Roman edition
Now, finally, Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope ready for pre-sale. We’re pleased to tell you that the pre-sale will open at 5pm BST on 2 June. It will follow on from the pre-sale for Patrons’ rights holders, and any rights that have not been taken up will be offered to non-rights buyers of Lud-in-the-Mist on a first-come-first-served basis.
The book is bound in a chocolate brown full calf binding. The leather has been coloured and sprinkled with dark brown and black dye and foil blocked in gold across the entire cover.
Four raised bands on the spine with hand tooled gold lines either side. Title and author foil blocked in gold.
Endpapers are marbled with paper from Payhembury. The pattern for this one is called T6 Old Dutch 17th-19th century.
The book block is gilded on all three edges (head, tail and foredge).
The book comes in a solander box, the case of which is bound in a charcoal cowskin and foil blocked to the front and spine in gold.
The trays are covered in black silk cloth and lined with Payhembury marbled paper.
The Roman Edition is being printed on Liber Charta White 170 gsm paper.
Trimmed size is 160mm x 240mm.
First published in 1926, Hope Mirrlees Lud-in-the-Mist has come to be recognised as a classic of fantasy literature, revered by leading writers of the genre.
Michael Swanwick called it “one of the least known and most influential of modern fantasies… that rarest of creatures, the fantasy novel of ideas.”
Mary Gentle said “A Shakespearian tragi-comedy, a murder mystery, and a multi-faceted allegory all in one, and a damn good story too.”
And Neil Gaiman called it “one of the finest [fantasy novels] in the English language… It is a little golden miracle of a book.” He said that Mirrlees’s writing was “elegant, supple, effective and haunting: the author demands a great deal from her readers, which she repays many times over.”
We hope you’ll agree that our edition, the first by a fine press, is a fitting celebration of its centenary. We expect to ship finished books this autumn.
The price of the Roman Edition is £2250.00 plus carriage.