We’re getting the web page ready for Saturday’s sale of Neil Gaiman’s Words of Fire book of poetry on Oct 1st at 5pm BST.
Here are the details for a very limited edition of Words of Fire:
Roman edition –
The Roman edition of Words of Fire is limited to thirty copies and of which twenty are available for sale.
The text was letterpress printed on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington at Hand & Eye Editions
Hot metal typesetting in Monotype Bembo is by Nick Gill at Effra Press
The paper is Bockingford Watercolour paper.
The binding is by Richard Tong at Ludlow Bookbinders
Quarter bound in black Colorado cloth with hand marbled face papers by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. Foil blocked in two passes to the front board with a design by Bill Sienkiewicz. Title foil blocked to the spine in gold.
The books come in a curved edge slipcase covered with red Colorado cloth. Foil blocked in two passes to the front of the box. Lined with black suedel.
Each copy is signed by Bill Sienkiewicz and Neil Gaiman
36pp 165mm x 255mm
£210 plus postage and packing
Each book has a unique cover from Freya’s marbling so will be slightly different for each book.
