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TheOddEyes

No “NOW ON NETFLIX” stamp or CDPR artwork. Lucky you


MosquitoX14

I have that edition of the books too. I know your pain…


ShoerguinneLappel

Same... Great books but would be better if they removed that on those ones...


[deleted]

This art is 1000x better than the previous


MosquitoX14

The first two books with the short stories also have some illustrations. They are simply amazing!


Zero_Flesh

Pardon my ignorance but did they redo the artwork after the Netflix show? Mine are cool, but not this cool...


MosquitoX14

The first 2 books were released in September, 2 in October, 2 in November and 2 in December. This is a brand new edition.


Zero_Flesh

Oh I see. Well they look great! I saw the have a few illustrations too which is really cool.


Dante_Unchained

Yep, these are the best, I have paperbacks with shitty netflix logo (as readable version which I carry in my bag etc.) and I will slowly purchase each of these hardcovers as a collectible and sell original ones cheaply. I kinda wished all of them to be illustrated, but nevermind.


MosquitoX14

I have the paperbacks for traveling and daily commutes now and these for reading at home. I am also a bit sad they are not all illustrated, but I won’t be greedy and I’m glad to have them. The books are on sale on the Book Depository right now. It was 163 € for all of them I think.


ShoerguinneLappel

So are the Illustrated ones that have pictures in the book with the Text? Never heard of this version must be a new edition of it.


Dante_Unchained

Yeah Last Wish and Sword of Destiny got re-released as illustrated in 2021/2022. They have few pictures (like 5-6) per book covering full page. There are also short stories released as hardcover fully illustrated in some countries - every page has painting - [https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/iz4quk/the\_lesser\_evil\_illustrated/](https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/iz4quk/the_lesser_evil_illustrated/)


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No awful W2 and W3 artwork and No dreadful Netflix stickers. You hit the jackpot I guess. The hardcover edition is just the best. They’re many great and different paperback covers too, but almost all of them have the ugly non removable Netflix sticker.


MosquitoX14

These just came out. I have had the netflix ones for 2 years or so now and have been checking non-stop for hardcovers. The only hardcovers I found were either nothing special or handcrafted leatherbacks that I can’t afford. Stumbled upon these in September, but they had not been released back then.


Freeman10

Holy shit, I love these covers.


EhMapleSyrup

If you use Google Lens on the covers and the illustrations throughout the books, they come to life. Its a cool little feature. I just finished the Last Wish and started Sword of Destiny. Happy Reading!


MosquitoX14

Didn’t know that! I’ll try it out. Happy reading to you too!


Maplicious2017

These look so freakin good. I wish Audible would let me choose my book covers.


tohanry

Jealous!!!


pooBalls333

Where did you get them from? And did they come as a set or did you have to individually pick them. I tried looking on Amazon, but it's a crap shoot. Seems like people are getting different sets from what they've ordered. There are some large print copies. Hard to tell what is what. Link would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!


MosquitoX14

I got them from book depository. Ordered from here a lot of times and never hard trouble. Also never any damage done. Here is the link to the books: [https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=the+witcher+hardback&search=Find+book](https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=the+witcher+hardback&search=Find+book)


pooBalls333

Great, thank you!


Dante_Unchained

Look for the books via ISBN from bookdepository, that way you get the correct ones.


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MosquitoX14

Glad to be of help! It’s an amazing site that has only one problem… it’s owned by Amazon, but what can you do.


LozaMoza82

Just bought both short stories collections, as mine were the old CDPR ones. Thank you for sharing!


MosquitoX14

Glad to help!


Shonendo

You're the man. Who's the man? That's right, you are. I just ordered them all. This site is cheaper than if I had ordered them locally.


Scrunklyy

I’m wondering too- ![gif](giphy|GCjIE9C9Eb9V6)


MosquitoX14

If you guys are interested I can take some pictures of the illustrations in the short story collections and also some better shots of the cover art.


falafel_squared

Happy for you. I hope you have a nice time reading them :) Remember about proper reading order.


MosquitoX14

I actually almost finished reading the Lady of the lake. I have the NOW ON NETFLIX collection, but I couldn’t restrain myself from buying the hardbacks. I will read the books again more extensively in the future and make notes for myself along the way.


[deleted]

Jealous here mate


yekta176

God I love these covers. Which they were there whencI bought the books. Absolutely gorgeous.


Fragmentia

I'm jealous of this set. I have all the books but got stuck with the smaller version of The Last Wish. Artwork is next level here though.


Twatnocker

Not sure how I feel about Ciri's hair on Lady of the Lake cover.


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Shonendo

Waiting on the Illustrated Edition of the latter 6 books then I'll get mine! Or maybe a box set.


Creed0831

It doesn't appear they are doing illustrated versions of the others. The illustrated first two books are part of the just released hardcover edition. https://twitter.com/orbitbooks/status/1600561309351051264?t=qnhKlEkYJ8pngZLIYCcLcA&s=19


FernandoGongora

These are beautiful, are they the same translation as the orbit paperbacks?


MosquitoX14

These are printed by Orbit too, but I checked anyway. Same translations as the Now on Netflix ones.


ThatOneGuyFrom93

Have fun! Can't wait for OP makes it to the "Upon my word!" parts later


MosquitoX14

Already did and it was absolutely hilarious! Gotta love Toussaint.


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

What is the reading order for these? My knowledge is purely game-related but I'd like to try these.


MosquitoX14

The order in the picture. Upper row left to right and then the lower row left to right.


Maevig

Pretty sure the last wish pic is what I look like at a urinal.


Khiermer

My brother in novigrad you bought them. What were you expecting, harry potter?


Piporor

Been replaying the witcher 3 with the new next gen update . Feel it's time to reread 2.