THE HOUSE · SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITIONS
Some copies pass through the house before they reach you. Those are the ones that carry a number.
What a signed copy is
An unsigned book is printed after the order and shipped to you. A signed copy comes to the house first, then from the house to you. Between the two, it is signed and numbered by hand and entered in the register.
That middle step is the whole difference, and it is the reason the two editions are priced differently. You are not paying for better paper. You are paying for the book to have been handled.
What the number means
Numbers are issued in sequence, per title, in the order copies are entered. No. 047 means forty-six copies of that title were entered before yours.
A number is written by hand and entered in the register, and each number is used once. Low numbers are not reserved, held back, or sold at a premium. They go in the order copies are bought.
Which books are signed
Signed and numbered editions are offered in hardcover only, on every bound title in the house except the volumes of The Infernal Archive. Paperbacks are sold unsigned. Each signed hardcover is its own listing, priced $15 above the unsigned hardcover.
How long it takes
A signed copy ships from the house within 24 days. Transit time is shown at checkout.
If you want the book sooner, the unsigned edition skips the middle step. It is the same text and the same binding. It simply has not been through anyone's hands.
Where it ships
Signed copies ship within the United States only, at a flat $8.00. A signed copy ships separately from any other part of your order.
The register
The house keeps a register of every number issued: the title, the number, and the date it was signed. It is not a marketing device and it does not reset.
Terms
- Signed and numbered copies carry an assigned number, so change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
- If a copy arrives damaged, tell the house and a replacement is signed and sent. The replacement carries a new number; the damaged number is retired and recorded as retired.
- Numbers cannot be requested, reserved, or chosen.
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