Lyra's Press

Lettered Edition

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Lettered Edition

Print Run:

Pages:

198

Trimmed Page Size:

240mm x 160mm

Paper:

160gsm Magnani Pescia mould made

Printing:

Text printed letterpress in black with several additional spots of yellow. Colour images giclée printed and sewn into the binding

Binding:

Bradel bound. Leather spine and leather boards with cut-outs. Hand marbled endpapers

Presentation:

24 full-page colour and black ink line drawings, plus multiple half-pages and spots. Small remarque on signature page. Cloth portfolio containing a selection of signed, numbered prints on 250gsm Somerset mould made paper

Box:

Solander box

Signatures:

Paulo Coelho (author) and Gary Gianni (artist)

SOLD OUT

£2,450.00

Price plus shipping and handling of £25 in the UK and £55 for the rest of the world.

One copy per household – see Pre-Order Details below.

Lettered Lottery Closed

Lottery registration for the remaining Lettered copies of ‘The Alchemist’ is now closed.

Winners will be given the opportunity to purchase this edition and will be chosen at random. You will be emailed if successful. If you don’t receive an email then unfortunately you were not selected. One entry per household.

Lettered Edition Details

Limited to 26 copies

Trimmed page size – 240 x 160mm

Signed by Paulo Coelho and Gary Gianni. Each copy contains a small remarque on the signature page by the artist.

Text printed letterpress on 160gsm Magnani Pescia mould made paper by Phil Abel and Robert Hetherington of Hand and Eye Letterpress. Printed in black with yellow spots throughout on a Heidelberg cylinder press, using photopolymer plates.

This edition is newly and lavishly illustrated by world renowned artist, Gary Gianni. There are 10 full-page colour paintings, plus 14 full-page black ink line drawings. Many of these images are spread across two pages and there are also multiple half-page and spot black and whites around or embedded in the text. All colour images for this edition are giclee printed by Hurtwood Press and sewn into the structure of the binding. All black and white images are letterpress printed to the page.

The Lettered edition is bound as a bradel binding, with a terracotta Russell’s Oasis goatskin leather spine and teal Harmatan goatskin covered boards. Each board is foil blocked in gold and cut out to reveal hand marbled paper pyramids on the board beneath.

Endpapers and board cutouts are hand marbled paper by Freya Scott of Paperwilds.

All page edges are hand gilded in gold.

The book comes in a bradel bound solander box. The spine is terracotta Oasis goatskin leather, with a letterpress printed label and the front and back boards have frames covered in terracotta cloth. Beneath the frames are letterpress printed images by Gary Gianni. Inside the box there is also a foil blocked, full cloth portfolio with pocket, containing a selection of signed and numbered prints.

Please be aware that there may be minor alterations to the design as we enter the production stage.

Lettered Edition Pre-Order Details

This edition is limited to 26 copies. All copies, designated A – Z, will be first offered privately to current Lyra’s Press rights holders (those who are the registered Lettered edition rights holders of Coraline).

Rights holders will be contacted on Wednesday 30th October and will have until Sunday 3rd of November to make their purchase. Any copies not taken up by current rights holders will be available by lottery ONLY.

The lottery form will be open on this page from Monday 4th November at 12pm GMT until Wednesday 6th November at 12pm GMT.

Winners of the lottery will be notified by email and sent a payment link on Thursday 7th of November. The option to purchase will be in place for 48 hours from the timestamp of the notification email, after which any non-purchased copies will be offered to someone else.

There is a ‘one entry per household’ rule in place for the lottery for this edition. We ask that you please respect this rule so that everyone has a fair and equal chance. If we find multiple entries, they will be deleted and you will be banned from the lottery for this edition.

If we fail to sell all copies through the lottery, these copies will become available on the website shortly afterwards and you will be able to purchase directly through the shop page. All purchase limits will then be removed.

You may also enter the lotteries for the other editions.

Click here to see our rules around the lotteries on our FAQ page.

All copies of the Lettered edition carry rights to the next Lyra’s Press title.

Anyone who purchases a Lettered and/or Numbered edition will be given the opportunity to purchase one copy of the Standard edition at the time of purchase. You may choose between Ochre or Gold. One copy per household. Please see the Standard edition shop page for more information on this edition.

We accept payments via PayPal, Stripe (credit card), Wise and direct bank transfer (if in the UK).

Lettered Edition Delivery Details

The cost of shipping is £25 in the UK and £55 for the rest of the world. The shipping cost is based on custom made boxes with foam, packing and booking time as well as the cost of the courier service.

All books will be packed into custom made, double walled cartons and surrounded by thick foam on six sides to ensure safe delivery.

Deliveries within the UK will be sent via a 48 hour courier. Delivery times elsewhere in the world will vary depending on your location, but we would hope that the books will largely be delivered within a few days at most. All services will be fully trackable and you will be sent a confirmation of shipping along with a tracking number when your parcel is booked with the courier. If you have a preferred courier service then do let us know and we will try our best to use them if they are available.

All international deliveries, including to the EU, now have full customs declarations. Any import taxes, customs duties or fees must be paid for by the recipient. Customs policies vary from country to country and you should contact your local customs office for more information. Customs clearance procedures may cause delays and extend our quoted delivery time estimates, for which we cannot be liable.

Please note – we cannot deliver to PO Box addresses.

We expect to have the books finished and ready to ship late summer 2025.