The Magus
by John Fowles
Six full color illustrations by Marc Burckhardt
Suntup Editions, Irvine, CA, 2023
Lettered Edition, 26 Copies numbered A-Z
6" x 9"
The edition is bound in Hewit's Royal Blue Chieftain Goat. It has a three-piece cover construction which is foil stamped in five colours with the alchemical symbols for the four elements of fire, air, water, and earth. Endbands are leather wrapped and the endsheets are hand marbled for this edition by Jemma Lewis. The clamshell enclosure is lined in ultrasuede and features a leather label and covering in European cloth.
The edition includes a colour fold-out featuring the Artist edition dust jacket illustration, as well as a reproduction of the first edition jacket art by Tom Adams.
The edition is printed offset on Mohawk Via Vellum paper and is signed by Christopher Priest, Eileen Warburton and Marc Burckhardt.
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