The Blade Itself - Deluxe Numbered Edition Joe Abercrombie

Very rarely available, the first book published by Curious King - the Deluxe, full leather edition of the first novel by Joe Abercrombie. Limited to just 150 copies only. The numbered edition is 480 pages printed letterpress two colours on Omnia Natural 120gsm paper by Pat Randle at Nomad Press. The book is bound in the finest blue leather goatskin and three-pass foil stamping on the cover, spine and back. The tailbands and ribbon are also unique to this state. As with the standard edition, this book comes with an illustrated endpaper by Tommy Arnold and a further 7 tipped in plates (including a frontispiece) and fold out map. Housed in a curved and lined mauve cloth slipcase with the blade design foil stamped across all three sides. This edition is signed by both the author and the artist. Actual numbered copy in fine condition. Available to help complete one of the many incomplete sets out there.