And the art looks great on the Folio edition.
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
Some more info from Folio Society:
The artist...has drawn eight exquisite chapter headers; one to represent each major character.
Our lavish collector’s edition will be printed two-colour throughout and these intricate black-and-gold chapter headers will be complemented by elaborate initial letters and page motifs.It’s time to reveal that the incredibly talented Jonathan Burton is the illustrator for our edition of A Game of Thrones. His spectacular artwork includes 16 full-colour illustrations.
‘Illustrating A Game of Thrones became much more involved than I ever imagined ... I threw myself into this world 100% and relished its rich and strange visual atmosphere bringing together medieval romanticism, dark drama and chilling horror. Delicious.’
-Jonathan BurtonFor the introduction, we’re proud to announce best-selling fantasy writer Joe Abercrombie. Author of the internationally acclaimed The First Law Trilogy, Joe has an encyclopaedic knowledge of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy world.
‘A Game of Thrones proved to me you could do something gritty, shocking and character-focused while still writing epic fantasy. I’m delighted to be providing an introduction to a book that was one of my biggest inspirations.’
-Joe AbercrombieBoth volumes of this highly anticipated release are cloaked in a beautiful cloth that mysteriously transforms from blue to red.
Each cover features a striking artist-designed illustration – one blocked in silver foil, the other in gold. Volume 1 depicts a fallen Stark direwolf pierced with an antler; while Volume 2 shows a mighty stag being taken down by a lion to symbolise the Baratheon and Lannister feud.
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
If anyone is looking for signed 1st/1st of the game of thrones series let me know. Im selling part of my collection. that includes proofs and other rare collectibles.
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Update From folio society:
A Song of Ice and Fire – the series is coming…
We can now confirm that Folio will publish all titles in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga, in series with A Game of Thrones. So, pre-order A Game of Thrones to start your stunning collection now.
The first book will retail for GBP 125. A bit steep, but now that they've confirmed that they will do the whole series, I am definitely interested. The map that's included seals the deal for me.
I'm going for it. I have the original 'blue' harper collins slipcase set and hope they publish the last book in that format too, but they are quite plain. I abandoned (sold) my part complete subpress set as I realised I would never complete it without selling body parts to fund it(!) and so this looks a great opportunity for a good quality illustrated set.
Really well done, got me thinking....
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
Lots of details and photos for the FS AGOT at:
https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/got...+Folio+Society
...including:
Bound in three-quarter blocked cloth with a printed and blocked cloth front board
Set in Vendetta with Esmeralda as display
824 pages in total over two volumes
6 full page and 2 double-page colour illustrations per volume
Printed in black & gold throughout
8 illustrated chapter openers and 9 illustrated house sigils
9 family trees in volume two
Fold-out map inserted in case, bound in blocked cloth
Printed endpapers
Coloured tops
Blocked and printed slipcase with printed illustration inside
10˝ x 6¾˝
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
Yea I went there and that is what got my attention. Very nice looking book, well done
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
Tempting but to be honest $200 is a bit more expensive than I would have liked. CD's upcoming 'The Stand' for example will likely be in the $125 range for the standard gift edition and that book is considerably bigger. (I imagine this is because they split the book in two but I think that was unnecessary.)
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My Collection
My thing is they never say how many of these will be done, and in doing so somewhat cheapen the production for me.
Folio Society's "limited editions" (their higher-end offerings) usually state a run size, but their regular editions never do (the real FS collectors out there seem to find out, but it's never clearly stated, and FS always reserves the right to print another run of exactly the same edition, so you're not protected, if you're collecting with scarcity in mind.)
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
I like that the map is bound separately; that seems very nice.
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
Does anyone here worry that GRRM might never write another sequel? With the sinking price of GOT's SubPress S/L the consensus seems to be collectors might be thinking about that seriously.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
Looking for SubPress Lettered:Farseer Trilogy; Shadow of the Wind, Angel's Game, Prisoner of Heaven
Looking for Centipede Press S/L: Dracula
He denied that on his blog :
http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2...-the-internet/
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I got in touch with their customer service who told me that the first print run is about 7000 copies. That coupled with no GRRM signature means these likely won't appreciate greatly in value. Although who knows, with the popularity of GoT plus Folio being a relatively more popular publisher, 25 years down the line you could have something on your hands....
Having said that, I personally think the editions look very well done and would look beautiful on a shelf.
WANTED:
Half the World Lettered "LL"
The First Law Trilogy (S/L)
George Martin set (S/L)
FOR TRADE:
Matthew Corbett (FF/W/X/Z) lettered set
Swan Song,
Crosstalk,
Broken Earth Trilogy (SubPress S/L),