The story that inspired ' The Thing'. A UK limited edition - one of 300 numbered copies. Illustrated by Gregory Manchess. With 16 colour plates, of which two are four-page foldouts, four are double-page spreads and one is a three-page foldout. Fully bound in baby blue lambskin nappa leather. Foil blocked in four passes in white and black, creating a snowstorm design across the front and back boards with the title on the spine. All of the plates are tabbed or sewn in, allowing double, treble and quad plates to open out without a stitched gutter. The book is housed in a sturdy, white-suede-lined slipcase and is covered in a light blue-grey Windsor cloth with a silhouette of the Thing foil blocked to the front. Binding by Richard Tong and Sam Cartwright at Lyra’s Books / Ludlow Bookbinders. Printed letterpress in two colours by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions. Typeset in 11 point Monotype Baskerville by Nick Gill at Effra Press & Typefoundry. Printed on Liber Charta 170gsm. A Fine copy in a fine, unblemished slipcase. Unread. SIGNED by the artist. A handsome production. Please note that this is a heavy book and postage will be greater than standard.
