{"product_id":"the-handwritten-life-signed-first-edition-limited-edition-seal","title":"The Handwritten Life: Signed First Edition + Limited-Edition Seal","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first 150 pre-orders of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Handwritten Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e placed through my website, I wanted to make something that could only belong to this moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of these 150 books will be hand-signed by me and accompanied by a special wax seal I designed exclusively for this first edition. Only 150 of these seals will be made. It will not be released separately or made available again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe First Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis first edition is particularly meaningful to me because I think of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Handwritten Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a book I will return to throughout my life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI hope to revise it, add to it, and allow future editions to change as I do. This is the book as I understand it now, at forty, and these first 150 copies mark its very beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Seal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the accompanying seal, I returned to the crescent moon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe crescent moon was the image that first inspired my Everlasting Penny, and it appears again in the final chapter of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Handwritten Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It felt like the right image to mark the beginning of the book because it is also the image with which the book ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sketch shown here reveals the composition, but I am keeping the finished engraving a secret a little longer. I will unveil the completed seal live closer to the book’s release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of the 150 Includes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• One first-edition copy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Handwritten Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Hand-signed by Kathryn Hastings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• One exclusive Crescent Moon wax seal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Seal limited to 150 pieces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The seal will never be offered separately or reproduced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 books. 150 seals. One first edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KATHRYN HASTINGS \u0026 CO.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323503542439,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/2921\/8983\/files\/BirthofVenusDraft_7.jpg?v=1789016436","url":"https:\/\/kathrynhastingsco.com\/products\/the-handwritten-life-signed-first-edition-limited-edition-seal","provider":"KATHRYN HASTINGS \u0026 CO.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}