Both Ultramarine editions use the same pages as the Putnam hardcover edition making the page numbering and statement of printings the same. Therefore, only the bindings and signature pages are unique to these editions.
Numbered
200 signed and numbered copies
Bound in quarter brown leather & decorated boards by Denis Gouey.
Slipcased, issued without dust jacket.
Original List Price:$150.00
Lettered
26 signed and lettered copies
Bound in full leather and signed by author.
The positioning and direction of the lightning bolts on the cover vary from copy to copy. This copy is letter P. You can see the covers of other some copies below.
"[The lettered state of Lightning] were done one by one, and I am sure that Denis [the binder] was fitting the design to the leather." -Chris Stephens, Ultramarine Press
An illustrated signature sheet was released along with an unknown number of copies of the Putnam trade hardcover edition.
Appears as entries A7a and A7b on page 9 of A Checklist of Ultramarine Press by Christopher P. Stephens, Ultramarine Press 2018
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Other copies of the lettered edition:
Other editions:
For those thinking that the cover art on the Heyene edition looks familiar, in the US this piece by Rowena was used on the cover of Ghosts I Have Been by Richard Peck. (Sadly my copy has a sticker right in the middle of it.)