Life of Pi - Collectors Edition

Life of Pi - The Collectors Edition of only two hundred and twenty seven (227) cloth bound copies individually numbered 1-227

A 25^th Anniversary Edition signed by the Author Yann Martel and The Illustrator Andrea Serio.

Pre-order your copy now at the special opening price of £295  (plus P&P).

Note: This price will increase to £315 on Monday 1st June. Books are anticipated to ship in August, 2026.

Should you wish to secure the book with a £95 Securing Voucher and pay the balance in July, please click here. (Please read the terms and conditions)

Life of Pi is an unforgettable adventure about survival, faith, and the power of storytelling, following sixteen-year-old Pi Patel as he becomes stranded at sea with a Bengal tiger (Richard Parker). Blending danger, wonder, and philosophy, the novel takes readers on a gripping journey that challenges the boundary between truth and imagination.

The Collectors Edition will be hand bound in blue cloth and housed in a plush lined slipcase.  The tigris cloth slipcase is enhanced with an embossed title label. Tiger stripes are on both the head and tail of the slipcase. The plush lined slipcase comfortably houses the book.

Book details:

The blue cloth boards of the book depict a lifeboat at sea, with maritime waves that suggest the tiger's stripes. The back cover has a gold embossed claw swipe. 

The 288 pages are printed offset on 130gsm superior matt paper with colour drop caps starting each of the 100 chapters. A frontispiece shows a dangerous Richard Parker facing the viewer in the lifeboat. There are 16 illustrations and two of them are double-page spreads.

Page size: 240 x 170mm

Slipcase and book hand-bound by Ludlow Bookbinders

Illustrations by Andrea Serio

This limited Edition release consists of four bindings of only 570 copies:

16 Prestige Edition

Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, and Pi Patel was 16 years old when adrift at sea with Richard Parker. The number 16 is also the number of illustrations: 13 full page and 3 vignettes.

100 Deluxe Editions

There are 100 chapters to this adventure

227 Collectors and 227 Artist Editions.

Pi's journey adrift at sea lasted 227 days. Also, if you divide 22 by 7 you get a number that is 3.14... quite close to π

*Notes

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The price does not include any import taxes or duties that your country may apply. These will be for you to settle with the relevant authorities should such payments be required.

It is your responsibility to inform us of your correct address and any changes to that address. We are not responsible for books mailed to an incorrect address supplied by the customer. 

Images shown are of our prototype books. These prototype designs are to indicate what the final publications will look like and to uncover any issues in production. The final product may have some minor changes, such as a font change or adjustments necessary to create the high quality finished product.