by Neil Packer
    700 numbered copies


  • Set in Dante
  • Printed by L.E.G.O.
  • Bound in full black goatskin leather with printed edges and patterned endleaves
  • Three-volume edition in a dark blue clamshell box with printed paper label and drawer construction
  • Includes illustrations for each canto by Neil Packer
  • Accompanied by three colour prints in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • Aurora Australis

    Ernest Shackleton
    500 numbered copies


  • Two-volume edition published to commemorate the centenary of Shackleton’s death
  • Facsimile of the 1908 Antarctic expedition printing, with lithographs and etchings by George Marston
  • Printed by Pureprint; bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in quarter brown calfskin with beechwood boards
  • Presented in a cream cloth clamshell box with inset calfskin label
  • Accompanied by a commentary volume by Jan Piggott, printed letterpress by Hand and Eye
  • One of the earliest books produced in Antarctica
  • Released in 2022

    Landmark texts and legendary worlds, from the avant-garde to the epic.

    Ulysses

    James Joyce
    Edited by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon
    Illustrated and introduced by John Vernon Lord
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Dante
  • Printed in dark red and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full dark green leather blocked in gold with design by John Vernon Lord
  • Gilded top edge with dark green endleaves printed with a map in brown
  • Clamshell box in dark orange cloth with inset printed label
  • Includes colour plates and a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson
    Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates
    Illustrated by Angie Hoffmeister
    250 numbered copies


  • Set in Arno with Zachar for display
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom in printed and blocked paper with design by Angie Hoffmeister
  • Bound in dark blue cloth printed in cream and blocked in copper
  • Dark blue endleaves with spiral staircase design in metallic blue and matching slipcase
  • Includes colour plates, four as double-page spreads, with additional tail-pieces by the artist
  • Supplied with a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by Joyce Carol Oates and Angie Hoffmeister
  • The Lord of the Rings

    J. R. R. Tolkien
    Illustrated by Alan Lee
    1000 numbered copies


  • Set in Dante with Testament for display
  • Printed in dark red and black by L.E.G.O.
  • Three-volume edition quarter bound in dark red leather with cloth boards and inset labels
  • Silver top edges with printed endleaves and dark blue cloth slipcase blocked in silver and gold
  • Includes colour plates within decorative borders, with chapter headings and roundels by Alan Lee
  • Accompanied by two maps by Christopher Tolkien and a separate colour print
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Gormenghast Trilogy

    Mervyn Peake
    Illustrated by Dave McKean
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Albertina
  • Printed in colour by Graphicom
  • Three-volume edition bound in printed cloth with exposed spines, each volume with a unique design
  • Black printed edges with a pale grey clamshell box blocked in metallic red and lined in silver
  • Illustrated throughout by Dave McKean, including three title-spreads
  • Supplied with a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    Beatrix Potter
    1000 numbered copies


  • Six-volume facsimile archive collection
  • Reprographics by Pureprint
  • Presented in a pale blue cloth clamshell box blocked in silver and decorated in blue
  • Includes multiple facsimile editions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, from 1901 to 1902
  • Accompanied by letters, miniature illustrated notes and a colour print
  • Includes a commentary volume with a foreword by Emma Thompson and an essay by Sara Glenn
  • The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James
    Introduced by Colm Tóibín
    Illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen
    250 numbered copies


  • Set in Columbus
  • Printed and bound by Gomer Press in printed and blocked paper
  • Green endleaves printed in gold with matching slipcase design
  • Includes colour plates, decorative chapter headings and motifs by Audrey Benjaminsen
  • Bound in full black goatskin leather blocked in copper, gold and silver
  • Signed by Colm Tóibín and the artist
  • Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley
    Introduced by Richard Holmes
    Illustrated by Angela Barrett
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Clifford with Operetta for display
  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum
  • Bound by Richard Mayer in full blue leather blocked in silver and black with design by Angela Barrett
  • Silver edges with pale blue endleaves and black silk-covered slipcase blocked in silver
  • Includes colour plates and decorative borders by Angela Barrett
  • Text follows the 1831 edition with minor emendations
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Waste Land

    T. S. Eliot
    With prints by Tom Phillips
    350 numbered copies


  • Set in Walbaum; typeset by Blundell Studios
  • Printed letterpress by Hand and Eye with prints by Pureprint
  • Bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in quarter vellum with linen boards printed with a design by Tom Phillips
  • Gilded top edge with purple endleaves and brown cloth clamshell box
  • Includes giclée prints by Tom Phillips
  • Signed by the artist
  • Released in 2023

    Ancient worlds, modern voices and stories that endure.

