The Folio Society To Publish 30th Anniversary Ultimate Limited Edition Of ‘The Illustrated A Game Of Thrones’

The Folio Society, independent publisher of beautifully illustrated hardback books, will publish the Ultimate Limited Illustrated Edition of A Game of Thrones timed to its 30th anniversary. The single-volume edition will contain all of the original artwork by Jonathan Burton in a fantastic new presentation including a clamshell box, ‘dragon-leather’ binding, a rolled map, writer George R.R. Martin’s signature, and much more. Just 1,000 copies of the ultimate 30th anniversary illustrated edition of A Game of Thrones will be available to order on July 14th.

A Song of Ice and Fire — of which A Game of Thrones is the initial novel — is an indisputable publishing and pop culture phenomenon. The wildly popular fantasy series has sold over 90 million copies since the first book’s initial publication in 1996. The television adaptation ran for 8 seasons and generated multiple spinoffs and an undeniable place at the center of pop culture. 

A Game of Thrones begins in a land where summers can last decades, winters can last a lifetime, and trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. 

Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

“This volume is so stunning it could have been taken directly from the Citadel library itself,” said Folio Society Editor James Rose. “We have been incredibly fortunate to work with the finest British craftspeople on this special 30th anniversary version: from the leather makers who created our incredible dragonskin leather, to the James Cropper paper mill who made our bespoke endpapers, to Ludlow Bookbinders who are binding each volume with care. With a limitation page blocked in real gold, a rolled map and a stunning box – and each copy personally signed by George R. R. Martin himself – this is truly a limited edition worthy of the Iron Throne that absolutely every fan of the series needs in their library.”

The 872-page single-volume book is housed in a specially designed box with a blocked suede-lux interior, a hidden map compartment, and a blocked exterior featuring hand-lettering by Stephen Raw. The map is made of linen and rolled to fit the compartment. The full text, accompanied by an introduction from Joe Abercrombie, is presented in an incredible volume bound in dragon-skin leather over chamfered boards with gilding on all three edges. 

Every copy is signed by Martin on a label blocked in real gold. Printed in two colors throughout, the book will also feature illustrations tipped within borders, hand-made endpapers with a bespoke watermark, leather head and tailbands, and a clamshell box featuring a blocked GoT symbol on the inside with gold and silver blocking on the outside.

The Folio Society 30th Anniversary Ultimate Limited Edition of A Game of Thrones will be available for £1,500 / $2,200 USD from 4pm UK time (11am EST, 8am PT) on July 14th, 2026 exclusively from The Folio Society at this link.