Illustrated by John Howe
Foreword by John Howe
Robert Holdstock’s Mythago Wood comes to life in the first fully illustrated edition, featuring John Howe’s mesmerising artwork, along with an exclusive foreword and the artist’s signature.
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Editor’s Note
- James Rose, Editor
Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, Mythago Wood is a fantasy that exists within the real world; one where romance and Celtic mythology blend with the everyday and where extraordinary events occur. One of the most beloved British fantasy novels of the last 50 years this has been fully illustrated for the first time by legendary fantasy artist John Howe, who reveals his own relationship with the novel in a new foreword and who has personally signed all 500 copies.
A classic of British fantasy writing, Mythago Wood is often whispered of in the same breath as The King of Elfland's Daughter and Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Limited to 500 copies
Quarter-bound in blocked cowhide leather, with cloth sides printed with a design by John Howe
Set in Bembo Book with RM Celtic as display
320 pages printing in black and brown ink throughout on Abbey Pure Rough paper
39 black and white integrated illustrations including three illustrated double-page part-title spreads
Frontispiece and 5 full-page colour illustrations printed on Gardapat 13 Kiara paper
Printed endpapers
Ribbon Marker
Gilded book edges
Cloth bound slipcase printed in black with an original design by John Howe
Limitation label printed in black and brown ink on paper signed by John Howe
Sized at 12˝ x 7 3⁄4˝
Printed in Germany
NB The leather is from Europe, mostly from southern Germany (Baden-Württemberg or Bavaria) or Austria.
The cowhide is tanned and further treated entirely in Germany.
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