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Perdido Street Station

China Miéville

Perdido Street Station

Name: Perdido Street Station
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Price: 90 GBP
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Author: China Miéville

£90

Illustrated By Doug Bell

Introduced By the author

In the teeming, steam-powered city of New Crobuzon, a rogue experiment unleashes a terror beyond imagining. With haunting illustrations by Doug Bell and a new afterword by China Miéville, this Folio book dives deep into the gritty, surreal world of one of modern fantasy’s most original visionaries.

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Book Details

Production DetailsBound in printed and blocked cloth with a design by the artist
Printed in black and metallic copper ink throughout
Map endpapers
Ribbon marker
Printed and blocked slipcase

Dimensions10 inches × 6¾ inches (25.4 × 17.2 cm)

FontSet in Haarlemmer with Evanston Tavern as display

Pages704

AuthorChina Miéville

Illustrated ByDoug Bell

IllustrationFrontispiece and 11 colour illustrations
8 black and white illustrated part-title pages

Publication Date03/03/2026

PrintingFirst Printing

Editor's Notes

Artist Doug Bell and author China Miéville are a match made in heaven. Doug's scratchboard-effect illustrations vividly realise the grimy world of New Crobuzon and it's mix of steampunk, monsters and magic.

Synopsis

In the sprawling, chaotic city of New Crobuzon, where magic and machinery intertwine, a dangerous experiment unleashes a nightmare that threatens to consume everything. Isaac, a rogue scientist, unwittingly sets a monstrous force loose and must rally an unlikely band of outcasts to confront it. As the city teeters on the brink of destruction, the battle delves into the darkest corners of human ambition and the eerie beauty of the bizarre. China Miéville's Perdido Street Station is a spellbinding journey into a world teeming with grotesque wonders, savage horrors and the relentless pulse of revolution.

About the Illustrator

Doug Bell

Doug Bell is an award-winning illustrator celebrated for his intricate line work and mastery of light and shadow. Using techniques like woodcut, scratchboard, pen and ink, engraving and digital, Bell creates images that bring viewers to his subjects with depth and emotion. His work has been recognised by institutions such as Communication Arts, the Society of Illustrators, Spectrum Fantastic Art and American Illustration.

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China Miéville

“Having encountered my first Folio Society edition as a child and been blown away by the beauty and mystery of the text, it has been a great honour to work with Folio on one of my own books. I’m still astonished that something I wrote will be part of this beautiful ouevre and grateful to everyone for making the whole process such a pleasure.”

About the Author

China Miéville is a New York Times-bestselling author known for blending fantasy, horror, and science fiction in novels like Perdido Street Station (2000; Folio 2025), The Scar (2002) and Iron Council (2004). A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Miéville has won the Arthur C. Clarke, World Fantasy, Hugo, and British Science Fiction Awards. He has also been shortlisted for the Folio Prize.

Formerly an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Warwick University, he’s also held roles at Birkbeck and Roosevelt University. Miéville is a founding editor of Salvage and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction in 2018.

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