Life of Pi - Prestige Edition

Life of Pi - The Prestige Edition of only sixteen (16) vellum bound copies marked after the  first 16 letters of the Greek Alphabet: Alpha to Pi. 

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 £1,950  (plus P&P).

Note: This price will increase to £2,200 on Monday 1st June. Books are anticipated to ship in August/September, 2026.

Should you wish to secure the book with a £1,000 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.

Click here to view a flipbook sample of the edition

The Prestige Edition will be hand-bound in full Vellum and housed in an enhanced solander box with natural grain goatskin leather with tiger stripes. The spine has a black leather embossed label of the title in English and Hindi. The plush lined black interior has two quotes embossed in gold on the inside of the lid and the well, housing a signed folio set of fine art prints (signed by Serio) and the book itself.

Book details:

The vellum boards of the book are chamfered and reveal the lifeboat at sea with the foiled waves representing the stripes of Richard Parker. The back cover has a gold embossed claw swipe. The blue swirling hand-marbled endpapers are from Compton Marbling.

The 288 pages are printed offset on Mohawk 120gsm paper with colour drop caps starting each of the 100 chapters. All three paper edges are gilded, and the leather head and tail bands are complemented by two silk ribbon markers. The frontispiece shows a dangerous Richard Parker facing the viewer in the lifeboat,  and all 13 full illustrations are tipped in, with two of them as double-page fold-outs.

Page size: 240 x 170mm

Solander 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

By completing this purchase, you confirm that you have read and agree to the terms and conditions of sale. 

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 highest quality finished product.