Spirits Of Place Text Anthology Signed Limited Edition Hardcover

Text anthology edited by John Reppion including essays by Alan Moore, Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, Warren Ellis, Gazelle Amber Valentine, Iain Sinclair, Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir, Vajra Chandrasekera, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Kristine Ong Muslim, Mark Pesce, Dr. Joanne Parker, and Damien Williams. All material is © of their respective authors. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

This anthology was published by Daily Grail Publishing in November 2016 in paperback form (ISBN: 978-0-9946176-3-7), and  in hardcover form with a limited print run of 200 copies (978-0-9946176-2-0). Out of these 200 copies, 100 numbered copies were proposed with a tip-in sheet signed by the editor (John Reppion) and a number of the contributing authors (Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair, Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, Dr. Joanne Parker). This article deals with the latter edition.

The hardcover comes with a fully illustrated dust jacket designed by Pye Parr, that can be displayed upside-down. Another picture below is for size comparison with Alan Moore's Jerusalem hardcover novel.

The inner book (6.3 x 9.3 inches or 16 x 24 cm, 304 pages, $93.95 AUD) features a light grey canvas hardcover, with glued binding. Second and third of cover are plain white. The signed tip-in sheet is glued on an additional thick page opposite the second of cover (the rest of the book being printed on thin "see-through" mat paper).

the glued binding

The table of contents can be seen below, including the introduction written by John Reppion. Each essay is introduced by a B&W picture.

The Alan Moore essay itself, Coal Memory, is 22 pages long.

The book finishes with 12 pages dedicated to notes and sources for related essays.