The Assassin'S CreeD Book Thread

[LowlyAssassin]

So we have a thread for figures and statues
I thought we would have one specifically for Guides, Art Books, Graphic Novels, Novel's and anything else that comes to mind

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Assassin'S CreeD IV Black Flag Journal
Was handed out at E3
Will soon be available at UbiWorkshop.com
Retail price $19.99



A different AC:IV Journal
15 October 2013
Amazon.com/ Amazon.co.uk
Retail price $19.99
No image yet

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Product Details
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Insight Editions (October 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608872998
ISBN-13: 978-1608872992

[LowlyAssassin]

Guides
Assassin's Creed Official Game Guide

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Product details
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: PRIMA PUBLISHING; Pap/Map edition (14 Nov 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761555579
ISBN-13: 978-0761555575
Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 20.6 x 26.9 cm

Assassins Creed 2 Collectors Edition Official Game Guide

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Product details
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: PRIMA PUBLISHING; Har/Pstr C edition (17 Nov 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761563253
ISBN-13: 978-0761563259
Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.6 x 2 cm

Assassin's Creed II: The Complete Official Guide

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Product details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: PIGGYBACK INTERACTIVE (20 Nov 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1906064490
ISBN-13: 978-1906064495
Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.6 x 1.5 cm

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: The Complete Official Guide

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Exclusive Content: The Collector's Edition comes in a hardcover featuring unique cover art developed exclusively for this edition. It also offers 16 exclusive pages of art not available in the standard edition guide.
Product details
Hardcover
Publisher: Prima Games; Har/Map edition (16 Nov 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307890007
ISBN-13: 978-0307890009
Product Dimensions: 2 x 20.6 x 28.1 cm

Assassins Creed Brotherhood Complete Official Guide

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Product details
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: PIGGYBACK INTERACTIVE; 2nd New edition edition (19 Nov 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307469697
ISBN-13: 978-0307469694
Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm

Assassin's Creed Revelations: The Complete Official Guide

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COLLECTOR?S EDITION BONUS#1
The development team presents insights through an exclusive 16-page section featuring sketches of yet-undisclosed moments from Alta?r?s life.
COLLECTOR?S EDITION BONUS#2
FREE ACCESS to the interactive world map ? code inside!
The interactive world map reveals the locations of all collectibles and Viewpoints throughout Constantinople and Cappadocia. You can toggle points of interest on and off and zoom in and out.
COLLECTOR?S EDITION BONUS#3
Laminated reference cards for all 9 Multiplayer maps.
Product details
Hardcover: 239 pages
Publisher: Prima Games; Har/Crds C edition (15 Nov 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307892018
ISBN-13: 978-0307892010
Product Dimensions: 21 x 2.4 x 28.4 cm

Assassin's Creed Revelations - The Complete Official Guide

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Product details
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: PIGGYBACK INTERACTIVE (11 Nov 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1908172053
ISBN-13: 978-1908172051
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 28.4 cm

Assassin's Creed III: The Complete Official Guide

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Product details
Hardcover: 333 pages
Publisher: Prima Games; Har/Pstr C edition (30 Oct 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780307895462
ISBN-13: 978-0307895462
ASIN: 0307895467
Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 2.6 x 28.3 cm

Assassin's Creed III: The Complete Official Guide

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Product details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: PIGGYBACK INTERACTIVE (30 Oct 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1908172207
ISBN-13: 978-1908172204
Product Dimensions: 28 x 21 x 1.8 cm

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - The Complete Official Guide
Collector's Edition
Release Date - 29 Oct 2013

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Product details
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Prima Games; Collectors edition (29 Oct 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804161585
ISBN-13: 978-0804161589

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - The Complete Official Guide
Paperback
Release Date - 29 October 2013

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Product details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Prima Games (29 Oct 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804161569
ISBN-13: 978-0804161565

Art Books
Assassins Creed Art Book Limited Edition

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Product details
Hardcover: 157 pages
Publisher: PRIMA PUBLISHING; Limited edition edition (12 Nov 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076155873X
ISBN-13: 978-0761558736
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 1.6 x 27.5 cm

The Art of Assassin?s Creed III

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Synopsis
Assassin?s Creed steps into a brand new era. With intricately detailed environments and finely-honed and evocative historical reimaginings, this is a world into which you can immerse yourself and feel the echoes of the past come to life. Continuing in the footsteps of this already world-renowned franchise, Assassin?s Creed III promises to be the biggest and best yet.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781781164259
Dimensions: 301 x 228 mm
Hardback: 144pp
Publication date: 30 October 2012
Illustration detail: Colour illustrations throughout
All authors:
Andy McVittie

The Art of Assassin?s Creed III (Limited Edition)

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Synopsis
Assassin?s Creed steps into a brand new era. With intricately detailed environments and finely-honed and evocative historical reimaginings, this is a world into which you can immerse yourself and feel the echoes of the past come to life. Continuing in the footsteps of this already world-renowned franchise, Assassin?s Creed III promises to be the biggest and best yet.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781781165980
Dimensions: 301 x 228 mm
Hardback: 144pp
Publication date: 30 October 2012
Illustration detail: Colour illustrations throughout
All authors:
Andy McVittie

