Unboxing the most expensive book I have ever paid for...
posted by Neil GaimanI just filmed a little unboxing-and-enthusing video. It's for the 25th Anniversary editions of Little, Big or, The Fairies' Parliament, by John Crowley. Illustrated (or rather, with Art by) Peter Milton.
Most of the edition was pre-sold long ago, but a few hundred remain. You can buy them at https://store.deepvellum.org/products/little-big and they will go too fast. It was, I would hazard, worth waiting the extra 15 years for.
My essay is on the dust-jacket of the Green edition. Lots more information about all of this to be found at https://littlebig25.com
(And to clarify, it's the most expensive book I've ever paid for, because of the reasons explained in Ron Drummond's blog at https://littlebig25.com/PR-210915.shtml, and not because you have to pay that price to get it. For you, it's $135 until there aren't any left and then watch rare book dealers make a killing on the copies they bought...)
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Most of the edition was pre-sold long ago, but a few hundred remain. You can buy them at https://store.deepvellum.org/products/little-big and they will go too fast. It was, I would hazard, worth waiting the extra 15 years for.
My essay is on the dust-jacket of the Green edition. Lots more information about all of this to be found at https://littlebig25.com
(And to clarify, it's the most expensive book I've ever paid for, because of the reasons explained in Ron Drummond's blog at https://littlebig25.com/PR-210915.shtml, and not because you have to pay that price to get it. For you, it's $135 until there aren't any left and then watch rare book dealers make a killing on the copies they bought...)
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Also, I'm now on Mastodon. Follow me at @neilhimself@mastodon.social -- and there's an invitation waiting for you at https://mastodon.social/invite/kP5BRV9s. My first ever Mastodon post has a Good Omens photo from yesterday. Expect more mysterious backstage photos there -- and here -- for a while...Labels: little big or the fairies' parliament, mastodon, unboxing
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Sara Leigh
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Nov 09, 2022 04:44AM
I haven't gotten mine! I need to check on it.
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I have a trade paperback original from 1981 and it is a cherished possession. It's a shame I didn't know about the other versions of this. Thanks for letting me know that it is available--at my local bookstore of Deep Vellum, no less! Happy to support a wonderful local book dealer!
Loved this video, my oh my, what a book! The sheer size of it, & the incredible illustrations 🤩I’d almost expect a spotlight to fall from the heavens onto the cover after you’d unwrapped it, with a narrator’s voice saying, “And there was much rejoicing.”
Wow - at long last it's finally shipping. Can't wait for mine to arrive. Thanks for sharing.
I'm heartened that these books may be beginning to ship. I'm still waiting on my pre-order, but then I didn't make a substantial donation other than the actual price of the book. We'll see...
YIKES! Both price and size. I don't recommend you read that in bed. If it hits you, you'll either suffocate or be seriously concussed.
This is tremendously wonderful news! What a story. Excited to receive my copy!
Hi, I watched your video and immediately purchased a trade copy from Deep Vellum and had it shipped (£55) to Devon, England. The writing and art work and layout and all is all you said it is, wonderful. I have to say though the binding is not up to par with the hopes of what I was expecting. Nothing like your lovely copy of American Gods with the Folio Society, which is superbly printed. I just wanted to mention that I am disappointed in this. The pages are literally hanging by a single page on each side of the cover. Unless I am very careful the pages in the book due to thier heft are going to rip out and then what do I have? Hardly a collectable... I suppose I wouldn't have minded if I had paid £50, but over £170... Sorry to whinge...
