It’s absolutely massive! The materials are top notch, tying in the book with the production of the book (picture's, boards, etc…) It doesn’t get any better than this! The pictures are even letterpress. The vision and final product are outstanding!

Amaranthine Books batted 1000 again. This book is amazing as with all of their products. The cotton paper is...over the top luxurious for a book and just feels right. I can't be more happy with the Mission Edition.

Beautiful production including the wood on the cover (Mission Edition) The letterpress is great and I really love the illustrations, I wasn't sure that I would. Beware though, this is one massive book!

The book is MASSIVE. Every detail is perfection, from the case, the felt interior, the book itself, as with all Amaranthine books, is a work of art.

Catch-22 is a remarkable book, with a stunning design. The wooden boards are of high quality, thick, and impeccably crafted. The laser engraving is exceptionally beautiful. The leather is also of excellent quality and complements the overall design perfectly.

The paper, print, and endpapers are, of course, of the usual high standard. Truly, a work of art. When everything is taken together, a true masterpiece has been created here.
I really like it.

There are, however, two minor drawbacks (Catches) that don’t affect my overall rating:
1. The book is quite thick, and for those with smaller hands, reading over extended periods might be challenging.
2. The book arrived safely, with only a minor dent in the tray case, but I’m not entirely convinced by the new packaging. The cardboard is quite thin, and I don’t have much faith in the brown packing paper for protection. The packaging of the Sherlock Edition was more to my taste.

Wonderful production that does justice to the story. Love the three-piece binding with wooden boards!

Catch-22 - Mission Edition

This is my first edition from Amaranthine and it won't be my last...in fact it already isn't!

Starting from the outside and working in, the slipcase is sturdy and nicely bound in paper and cloth with clean, crisp printing of the title and author details. The book itself is reassuringly solid and with a fair amount of heft but a comfortable size for reading. The binding matches the slipcase in paper and cloth and is very well done.

Inside, a very nice quality paper and excellent - to my eyes - letterpress printing. The illustrations are quite unique. Some may prefer more traditional scenes but I'm a big fan of the approach taken, especially for a short story collection.

All in all a very nice edition indeed. What Amaranthine has achieved at this price point is remarkable.

I haven't read the book yet, but what I can already say is that the quality of the materials and printing are really good, and the illustrations are excellent. I'm very happy with my purchase.

I have been eyeing this title for quite some time, but hesitating as €200 is quite a bit for a book. However, once you get the actual book, you fully understand the price. It is just truly stunning. The price is more than fair, in particular when you compare to other fine print vendors.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience. Every page you turn you are reminded of the attention to detail and incredible quality of the materials used to create this work of art, and particularly at this price point.

This is my first Amaranthine book and I am so impressed. The overall design is wonderful, the paper is thick, and the letterpress printing is really nice. The illustrations are incredible - such a unique style and interesting concept. The sturdy slipcase, extremely fast international shipping, and perfectly protective yet not wasteful packaging are certainly worth mentioning too.

Doyle laboured over this selection, hoping to create a satisfying impression of his hero’s most entertaining and infamous cases. It’s wonderful to see that the producers of this beautifully crafted volume were similarly committed. Marvellous.

I received my Clue Edition from Amaranthine Books and first of all, it was extremely well packaged. They don’t mess about in protecting their publications, ensuring the recipient receives them in first class condition.

On opening the package, delivered safely by DHL, I was presented with an immense structure, totally representing the front door of 221b Baker Street.

The structure itself is truly well made and is very heavy, even more so when you find inside, the goatskin leather bound book containing 12 Sherlock Holmes stories, all wonderfully printed on handmade paper, especially made for Amaranthine Books.

The text is of course created in letterpress on their own printing press and running your fingers over the pages within, you can actually feel the raised text and although the book is quite thick, due to the nature of the handmade paper, the content runs to just under 400 pages but you wouldn’t think it to look at it.

Each chapter beginning consists of unique drop capitals, unique chapter headings and unique artwork to illustrate the story described.

You cannot fail to hold this majestic publication and not admire the layout, paper, letterpress, design, colours, artwork, goatskin leatherbound structure, gold foil title, which makes it totally special. After all, every lettered edition is unique for the owner, never having been duplicated, as the glorious endpapers make them unique, each letterpress page will be slightly unique, even the smyth sewn binding has to be unique - I am holding my own work of art, never to be repeated.

Everybody at AB puts their heart and soul into creating amazing editions and they make it very personal for you. Even contacting them via email or social media is treated like you were part of their family and to be honest, you do feel like that anyway, as their warmth, empathy and communication skills ensure you are dealing with AB on a very personal level.

If you can, follow AB on Facebook or via the ‘fans’ page and you will come across a wonderful family of friends who love AB as much as I do. And from here, you can glean how important AB are to the publishing world. Then try and obtain copies of any of the AB books to witness for yourself how beautiful these works of art are.

Ever since their first majestic, artistic, unique and creative publication, Amaranthine Books has gone from strength to strength.

The thing with Marko and his ‘family’ is that they make every publication personal to you, even though there are numerous owners of these works of art. From being informed via social media or emails ( even they feel personal to you) to the video previews we are gagging to see, AB make it all just for you - this is what they have been doing since day one , creating a wonderful work of art in which you live and breathe their concept, design, creativity and eventual publication.

This ‘Detective Edition’ is yet another outstanding book, work of art, creation, call it what you will but to have it in your hands what with the beautiful tactile suede lamb skin leather, to the solander box, inlay of the Holmes profile to then open the book and view the stunning marbled end papers before gently easing the pages (as guided by a very thoughtful insert on how to open books correctly) to running your fingers over the custom made cotton paper , sensorally experiencing each letterpress text.

Note, this book is hand bound and therefore, each book will be unique - not machine bound, making them all uniform but each on you purchase will be truly just for you.

Even the drop capitals, the chapter headings and the full page colour illustrations in a layered approach, viduslly describing the content of the story make is wonderful to behold.

Just holding this book in your hands and browsing the pages makes it a mystical experience as you wff as my it to embody you, make it firm a part of your soul, stepping into the world of Sherlock, like no other publishers has ever done for me.

Elementary it is not.