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https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-martian-signed-edition

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Hello lovely book collectors!

I wanted to share an update on some new features on RareBindings.net, the site I built to help keep track of all the special editions being released these days.

I recently added collection valuations, so you can now see an estimated value for your collection based on secondary sales data from eBay. The estimate shows a min / median / max range by aggregating recent sales data.

If a book does not have secondary sales data yet, you can choose to include the retail price as the basis for the estimate instead. I’ve also added recent sales data directly to book pages, so you can quickly check what similar editions have sold for. That should make it easier to price a book if you’re selling, or check whether you’re getting a fair deal when buying.

The site also supports saved searches and stock alerts, so you can keep an eye on specific books, authors, publishers, stores, or features without manually checking everything all the time.

RareBindings now supports:

- The Broken Binding

- FairyLoot

- Illumicrate

- OwlCrate

- Folio Society

- Subterranean Press

- Suntup Editions

- Grim Oak Press

- LitJoy

- Goldsboro Books

- Dragonsteel Books

- Moonlight Book Box

- The Locked Library

- The Bookish Shop

- Arcane Society

- Lit Escalates

- Waterstones

With more to come! As always, I’m building this as a collector myself, so feedback, bug reports, and store suggestions are very welcome.

Thank you!

I've had this one on my want list for sometime now but couldn't justify the high asking prices. Thankfully I found a mint copy at a price I was willing to pay 😊 It'll sit nicely alongside my copy of The Midnight Folk 👍

I just picked up the 2010 limited edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Three Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (The three other poems are Christabel, Kubla Khan and The Pains of Sleep)

https://web.archive.org/web/20100920185523/http://www.foliosociety.com/book/RMR/ancient-mariner

This is a beautiful oversized (33cm/13" tall) edition quarter bound in vellum. Vellum used to be a common book binding material but is now quite rare due to lack of demand. My understanding is that it differs from parchment mainly in that vellum uses animal hide rather than calfskin. I couldn't find an exact specification for this book but I presume its goatskin. Its supplied by William Cowley who are the only suppliers of the material left in the UK.

I have to say the surprising thing about it that I discovered is that it has a more paper-like feel and texture to it compared to leather. The remnants of the follicles—which also provide an interesting texture as seen on the spine—however are a reminder that the source was an animal. Nevertheless plant based substitute vellum/parchment papers such as "Elephant Hide" (eg used in the Folio 1990 Lord of the rings) thus seem a decent approximation in some ways.

The book also features extremely(!) thick paper and thus touching the deckled edges actually feels like touching soft felt as all you can feel are the fibres rather than the edges of the sheets.

The artwork by Harry Brockaway, who always does great work, is tipped in and the book also features a frontispiece that's printed directly from the wooden block and which serves as the limitation page.

I'm really happy with this acquisition from the Folio back catalogue. There were also a few other LEs in a similar style that Folio produced around this time, I think I would like to pick up The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám at some point.

https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/american-psycho-limited-edition

Also signed Klara and the Sun - https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/klara-and-the-sun-signed-edition

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We recently spent a week in Iceland together and this showed up at my doorstep today! Such a cool gift. We actually visited a bunch of bookstores in Reykjavík and Akureyri in an attempt to find these. I had no expectation of finding one but the quest to do so, albeit unsuccessful, ended up being a really fun way to explore. Instead he surprised me with a set after the fact. Cool memory, perfect keepsake! Thanks bro!

I just received this beautiful edition of Perdido Street Station from the Folio Society.

There are some dark marks on the bottom of the book from what I assume to be the printing press.

Is there any way I can safely remove these marks?

Or should I just leave them. I want to keep the book.

Recently I got Fahrenheit 451 and The hidden life of trees, and my little box connoisseur, Bones approves.

Been looking at Folios for a while, thinking about the “Dubious financial decision making” everyone loves to refer to, but I fell in love with this and had to get it…

Lovely little edition. Had never read it before and the King Crimson fan in me was very happy with the first line.

I just bought my first folio (the complete plays) and it’s beautiful but after starting reading like right away, this thing appeared inside the paper itself.

Is it thread? I have already contacted folio just curious if anyone else has had this.

In September of 2025 I ordered a copy of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” but didn’t start reading it until today. Got to page 35 and the next few pages (including the illustrations) are upside down.

At first I thought it was intentional, the story being funny and quirky in that way, but after finding my footing and finishing out the chapter there was no explanation. Is this a printing error?

Edit: contacted customer support and they’ve priority shipped me a brand new copy free of charge! Great customer service!