The Edition

Limited and Deluxe Editions

The format for Mormoniana is quarto, 9 1/4 inches by 12 1/2 inches, 128 pages. The text paper is Mohawk Superfine, produced at mills in Waterford, New York that date to 1866. The type is composed digitally and printed by commercial printer. Endpapers are Fabriano mouldmade. The volume is hand-sewn into signatures and full-bound by hand over boards in brown silk and is embroidered on the front cover with the book's title and a twelve-color drawing.

Valerie Atkisson has created a limited edition original print--size: 18 by 12 inches--that is tipped into the volume as a frontispiece. The original print is published at Coleman Studios in Orem, Utah using a iris/giclee print process with pigmented inks laid onto archival paper. All books are numbered and signed by the artist.

The edition is limited to 175 copies for sale, numbered 1-175; and 26 hors de commerce copies (one for each of the collaborators) lettered A-Z. Of the edition of 175 volumes for sale, 25 books are signed by all the composers, essayist, pianist (the collaborators) and include an additional, unbound original editioned print 22 by 151/4, with hand-colored additions, and signed and numbered by the artist. The deluxe print is limited to an edition of 25 copies, plus two artist's proofs, and two publisher's proofs.

Commercial Edition

The commercial edition is identical to the above except for the cover which is paperbound, the frontispiece print which is color reproduced. The commercial edition is unnumbered, and includes the full musical score, essay, reproductions of artworks and CD recording.