Past Exclusive Editions
Browse through our gallery of past exclusive editions to get more information on the books and their design features.
The Kiss Quotient Series by Helen Hoang (Afterlight Exclusive)
March 2023
Our Afterlight Exclusive: The Kiss Quotient Series by Helen Hoang are exclusive B format hardbacks, featuring:
- Redesigned covers with artwork by @nekokonut22 plus text and overall design by @chattynora
- Stencilled edges by @chattynora
- Design on the front and back of the hardback by @chattynora
- Endpaper artwork (different front and back for each book) by @eklixio
- Ribbon bookmarks
- All three books are signed by Helen
Photo: @theladysparks
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (Illumicrate Exclusive)
November 2022
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Atlas Paradox edition features:
- Exclusive cover with holographic foil
- Digitally sprayed edges
- Holographic foil embossing on the hardback
- Endpaper art by @littlechmura
- Signed by the author
Photo: @bookwormgram
Empirium Trilogy set by Claire Legrand (Illumicrate Exclusive)
September 2024
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Empirium Trilogy set features Royal hardbacks and includes:
- Exclusive redesigned covers (illustration by @mad_brake; design by @hollydunndesign)
- Foil embossing on the hardback (by @hollydunndesign)
- Digitally printed edges (by @mad_brake)
- Illustrated endpapers (by @amsartor)
- Book 1 is hand signed by the author; books 2 & 3 are digitally signed.
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Illumicrate Exclusive)
July 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition of Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe features:
- An exclusive cover
- Foil embossing on the hardback
- Stencilled edges
- Endpaper art by Diana Dworak
- Signed by the author
Photo: @aureliusoctavius
Lore Olympus Volumes 3 & 4 by Rachel Smythe (Illumicrate Exclusive)
July 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive editions of Lore Olympus Volumes 3 & 4 feature:
- A digital signature in both volumes
- An exclusive cover for Volume 4
- Ombre sprayed edges on both volumes
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
Emily Henry set (Afterlight Exclusive)
July 2022
Our Afterlight Exclusive: Emily Henry set comes in B-format hardback and features:
- Sprayed edges
- Book Lovers is hand-signed
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers (Illumicrate Exclusive)
April 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers includes the four books in the Wayfarers series and feature:
- Exclusive hardback covers with holographic foil
- Digital edges
- Signed by the author
Photo: @jbooksndreams
Daphne Press Deluxe: Abhorsen by Garth Nix
August 2024
Our Daphne Press Deluxe: Abhorsen edition is a Royal hardback and features:
- An exclusive wraparound cover (illustrated by @tommyarnoldart)
- A textured slipcase with a silver foil charter symbol on both sides
- Coloured endpapers featuring Sabriel’s bells (art by Gavin Reece)
- Signed and numbered on a full colour page featuring the original Abhorsen cover art by Leo & Diane Dillon
- Bound-in bonus materials: A Guide to the Necromancer’s Bells; A Guide to the Charter; A Sorcerer’s Recollections
The interior pages are College Text FSC paper (acid free) and the hardback case is Masterblank Blanco paper (acid free).
Photos by @bookwormgram
Lirael by Garth Nix (Daphne Press Deluxe)
September 2023
Our Daphne Press Deluxe: Lirael edition features:
- Exclusive wraparound cover (illustrated by @tommyarnoldart)
- A textured slipcase with a bronze foil charter symbol on both sides
- A ribbon bookmark
- Coloured endpapers featuring Sabriel’s bells (art by Gavin Reece)
- Signed and numbered on a full colour page featuring the original Lirael cover art by Leo & Diane Dillon
- The interior pages are College Text FSC paper (acid free) and the hardback case is Masterblank Blanco paper (acid free)
Photo: @bookwormgram
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (Afterlight Exclusive)
March 2022
Our Afterlight Exclusive: The Love Hypothesis is an exclusive hardback edition and features:
- An exclusive cover
- Sprayed edges
- Foiled embossing on the hardback
- Digitally signed by the author
Photo: @rebireads
ExtraOrdinary by V.E Schwab and Enid Balam (Illumicrate Exclusive)
October 2021
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: ExtraOrdinary by V.E. Schwab and Enid Balam features:
- An exclusive cover by Fabio Mancini (@pm_fabio)
- Designed endpapers
- Exclusive bonus material
- Signed by V.E. Schwab
Photos by @bookwormgram
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (Illumicrate Exclusive)
March 2022
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake edition features:
- An exclusive cover with holographic foil
- Digitally sprayed edges
- Holographic foil embossing on the hardback
- Endpaper art by @littlechmura
- Digitally signed by the author
Photo: @lonely_reader
The Blood Gift by N.E. Davenport (Illumicrate Exclusive)
June 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Blood Gift features:
- An exclusive B-format hardback edition of a paperback
- Block sprayed edges
- Signed bookplate
Photo: @lonely_reader
Sabriel by Garth Nix (Daphne Press Deluxe)
August 2022
Our Daphne Press Deluxe: Sabriel by Garth Nix edition features:
- All new, exclusive wraparound cover, illustrated by @tommyarnoldart
- A foreword from the author
- 25th anniversary bonus content, including the short story ‘One Wyverley Summer.’
