Lyra's Press

Standard Edition

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Standard Edition

Print Run:

500

Pages:

198

Trimmed Page Size:

240mm x 160mm

Paper:

170gsm Fedrigoni Arena Rough

Printing:

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

Binding:

Quarter gold buckram or ochre cloth binding with hand marbled paper sides

Presentation:

24 full-page colour and black ink line drawings, plus multiple half-pages and spots

Box:

Slipcase

Signatures:

Gary Gianni (artist)

SOLD OUT

£175.00

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.

Standard Lottery Closed

Lottery registration for the remaining Standard 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.

Standard Edition Details

Limited to 500 unnumbered copies

Trimmed page size – 240 x 160mm

Signed by Gary Gianni

Choose between two colourways – ‘Ochre’ cloth or ‘Gold’ buckram spine. You will be able to choose the colour you would like at the time of purchase.

Printed letterpress on 170gsm Fedrigoni Arena Rough 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 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 are printed offset litho by Hurtwood Press and sewn into the structure of the binding. All black and white images are letterpress printed to the page.

The Standard edition is bound as a cloth quarter binding with marbled sides. Marbled paper is handmade by Freya Scott of Paperwilds. The book is bound with either an ochre bookcloth or gold buckram spine. Each book has a gold outlined letterpress printed label sunk into the front board.

The book comes in a straight edged, gold or ochre buckram covered slipcase, depending on book colour choice. The ochre cloth book comes in a gold buckram slipcase (the Standard Ochre) and the gold buckram book comes with an ochre slipcase (the Standard Gold). The front of the slipcase is foil blocked with a Gary Gianni pyramid design. The inside of the slipcase is lined with a sandy pink coloured suedel.

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

Standard Edition Pre-Order Details

The Standard edition is limited to 500 copies. There will be NO live sale for this edition. Copies will be available by lottery.

Please note, should you be successful in the lottery, you will make your colour choice at the time of purchase.

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

We will contact successful lottery winners from Monday the 11th of November. Successful entrants will be notified by email and sent a payment link once chosen.

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.

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 this shop page. All purchase limits will then be removed.

You may also enter the lotteries for the other editions.

There is a ‘one entry per household’ rule in place for the lottery for the Standard edition.

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

The Standard edition does not include rights to any future titles.

Anyone who purchases a Lettered or Numbered edition will be given the opportunity to purchase one copy of the Standard edition at the time of ordering. One copy per household.

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

Standard 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.