Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites: Essential Edition (Amaranthine Books)

$220 · Offered by Lividian Publications

PUBLISHER: Amaranthine Books EDITION: Special Imported Collectors Edition limited to 400 copies PRICE: $220 The Essential Edition of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites is limited to 400 copies, and it contains twelve short stories that were deemed favourite by the Arthur Conan Doyle himself. This special edition comes in a slipcase, featuring the title on the front part of the slipcase, done with a combination of blind and gold blocking. The book is bound in premium Fedrigoni Savile Row paper with a cutout in shape of Sherlock’s pipe on the front cover, featuring a tartan fabric below, while the title of the book is blocked on the spine in brown foil. Once you open the book, you’ll be met by UV printed endpapers featuring a wallpaper motif inspired by the wallpapers in Sherlock’s living room. Inside of the book you can find twelve illustrations by Manuel Šumberac, who has also done all the artwork, including the drop caps, for this title. The illustrations for this edition are truly remarkable, something that we have never done before. Since this is a short story collection, it made no sense to look for key plot points; instead the idea was to boil down the whole story into a singular illustration, which offered a “blueprint” of the story expressed artistically. Each illustration contains the key elements of the story, which is intended to beckon the reader to return and give it another look to better understand the story. As you go through the chapters,

• Binding: Hardcover

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