![]() This entry was posted on Monday, March 10th, 2014 at 8:00 AM and is filed under Books, Fantasy, pics, Science Fiction. Tags: Books, Centipede Press, pics, The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers In fact, I still have a couple left at $75 a pop (first come first serve), which is a hefty discount over the $295 offering price on pristine copies… But this edition is so over-the-top I couldn’t pass up a chance to pick up copies at a bargain price. Plus I’m not a big fan of post-first limiteds in general. ![]() I didn’t think I needed another Anubis Gates, since I have the PBO, the UK first, the Ziesing hardback, and the facsimile manuscript included with the ultralimited edition of the Berlyene bibliography. The entire assemblage is only a hair thinner than the traycased edition of George R. The thing is ginormous, resting in a two-part red velvet slipcase which houses the book and an accordion portfolio of the color art plates in the book, and includes an appendix of deleted scenes from the original manuscript and a fold-out map of 1810 London. First edition hardback thus, a Fine copy save two flaws (the slipcase keyhole cutout is about 1/4″ misaligned between the two halves, and it lacks the signature page) bound in decorated red and black velvet with a lenticular image embedded in the front cover, in a Fine slipcase. ![]() I recently got in some imperfect copies the Centipede Press limited edition of The Anubis Gates, and it’s completely off the hook: ![]()
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