Issues
This page contains a reference of all the currently issued 'Dark Inventions' publications, (chapter samplers, uncorrected proofs, first edition first impression, first edition second impression, A3+ and A4 art prints) together with tips on how to identify the genuine article.
Sample Chapters
Each chapter sampler consists of a back and front cover image printed on transparency material. These look really quite stunning, and obviously match the volume from which the chapter has been drawn. Inside, there is a title page showing the quadric mandala, at the centre of which is an element for either earth, water, fire, air or quintessence. In addition this page is signed, numbered 1/5, 2/5 etc., and dated with the month and year of issue. There is also a thumbprint to confirm that you have the genuine article, the colour of ink matching the colour of the element symbol. The frontispiece and illustration are printed using archival pigment inks on Somerset Velvet Art paper. The text pages are printed on archival matt heavyweight paper, and all pages, regardless of content are supplied un-punched, in order to allow the purchaser the option to mount and frame them. The number of pages shown in the table below does not match the number of pages that the chapter occupies in the book, since the samplers are printed on A4 media.
Here's the frontispiece and the illustration from the 'earth' sampler for the chapter entitled "The Grobbley Manuscript"
The table below shows all sample chapters and their date of issue
| Chapter | Pages | Earth | Water | Fire | Air | Quintessence |
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The Department |
5 | Dec '04 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Coat of Raziel |
7 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Prisoner of Panoptica |
4 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Playing the Empire |
11 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Nether Grimston |
9 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Man with the Wooden Teeth |
16 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Flaming Panties |
12 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Song of the Thermionic Triodes |
9 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Illustrious Doctor Veraciter |
13 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Kolley Kibber and the Mechanical Turk |
13 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Grobbley Manuscript |
15 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Angel Loft |
10 | Jan '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Fifth Gate |
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Snogg's Number Two Stack |
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| Garderobius Janitorum | ||||||
| The Shew Stone | ||||||
| Mappa Mundi | ||||||
| Venter Lokey | ||||||
| Seeing Stars | ||||||
| Turtles and Pulleys | ||||||
| The Forest of Skeels | ||||||
| Rootspank and Nine-Tails | ||||||
| At the Sign of the Bright Byrde | ||||||
| Khepri | ||||||
| Welcome Home Lovely Daughter | ||||||
| Unwarranted Interference | ||||||
| Saint Mallydick Mirabilis | ||||||
| Lectrical Therapy | ||||||
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Trouble with Nuts |
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| Tales by the Sea | ||||||
| Bentley Priory – Private Dick | ||||||
| The Eighth Hour of the Night | ||||||
| The Yakky Morto Machine | ||||||
| The Mysterious Bandstand | ||||||
| The Grand Architect of the Universe | ||||||
| Dewey, Cheetham and Howe | ||||||
| Major Excitement on Route 53 |
Uncorrected Proofs
Available Feb 2005
Limited availability in any case, as most of these will go to reviewers
There are a number of differences when comparing the proof to the main print run. The most obvious of these is the cover. The proof has the brown 'leather' cover we've all got used to seeing (including me), whereas the main print run books will have a green leather cover. The idea is that the colours of the covers will key in to associated 'element' colour, which in the case of Farperoo is green, associated with the scarab beetle symbol. In keeping with the colour co-ordination theme, the endpapers will be dark green in the main run books (whereas they are plain white in the proof). Internally there are text differences between proof and final (the corrections), and there are a certain number of differences in the illustrations. For instance, in the chapter entitled 'The Fifth Gate' the angel has a halo in the proof, but not in the actual book.
The main feature of the proof though might well be described as an 'accident'. Due to my inexperience with these things I had assumed that the proof for a hardback would naturally itself be a hardback - and so that's what I ordered! Apparently this is most unusual, and so will make these a bit of a rarity.
Total print run 100
First Edition, First Impression
Available now
See shop page for description of versions
Total print run 2310
First Edition, Second Impression
Available now
See shop page for description of versions
Total print run 3000
Signed A3+ Art Prints
These are stunning pieces of artwork, just crying out to be framed in a nice plain black or white mount. Each print is unique, bearing one of the five element symbols - earth, water, fire, air or quintessence. In addition the print is signed, numbered 1/5, 2/5 etc., and dated with the month and year of issue.
The image is printed using archival pigment inks on Somerset Velvet Art paper.
