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Limited Edition Version of Decision Points Goes On Sale This Month

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A limited edition version of President George W. Bush's new memoir Decision Points is being published by Random House. Each copy is printed on high-quality, acid-free paper and bound in a full cloth case with foil stamping. The book has a ribbon marker and a special color photo frontispiece not found in the regular hardcover edition of Decision Points. Each book is individually hand numbered, packed into slipcases, and shrink-wrapped. A press release from earlier this year said that 1,000 copies will be published. Each will be hand signed by President Bush. It will be available for purchase on November 30 but can be pre-ordered now. It has a retail price of $350 but can be found for $311.50 on Barnes & Noble.

[via Booktryst]

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Tony Blair's Memoir Available In Expensive Limited Edition

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Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, is publishing his memoirs. Blair reportedly was paid £4.6 million (over $7.3 million) for "A Journey" which will be published on September 1. The book will be published in hardback, audio and digital download formats but there will also be a special limited edition available. The special version will be autographed and sells for around $240. The Daily Mail reports that this version, will be signed, slip-cased and cloth-bound in red and is aimed at American audiences. The content will be the same but it is a signed and numbered limited edition.

Last year a special edition of Ted Kennedy's memoir,"True Compass" sold for $1,000. A limited edition of President Clinton's massive "My Life" sold for $350 and a leather-bound version of President Reagan's memoir "An American Life" was sold for $1,500 back in 1990.

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The Vatican's Secret Archives Open For New Book

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The Vatican's secret archives have been the subject of lore for centuries and have spawned plenty of movies and novels. Now some of the Vatican's documents have been revealed in a new book, The Vatican Secret Archives. The 252-page book is full of color photos and represents a chronological journey through the meandering history of the past centuries starting with the Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum, an old book containing formulas in use by the Papal Chancellery dating back to the end of the 8th or the beginning of the 9th century. Other documents include a letter from Mary Queen of Scots to Pope Sixtus V, a letter from Pius X to Hitler, and works from saints include St. Teresa of Avila.

The regular book is available from Amazon.com and other sources for around $100. But for the truly dedicated collector there is a limited edition of 33 which is handbound in the studio of the Vatican Secret Archives. The books will be printed on felt and handstitched with leather ties. Collectors editions will be numbered, stamped and certified. Each book will be made by request and can be ordered in Italian, English, French or Dutch and can be personalized. It sells for € 4,950. A press release from VdH Books states that there is also the possibility of paying a unique visit to the Vatican Secret Archives for the 33 buyers.

[via The Toronto Star]

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