This is a mint and sealed new copy of Lyra’s Books limited letterpress Red Thread edition of Coraline by Neil Gaiman. The 500 print run is no longer available and this is a fantastic opportunity to own a unique edition of one of Neil’s best loved novels. Limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Trimmed page size – 240 x 170mm. Signed by Rovina Cai (artist). Printed letterpress on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine paper by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington of Hand and Eye Letterpress. Black ink throughout with red on many of the other pages. 16 colour plates, including frontispiece. With over 25 black and red letterpress silhouettes. The Standard edition is quarter-bound in two tone red cloth. The hand marbled face papers have been created by Freya Scott of Paperwilds and the covers have three passes of foil blocking with a further pass of black for the title on the spine. The book comes in a grey buckram covered slipcase, lined with black suede. The front of the slipcase is blocked with one pass of black foil, depicting one of Rovina Cai’s silhouettes.
