My First Folio Society Collector's Edition - Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

[@sw3dge]

This was the most standout Folio Society book even before I knew what it was even about. This video was worth the wait!

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah mate, it’s gorgeous. 😍 As usual with special editions, I probably won’t actually read it 😆 but it’s nice to flip through and enjoy the illustrations.

[@MrA5htaroth]

Re: your question at 5:00 in the video about the coloured page edges on the top but not sides and bottom: if a book is to stand on a shelf it exists in a room with atmospheric particles (dust) that settle onto it from above. Gilded pages on the top of a book resit the dust entering the pages, allowing a careful owner to wipe a book clean before opening it, preserving its physical integrity. Now, Folio Editions tend to come in a box, obviating the necessity for this precaution. Maybe they just do it out of tradition?

[@thepassenger6499]

Man those books look amazing! I like the fact, that the artwork on the outside is totally different from the artwork inside, but both look great! 👌🏼 And no, it's not showing off! 😄 Sharing the excitement is always good (imo)!

[@MattonBooks]

Indeed Daniel - I was kinda shocked when I figured out the covers and interior illustrations were done by the same guy. 😳

[@thepassenger6499]

@Matt on Books That's actually mind-blowing but it also shows how versatile he is.

[@andreabknight]

They look amazing- that cover art is wild....

[@MattonBooks]

Absolutely Andrea! 😳 And the interior illustrations aren’t visually as wild, but do a great job of impressing the bizarre nature of the narrative on the viewer.

[@liviajelliot]

Oh my goodness! These are *superb*! So many congrats! I have wanted Folio's edition of Space Oddissey for a while, and after seeing this, now I have a mighty need!

[@MattonBooks]

Indeed. Excellent quality & beautiful design. I’m having hard time holding myself back from grabbing their edition of Dune immediately too. 😬

[@liviajelliot]

@@MattonBooks Same! And there are a few more I want, but not enough space (nor a thick enough wallet) to get them all D:

[@blacknbluecollarreader]

Showoff!!! Wait now that I'm seeing the books.....go right ahead and show those bad boys off 😍😍😍😍. I hope someone from Folio or Broken Binding see this video. You an amazing job of presenting these books with great in book context. Good job my friend.

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Dan. It’s a really gorgeous edition that deserves the attention. 😍

[@ColinsCornerYT]

These are absolutely beautiful. I’ve done my fair share of poking around on The Folio Society and have yet to purchase anything, and these editions have always caught my eye. Congrats on an exciting purchase!

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Colin. 🙂 Yeah, I was the same for many months, just browsing, but I was just looking for any excuse to push the buy button. 😜

[@Stewart000]

Those are gorgeous! Such a great series to have in the Folio edition. Enjoy!

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Stewart! Yeah, I’m a little in love. 😍😆

[@paulwilliams6913]

Gorgeous! I don’t know if I’ll ever collect too many Folio books, but I love having my copy of A Wizard of Earthsea. These look like worthy editions!

[@MattonBooks]

Absolutely. They almost feel like books that would be found in the Archive of the House Absolute. 🙂

[@TuftyMcTavish]

Is it showing off? Nahhh, it’s sharing the joy! Though I have wondered much the same when it comes to book hauls, which - book buying ban challenges aside - I’ve much reduced shouting about for similar reasons. But I’m excited by hauls, whoever it is. I’m not really a Special Edition collector but will dip in for very particular reasons like you described here for this lovely set.

[@marianamasbooks]

I don’t think it’s showing off! (And if it is I don’t care 😂 I love looking at beautiful books). Those are gorgeous! 😍 Thank you for sharing

[@MattonBooks]

I also don’t care, Mariana. Obviously. 😆

[@TangibleReads]

those are indeed fancy books. sophisticated books. I didn't expect the colorful covers, compared to the spines. if you enjoy and want to splurge, why not!

[@MattonBooks]

I know, right? The whole design of this edition works so perfectly to express the surprising & bizarre narrative within. 🙂

[@IRuinEvrything]

I love that they appear to be 'fuligin' spines with metallic red letters. I wonder if it's vantablack.

[@MattonBooks]

I was guessing it might be. It definitely looks blacker than black somehow.

[@demidrek-heyward]

yup I couldn't resist this one either..

[@MattonBooks]

Gorgeous, isn’t it? 😍

[@Kamakazi152.]

