Claus Laufenberg (ed): THE CUPBOARD UNDER THE STARS Special Edition
2023 416pp Timeless 4to hardback. Illustrated in colour throughout. Dark copper boards with design and titling foiled in white. Near fine.
Ltd. Ed. 174 copies. This special edition features a different colour design to the standard edition, together with an illustrated “inventory” booklet, i.e. a first outline for a bibliography of the Balance notebooks with details of their content plus 3 postcards and a metal pin badge of the ectoplasm design by Balance.
The Cupboard under the Stars has been compiled from Balance’s notebooks. It features a comprehensive selection of lyrics for COIL often in various stages of development plus a second part of unused lyrics, essays, research and rants, outlines for videos, magazines and books which were never completed.
The book is almost entirely in Balance’s own beautiful handwriting with several mostly rare photos and unseen artworks included as well.

