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This may be the most extravagant edition of 'A Game of Thrones' ever created. To celebrate the novel’s 30th anniversary, The Folio Society is releasing an enormous new limited edition of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy classic—and they are only making 1,000 copies. The original 'A Game of Thrones' was first published in 1996, launching the series that would eventually sell more than 90 million books and inspire one of the biggest television shows ever made. This new edition collects the entire 872-page novel in one massive volume, complete with all of Jonathan Burton’s original illustrations and an introduction by fantasy author Joe Abercrombie. But the presentation is where things get ridiculous. The book is bound in what The Folio Society calls dragon-skin leather, with gilded edges, handmade endpapers, leather head and tailbands, and illustrations mounted inside decorative borders. Every copy is also personally signed by George R.R. Martin on a limitation label stamped in real gold. The book comes inside a specially designed clamshell box featuring gold and silver detailing, a suedelux interior, and even a hidden compartment containing a rolled linen map. Folio Society editor James Rose said the finished volume looks like something taken directly from the library of the Citadel, calling it an edition worthy of the Iron Throne. Of course, owning something worthy of the Iron Throne is not going to be cheap. The limited edition is priced at £1,500, or $2,200 U.S., and went on sale exclusively through The Folio Society last month. So, is this the ultimate collector’s edition—or would you rather spend that money buying an actual sword?