There are just 5 prints from each chapter
The table below shows all A3+ art prints and their date of issue
| Chapter | Earth | Water | Fire | Air | Quintessence |
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The Department |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Coat of Raziel |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Prisoner of Panoptica |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Playing the Empire |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Nether Grimston |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Man with the Wooden Teeth |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Flaming Panties |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Song of the Thermionic Triodes |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Illustrious Doctor Veraciter |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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Kolley Kibber and the Mechanical Turk |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Grobbley Manuscript |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Angel Loft |
Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | Feb '05 | |
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The Fifth Gate |
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Snogg's Number Two Stack |
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| Garderobius Janitorum | |||||
| The Shew Stone | |||||
| Mappa Mundi | |||||
| Venter Lokey | |||||
| Seeing Stars | |||||
| Turtles and Pulleys | |||||
| The Forest of Skeels | |||||
| Rootspank and Nine-Tails | |||||
| At the Sign of the Bright Byrde | |||||
| Khepri | |||||
| Welcome Home Lovely Daughter | |||||
| Unwarranted Interference | |||||
| Saint Mallydick Mirabilis | |||||
| Lectrical Therapy | |||||
|
Trouble with Nuts |
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| Tales by the Sea | |||||
| Bentley Priory – Private Dick | |||||
| The Eighth Hour of the Night | |||||
| The Yakky Morto Machine | |||||
| The Mysterious Bandstand | |||||
| The Grand Architect of the Universe | |||||
| Dewey, Cheetham and Howe | |||||
| Major Excitement on Route 53 |
Signed A4 Art Prints
Each print is signed and numbered 1/25, 2/25 etc., and dated with the month and year of issue.
The image is printed using archival pigment inks on Heavyweight Matt Art paper.
There are just 25 prints from each chapter
The table below shows all A4 art prints and their date of issue
| Chapter | Earth |
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The Department |
Mar '05 |
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The Coat of Raziel |
Mar '05 |
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The Prisoner of Panoptica |
Mar '05 |
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Playing the Empire |
Mar '05 |
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Nether Grimston |
Mar '05 |
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The Man with the Wooden Teeth |
Mar '05 |
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Flaming Panties |
Mar '05 |
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Song of the Thermionic Triodes |
Mar '05 |
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The Illustrious Doctor Veraciter |
Mar '05 |
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Kolley Kibber and the Mechanical Turk |
Mar '05 |
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The Grobbley Manuscript |
Mar '05 |
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The Angel Loft |
Mar '05 |
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The Fifth Gate |
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Snogg's Number Two Stack |
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| Garderobius Janitorum | |
| The Shew Stone | |
| Mappa Mundi | |
| Venter Lokey | |
| Seeing Stars | |
| Turtles and Pulleys | |
| The Forest of Skeels | |
| Rootspank and Nine-Tails | |
| At the Sign of the Bright Byrde | |
| Khepri | |
| Welcome Home Lovely Daughter | |
| Unwarranted Interference | |
| Saint Mallydick Mirabilis | |
| Lectrical Therapy | |
|
Trouble with Nuts |
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| Tales by the Sea | |
| Bentley Priory – Private Dick | |
| The Eighth Hour of the Night | |
| The Yakky Morto Machine | |
| The Mysterious Bandstand | |
| The Grand Architect of the Universe | |
| Dewey, Cheetham and Howe | |
| Major Excitement on Route 53 |
Signed A4 and A3+ Cover Prints
The front cover image, printed to either A4 or A3+ size.
Each print is signed and numbered 1/50, 2/50 etc., and dated with the month and year of issue.
Images of both sizes are printed using archival pigment inks on Somerset Velvet Art paper.
There are just 50 prints of each size
All of these prints are dated March '05
Colour Plates
Examples of the colour plates used to identify the various versions.
The letter and element combinations are unique for a given version.
Elements Bi-graph (8.5cm high)
Elements Monograph (12cm high)
Signed A5 Prints
Each print is signed and dated with the month and year of issue.
The image is printed using archival pigment inks on Heavyweight Matt Art paper.
The table shows all Volume 2 A5 art prints and their issue quantities
| Chapter | Earth |
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| Ravenous Creatures | 20 |
| Schnuuuurk | 20 |
| Maiden Flight of the Ornithopter | 30 |
| Groffin and the Star Shadow | 30 |
| Green Triangles | 20 |
| Assembly of the Dead | 40 |
| Doctor Dee - His Privatt Howse | 20 |
| Ex Libris | 20 |
| Whiff of a Mermaid | 20 |
| The Table of Practice | 40 |
| Feendish Mekanismes | 12 (two only in green ink) |
| Tetravox | 11 (one only in green ink) |
| The Mechanical Nursery | 20 |
| Lovely in Pink | 20 |
| Full Red Plush and Sixteen Springs | 42 (two only in red ink) |
| Whispering Walls | 41 (one only in red ink) |
| Leap of Faith | 20 |
| Lundrumguffa | 20 |
| Negative feedback | 40 |
| The Golden Boat of Ra | 40 |