These are absolutely GORGEOUS! They might be the best books Folio has ever released... Unless you're trying to make people feel bad, or make yourself seem like a better person for having it, I don't think it's showing off. I like to enjoy them vicariously through this video lol at least until I can get my own copies in the future... possibly. 😁

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, they’re gorgeous. 😍 And of course it’s all about sharing the joy. 🙂👌🏻

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

I almost bought the folio edition of book of the new sun yesterday.. put it in my cart to see shipping price which alone was more than most special edition books lol. I was so tempted to just buy it. Even more tempted to add dune etc to the thing (they offer a free note book if you buy two books and I'm 100% the type of sucker to fall for that) But yeah. I should probably first focus on a bunch of other things before I buy any folio books. Once I buy that first one I know I won't be able to stop buying them But man I'm so jealous, here have a Nazar bead 🧿 so my jealousy doesn't damage your books somehow lol. These will definitely be my first folio books Ps there is a darker than fuligin "vanta black' or whatever it would have vene really cool if they used the vanta black' on some parts of the book. Its so black you can't see shadows just like his fuligin cloak But I love the covers even though the style of the art doesn't seem to match at first. But the art I've seen inside is mad beautiful The red and black is so pretty

[@MattonBooks]

To be fair, it IS 4 books, not just one, so of course it’s a bit more expensive than a single special edition.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

@@MattonBooks Hahaha I mean the shipping price, made a typo. And unfortunately the 4 book limited edition is no longer available but they do have a very similar, unlimited collectors edition which has two larger books instead. I saw the 4 book edition going for 2000+ euro (it was signed I believe)

[@MattonBooks]

The collector’s edition with 2 books, with 2 books inside each, is indeed the one this video is about. 🙂

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

@@MattonBooks hahahah I'm sorry mate. It's the weekend and I'm high hahahaha. Anyway thanks for the video!

[@almaaguado347]

They are amazing!!, the illustrations inside and the artwork outside are fantastic and so different!!. I will love to have beautiful editions for my shelves but the same here, been moving around quite a bit for many years so still getting paperbacks or Kindle 😅

[@MattonBooks]

One day you may settle down a bit like me, Alma. 🙂 Then you can start collecting.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

I wish I had every illustration in high quality and the associated page nr. So I could view them as they show up on the folio book. Man those illustrations are pretty.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, I’d definitely buy prints of some of them if they were available. ♥️

[@gloomyvale3671]

Some folio are great prices, you will buy more, I just bought Shackleton’s Antarctica 3 volume book, they are gorgeous editions, great pictures and maps that come with them.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah gloomy, just pulled the trigger on the Dune & Dune Messiah editions. 😆

[@bardsandbooks]

Very beautiful books!

[@MattonBooks]

Indeed! 😀

[@thefantasythinker]

Wicked awesome!!!!

[@MattonBooks]

🤘🏻😀🤘🏻

[@thebigshep]

This edition was actually my introduction to Book of the New Sun. I was browsing the Folio website a year or so ago and saw this book, thought looked interesting, clicked on it, saw it was well-liked by my favorite author, or at least one of them (Neil Gaiman). I didn't buy the first book and start reading until a couple months ago, though

[@MattonBooks]

And how are you liking it Shep? I’m in the 3rd book right now, and some things are starting to (sort of) make more sense…

[@bananatos8929]

Folio society is too expensive for me, but I understand your excitement, because that's how I felt when I managed to get a numbered/signed (illumicrate) special edition of Sabriel by Garth Nix. He's personally one of my favorite fantasy authors so I'm happy I got one. Now I can't wait to get Daniel Greene's Neon Ghosts this year from the Kickstarter. ☺️

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, Folio’s up there price wise. I’m certainly not going to start collecting them, but this was nice as a treat. 🙂

[@Sams911]

not showing off at all... I've had these for years and every new one gets me excited to share, maybe I'll make a video on them some day... I have (By Folio Society), 2002 Kelmscott Chaucer, 2009 Moby Dick, 2022 James Joyce Ulysses, 2022 Lord of the Rings set, 2023 Beowulf, and the entire series with the Vellum spines (Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories, and many more)... They are worth showing off!

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah mate, they’re just remarkably gorgeous books. 😍

[@iSamwise]

If I purchase anything from Folio it will be this.

[@MattonBooks]

It’s lovely, and it’s fuligin! 😀 Darkest books on my shelf.

[@verosnotebook]

Folios are gorgeous and very expensive, hence why I keep away from them. Temptation would be too high. Enjoy yours 😊

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, can’t blame you there at all Vero. 😬

[@madam_im_adam]

Sweet vajra tee

[@EricMcLuen]

Its not that you bought 1 expensive special edition, you bought four affordable special editions.....

[@MattonBooks]

Heyyyy, I like that perspective! 😆