Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Overview:

  • Title: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
  • Author: Brandon Sanderson
  • Year: 2023
  • ISBN-10: 9781938570377
  • Publisher: Dragonsteel Entertainment
  • Price: $40.00
  • Pages: xiv+[2]+479
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
  • Notes: This is the Kickstarter-exclusive faux-leather edition with an embossed and foil-stamped cover. Price based on $160 for all four books on the Kickstarter. Stated "First Edition: July 2023" on copyright page First printing per number line: 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Illustrator per copyright and title pages Acknowledgements on pp.xi-xiv "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" half-title page would be on p.xv (page following the Acknowledgements), though it is unnumbered. The text of the story starts on p.3, and the unnumbered section title page labeled "Part One" would be p.1. Glossy, full-color images are on pages 32.2-32.3 ("Thirty-Seven Spirits", a two-page spread), 208.2-208.3 ("Learning to Paint", two-page spread), 272.2-272.3 ("Backlit by Wonder", two-page spread), and 464.2-464.3 ("Contest", two-page spread). Spot illustrations using grayscale and one or two spot colors are on pages 24, 32.1, 41, 67, 116, 157, 168-169 (two-page spread), 182, 208.1, 214, 245, 272.1, 317, 320, 338, 381, 412, 451, 464.1, 470, and 475. The images on pp.32.1, 208.1, 272.1, and 464.1 are all the same image. They are slight variations of the front cover and title page image. The ornament at the beginning of each chapter is different. These are grouped under a generic, un-paged "interior art" entry below. The page numbers alternate between blue and magenta each chapter. The front and back endpapers are black and white sumie-style paintings. The front endpaper features bamboo with a dark circle (read the book to find out what it is) that looks like a stylized sun. The back endpaper features Yumi sitting in a crooked flowering tree with the sun in the background. An untitled "about the contributors" is on unnumbered page 480 and contains brief biographies of Sanderson and Chen.