Fablelistik Editions

Numbered Edition of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

V.E. Schwab

$725.00
  • Print Run: 250 copies
  • Page Count: 448 pages
  • Trim Size: 7 x 10
  • Signed by V.E. Schwab, Alexis Lampley, Dina Brodsky, Pat Randle, Ellen Bills and Shepherds Bookbinders  
  • Bookbinder: Shepherds Bookbinders
  • Printer: Letterpress printed by Pat Randle & Ellen Bills (Nomad Letterpress) 
  • Paper: Munken Lynx Rough 
  • Bookbinding Details: Quarter goatskin leather binding with handmade Nepalese lokta paper with copper foiled hand screen printed blossom garden design over the boards
    • Edges sprinkled with copper and black calligraphy inks
    • Black silk head and tail bands
    • Black satin ribbon marker
  • Enclosure Details: Rigid slipcase with Japanese black mohair cloth
  • Interior Details:
    • Typography: The text is set in Caslon, the running head is set in Ignatius and all other fonts throughout the book are hand- lettered by Alexis Lampley.
    • Fablelistik exclusive designed line art by Alexis Lampley throughout the book - all part openers, chapters openers and illustrations (over 16 illustrations) 
    • Five 4-color illustrations by Dina Brodsky
    • An in-world map of Manhattan and Brooklyn designed by Virginia Allyn, and exclusive to this Numbered Edition
  • Available for Pre-Order: U.S. and territories
  • Estimated Ship: Summer 2025
  • Other Editions: Lettered, Collector's

Book Summary

"A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget."

France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Addie LaRue’s extraordinary life plays out across centuries and continents, history and art, as she learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore who remembers her name.

Collaborators

Alexis Lampley
Illustrator

Alexis Lampley

Alexis Lampley has worked for over a decade as a hand-letterer and illustrator, focusing on books inside and out. She specializes in adapting her style to each specific title she works on, in order to better express the theme and mood of a particular story. As an author herself, Alexis understands the importance of art as a way to bring the words of a story to life. Alexis’s novel, Pride and Prejudice in Space, features dozens of her illustrations which showcase her wide range of styles and ability. Along with her own book, she has designed and illustrated dozens of book covers.

Dina Brodsky
Illustrator

Dina Brodsky

Dina Brodsky is a contemporary  realist miniaturist, painter and curator. She was educated at University  of Massachusetts Amherst and the New York Academy of Art, where she  received her MFA. She lives and works in Boston. She has taught  privately, and in several institutions including the New York Academy of Art, The Art Students League and the Metropolitan  Museum of Art.

Shepherds Bindery
Bookbinder

Shepherds Bindery

Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe is one of the oldest bookbinding companies in England specialising in fine binding, restoration and the conservation of books and manuscripts. Our bindery employs craftsmen with a broad range of traditional and modern skills - paper conservation. hand-sewn pages, gilt edges, fine leather covers and gold finishing - these are just some of the many facets of a hand bindery.

Pat Randle, Nomad Letterpress
Letterpress

Pat Randle, Nomad Letterpress

Nomad Letterpress is run by Pat Randle from the Whittington Press in Cheltenham, from which Pat copublishes Double Dagger and prints Matrix (“the finest periodical of the book arts of the twentieth century”). Nomad Letterpress runs letterpress workshops throughout the year and specializes in high-quality book work both for clients and under their own imprint.

Nomad believes that printing and designing using the third dimension—be it with wood, metal, lino, or hardened plastics—cannot be surpassed for quality and character.

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