- Leather textured slipcase (faux) with a gold foil charter symbol on both sides
- Signed and numbered on a full colour page featuring the original Sabriel cover art by Leo & Diane Dillon
- Ribbon marker
- Coloured endpapers featuring Sabriel’s bells art by Gavin Reece
The interior pages are College Text FSC paper (acid free) and the hardback case is Masterblank Blanco paper (acid free).
Photo: lonely_reader
Sands of Arawiya duology by Hafsah Faizal (Illumicrate Exclusive)
April 2022
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Sands of Arawiya duology by Hafsah Faizal are Royal hardbacks and feature:
- Exclusive new covers by @monolimeart
- Digitally printed edges
- Foil embossing on the hardbacks done by Hafsah Faizal
- Signed by the author
Photo: @aconjuringofmagic
Madeline Miller slipcase set (Illumicrate Exclusive)
January 2022
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Madeline Miller slipcase set features exclusive naked hardback editions in Royal size, with:
- Gold foiled covers
- Quotes on the spine
- Bound-in author letters
- Slipcase featuring matching gold foil designs to all three sides
- Signed by Madeline Miller
Photo: @libraryinthecountry
Funny Story by Emily Henry (Afterlight Exclusive)
March 2024
Our Afterlight Exclusive: Funny Story edition is a B-format hardback and features:
- Full colour printing on the hardback (by @polarts_)
- Digitally printed edges (by @chattynora)
- Illustrated endpapers (by @svanhaart, different front and back)
- Signed by the author
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski (Illumicrate Exclusive)
September 2021
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski is a Royal hardback and features:
- An exclusive cover
- Sprayed edges
- Signed by the author
Photo: thebookorder
The House In the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Illumicrate Exclusive)
October 2021
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The House In the Cerulean Sea & Under the Whispering Door set come in hardback demy format and feature:
- Exclusive stencilled edges
- Full colour printing on the hardback with designs by @Pauhami
- Signed by the author
Photo: @rae
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (Illumicrate Exclusive)
June 2020
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski edition features:
- Naked hardback with black foiling details
- Black sprayed edges
- Quote on the spine
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
The Faithless by C.L. Clark (Illumicrate Exclusive)
March 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: The Faithless is an exclusive hardback and features:
- Block sprayed edges
- Foil embossing on the hardback
- Signed by the author
Photo: @bookwormgram
The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert (Afterlight Exclusive)
August 2021
Our Afterlight Exclusive set of the Brown Sisters trilogy features:
- Exclusive hardback editions
- Sprayed edges
- Digital signatures
- Get a Life, Chloe Brown also features a letter written by the author
Photos by @becbetweenbooks
Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn (Illumicrate Exclusive)
June 2021
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn features:
- Sprayed edges
- Signed by the author
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross (Illumicrate Exclusive)
December 2022
Our edition Illumicrate Exclusive: A Fire Endless editions features:
- Redesigned cover
- Digitally printed edges
- Foil embossing on the hardback
- Artwork endpapers by @mistilteinn.art
- Signed by the author
Photo: @rebireads
Uprooted and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Illumicrate Exclusive)
October 2020
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Uprooted and Spinning Silver set are royal hardback with the original UK dust jackets and feature:
- Metallic sprayed edges
- Endpaper artwork
- Embossing on the hardbacks
- Quotes on the spines
- Ribbon bookmarks
- Fully designed slipcase
- Bound-in author letter stamp signed with Naomi Novik’s signature
Photos by @bookwormgram
One for My Enemy and Masters of Death by Olivie Blake (Illumicrate Exclusive)
September 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: One for My Enemy and Masters of Death features:
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Redesigned covers on naked hardbacks with diecuts
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Digitally printed edges
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Foiled endpapers
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Digitally signed by the author
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Illumicrate Exclusive)
May 2023
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang edition features:
- Digitally printed edges
- Foil embossing on the hardback
- Signed by the author
Photo: @becbetweenbooks
Illumicrate Exclusive: Vicious by V.E. Schwab
April 2018
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Vicious by V.E. Schwab is a Royal hardback and features:
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Exclusive cover
- Signed by the author
Photo: @bookwormgram
A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (Illumicrate Exclusive)
October 2021
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light features:
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Exclusive naked hardback design with foiling
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Endpapers by @Rudebeetle
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Sprayed edges
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Signed by the author
Photo: @literaryxqueen
Illumicrate Exclusive: Dark Age by Pierce Brown
July 2019
Our Illumicrate Exclusive: Dark Age by Pierce Brown is a Royal hardback and features:
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Stencilled and sprayed edges
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Signed by the author
Photo: @thebookorder