    The Peloponnesian War

    Thucydides
    Translated by Martin Hammond
    Introduced by Katherine Harloe and P. J. Rhodes
    Illustrated by Nick Hayes
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Haarlemmer
  • Printed in brown and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full pale brown-orange leather blocked in gold and black with design by Nick Hayes
  • Gilded top edge with brown-red endleaves printed in gold and matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes illustrations and chapter decorations by Nick Hayes
  • Features five maps by Reginald Piggott
  • Signed by the artist and introducer
  • Roadside Picnic

    Thucydides
    Translated by Martin Hammond
    Introduced by Katherine Harloe and P. J. Rhodes
    Illustrated by Nick Hayes
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Haarlemmer
  • Printed in brown and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full pale brown-orange leather blocked in gold and black with design by Nick Hayes
  • Gilded top edge with brown-red endleaves printed in gold and matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes illustrations and chapter decorations by Nick Hayes
  • Features five maps by Reginald Piggott
  • Signed by the artist and introducer
  • Casino Royale

    Ian Fleming
    Introduced by Kim Sherwood
    Illustrated by Fay Dalton
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Abril Text with Span for display
  • Printed in red and black by L.E.G.O.
  • Bound in full dark grey leather blocked in red and silver with design by Jamie Clarke
  • Silver edges with grey endleaves blocked in red and printed with design
  • Dark silver cloth clamshell box blocked in red and silver with illustrated lining
  • Includes colour plates, black-and-white illustrations and double-page spreads by Fay Dalton
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams
    Preface by Carlo Rovelli
    Introduced by Terry Jones
    Illustrated by Jonathan Burton
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Freight Text with Kavo for display
  • Printed and bound by Kingsbury Press in full blocked blue cloth
  • Metallic top edges with printed endleaves
  • Five-volume edition in a two-part box with printed lining by Screaming Colour
  • Includes colour plates, double-page spreads and black-and-white illustrations by Jonathan Burton
  • Supplied with a separate colour print in a printed paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • Beowulf

    Seamus Heaney
    Introduced by Janina Ramirez
    Illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Bembo Arcadian
  • Printed in blue and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full yellow goatskin blocked in blue and gold
  • Gilded top edge with blue endleaves printed in white and matching cloth clamshell box
  • Includes double-page spreads, half-page illustrations and decorative borders by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
  • Supplied with a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson
    Afterword by Donna Tartt
    Illustrated by Angie Hoffmeister
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Arno with Zachar for display
  • Printed and bound by Graphicom in printed and blocked paper with design by Angie Hoffmeister
  • Bound in pale blue-grey cloth printed in black and grey with matching slipcase
  • Dark orange endleaves with additional tail-pieces by the artist
  • Includes colour plates, two as double-page spreads
  • Supplied with a separate colour print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by Donna Tartt and the artist
  • The Shadow of the Wind

    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    Translated by Lucia Graves
    Illustrated by Jorge González
    500 numbered copies


  • Set in Sabon
  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum; bound by Josef Spinner
  • Bound in full dark red-brown leather blocked in gold with title design
  • Gilded top edge with dark red endleaves and matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes double-page colour plates and additional black-and-white illustrations
  • Supplied with a separate print in a protective paper wallet
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Complete Plays

    William Shakespeare
    Illustrated by Neil Packer
    1000 numbered copies


  • Set in Caslon with a display version adapted by Neil Packer
  • Printed in red and black by Northend; bound by Smith Settle
  • Bound in full cloth woven by Stephen Walters with designs by Neil Packer
  • Silver edges with red endleaves and dark grey ribbon markers
  • Three-volume edition in a black cloth slipcase decorated in silver
  • Includes 40 full-page illustrations by Neil Packer
  • Signed by the artist
  • The Moonstone

    Wilkie Collins
    Introduced by Val McDermid
    Illustrated by Juan Esteban Rodríguez
    750 numbered copies


  • Set in Portrait Text
  • Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum; bound by Josef Spinner
  • Quarter bound in dark blue leather with cloth boards printed with illustrations by Rodríguez
  • Gilded top edge with dark blue endleaves printed in gold and matching cloth slipcase
  • Includes colour plates, two as double-page spreads
  • Signed by Val McDermid and the artist