Book:
Title: The Art of Assassin?s Creed III
Author: Andy McVittie
Extent: 144pp.
Limited Edition price: UK: ?50.00
Dimensions: 301 x 228 mm (UK) / 9? x 11.85? (US)
Paper stock & weight: 157gsm Chinese Glossy Art
Binding:Threadsewn, separate printed ends, flatback, black head & tailbands, cased in printed paper case over 3mm boards.
Dustjacket:Gloss laminated.
Slipcase image: ?Give me liberty or give me death? slogan / alternative image of Connor.
Slipcase specification: Gloss laminated.
Signed: The book is not signed.
Numbered: 500 copies.

Art print: x2
Dimensions: 291 x 218mm
Paper/card colour, stock & weight: 285gsm fine pearl art.
Printing process: Digital.
Print signed: Both prints are signed- 1) The Chinh Ngo 2) Gilles Beloeil
Name of signed image: The prints are untitled.

The Art of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the official art book
2 versions
Hardback & Special limited to 500 slip cover
Release Date - 28 October 2013

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The recently announced Assassin?s Creed IV Black Flag sees a sea change for the franchise with a harsh new setting in the Golden Age of pirates. With intricately detailed environments and finely honed and evocative historical re-imaginings, this is a world into which you can immerse yourself and feel the echoes of the past come to life. Continuing in the footsteps of this already world-renowned franchise, Assassin?s Creed IV Black Flag brings to life a time of enormous diversity and passion, ensuring it will be the biggest and best release yet. Highlights in the game, and in the art book, include one of the largest never-before-experienced nautical gameplay ever offered, with an amazing range of locations and action.

A special slipcase edition will also be available, limited to 500 copies and including two exclusive Assassin?s Creed IV Black Flag concept art prints, signed by the artists.

[LowlyAssassin]

Graphic Novels
Assassin?s Creed - Desmond

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Synopsis
This first volume of the French comic trilogy from Ubisoft, tells the story of Desmond Miles? abduction by Abstergo and their plans to rip the blood-steeped memories of Desmond's ancestors from his genetic code. Add to the mix the mysterious and violently terrified Subject 16 and a desperate flight from Abstergo, and this makes for a fast-paced and thrilling addition to the game?s universe.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781781163405
Dimensions: 276 x 179 mm
Hardback: 48pp
Publication date: 30 October 2012
Illustration detail: Colour comic strip
All authors:
Eric Corbeyran , Djilalli Defaux

Assassin?s Creed - Aquilus

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Synopsis
Second volume of the comic trilogy from Ubisoft. Escaped from Abstergo with the help of Lucy, Desmond joins the Assassins in their fight against the Templars. But, betrayed by Patient 13, the Assassins leave Rome for Monterrigioni. On the way, Desmond uses the Assassins? animus to visit the memories of his ancester Aquilus, a Roman citizen fighting those who would become the Templars.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781781163412
Dimensions: 276 x 179 mm
Hardback: 48pp
Publication date: 30 October 2012
Illustration detail: Colour comic strip
All authors:
Eric Corbeyran , Djilalli Defaux

Assassin?s Creed - Accipiter

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Synopsis
Following on from Desmond?s previous foray into his ancestral assassin-past, Aquilus desperately strives to avenge his father?s murder. His thirst for revenge leads him to Rome, and sets him on a quest for the mystical Ankh as the savage Barbarian tribes, led by the deadly Assassin Accipiter, prepare to descend upon Lugdunum. Desmond, meanwhile, must also fight stay alive in the present day.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781781163429
Dimensions: 276 x 179 mm
Hardback: 48pp
Publication date: 30 October 2012
Illustration detail: Colour comic strip
All authors:
Eric Corbeyran , Djilalli Defaux

Assassin's Creed Hawk
Release Date - 15 November 2013

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Synopsis
When Desmond Miles is called away on an urgent mission, he entrusts fellow Assassin Jonathan Hawk with File 24.
Hawk sets out to search for the Scepter of Isis - a powerful ancient artifact, lost in time. Through his Assassin ancestor, El Cakr, Hawk travels to Egypt in 1257, where the Scepter lies in the hands of the new Sultan. Pursued in the present by the formidable Templar agent Vernon Hest, Hawk finds himself in a race against time - throughout time
Product Details
Artist Djilalli Defaux
Author Eric Corbeyran
Binding hardback
Cat No. 2871790
EAN 9781781168394
ISBN 9781781168394
Publisher Titan Books
Series Titan Books

Ankh Of Isis Trilogy
Release Date - 03 November 2013

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Syopsis
This first ever collection of the three-volume graphic novel from Ubisoft collects together the exhilarating story of Desmond Miles? abduction by Abstergo.
His subsequent flight from their grasp leads to Desmond joining the Assassins in their fight against the Templars. Betrayal leads to Desmond ?recovering? the memories of his ancestor, Aquilus as he searches for the power of the mystical Ankh and savage Barbarian tribes, led by the deadly Assassin Accipiter, prepare to attack.
Product Info
EAN 9781781163436
ISBN 9781781163436

Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1

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Product Description
Written by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Color Art by NADINE THOMAS
Produced by Ubiworkshop
Published by DC Comics
32 pages - Color

Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #2

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Product Description
Written by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Color Art by NADINE THOMAS
Produced by Ubiworkshop
Published by DC Comics
32 pages - Color

Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3

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Product Description
Written by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL & CAMERON STEWART; Color Art by NADINE THOMAS
Produced by Ubiworkshop
Published by DC Comics
32 pages - Color

Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Deluxe Edition

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Product Description
The authors: Assassin?s Creed The Fall has been written and drawn by Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl, two renowned and acclaimed comic book authors. They have previously worked on prestigious comics such as Superman or Batman and Robin.
Assassin?s Creed The Fall Deluxe Edition features an exclusive 10 pages epilogue, as well as a making-of section and other surprises.
Assassin?s Creed The Fall follows 19th century Russian assassin Nikolai Orelov as he strives to claim an artifact of immense power from the hands of the Templars, leading to a climactic and violent showdown with the ruthless Tsar Alexander III aboard a speeding train!
Meanwhile, in modern times, a troubled young drifter copes with unsettling visions of a possible past life ? visions that have irreversible consequences for the present.
Other Details
ISBN: 978-2-924006-01-6
Language: English
# of Pages: 128
Binding: Softcover
Extras: 10 Pages Epilogue

Assassin's Creed: The Chain

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Product Description
Eisner award winners Karl Kerschl and Cameron Stewart return to create the sequel of Assassin?s Creed The Fall. Assassin?s Creed The Chain completes the Daniel Cross/Nikolai Orelov narrative arc, but it also sheds a new light on Assassin?s Creed III?
We have the pleasure to reveal you every Wednesday a piece of the great comic: The Chain. Enjoy!
Other Details
ISBN: 978-2-924006-05-4
Language: English
# of Pages: 96
Binding: Softcover

Novels
Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade

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Synopsis
Niccol? Polo, father of Marco, will finally reveal the story he has kept secret all his life - the story of Alta?r, one of the brotherhood's most extraordinary Assassins.
Alta?r embarks on a formidable mission - one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Alta?r must defeat nine deadly enemies, including Templar leader, Robert de Sable.
Alta?r's life story is told here for the first time: a journey that will change the course of history; his ongoing battle with the Templar conspiracy; a family life that is as tragic as it is shocking; and the ultimate betrayal of an old friend.
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780241951729
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 464
Published : 15 Jun 2011
Publisher : Michael Joseph

Renaissance

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Synopsis
Assassin's Creed. The Novelisation.
?I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. I am an Assassin??
Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honour, he will learn the art of the assassins.
Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli ? knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live.
To his allies, he will become a force for change - fighting for freedom and justice. To his enemies, he will become a threat dedicated to the destruction of the tyrants abusing the people of Italy.
So begins an epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy.
TRUTH WILL BE WRITTEN IN BLOOD
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141046303
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 528
Published : 26 Nov 2009
Publisher : Penguin

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

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Synopsis
'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This is my brotherhood.'
Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the Master Assassin.
Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere, even within the ranks of the brotherhood itself?
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780241951712
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 544
Published : 25 Nov 2010
Publisher : Michael Joseph

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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Synopsis
When a man has won all his battles and defeated his enemies, what is left for him to achieve?
Ezio Auditore must leave his life behind in search of answers, in search of the truth. In Assassin's Creed?: Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altair, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path - one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilise the region.
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780241951736
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 528
Published : 10 Nov 2011
Publisher : Michael Joseph

Assassin's Creed: Forsaken

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Synopsis
Assassin's Creed: Forsaken is the latest thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. The new game, Assassin's Creed III, takes one of gaming's most popular franchises to new heights in its most realistic world yet and introduces a brand new Assassin, Connor. Set during the American Revolution, Connor has sworn to secure liberty for his people and his nation and unleashes his powerful skills on the chaotic, blood-soaked battlefields of the hostile American wilderness. Assassin's Creed: Forsaken is the story behind who Connor really is and how he has become a deadly killer.
The world of the Assassin's has become far more lethal than ever before.
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780718193683
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 496
Published : 08 Nov 2012
Publisher : Penguin

Assassin?s Creed: Black Flag
Release Date 07 November

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Synopsis
The Golden Age of Piracy is a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties - and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin?s Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.

[LowlyAssassin]

Added ACIV black flag novel by Oliver Bowden Image

[LeX]

Nice Thread, as I'm starting to collect guides, art books, novel, comics.

How about the Japan edition Guide, Art Book?

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by CElexter

Nice Thread, as I'm starting to collect guides, art books, novel, comics.

How about the Japan edition Guide, Art Book?

If I could find website with listing information and decent pictures then I would add them all,
I still have to do the 4 encyclopaedia's

[LowlyAssassin]

Assassin'S CreeD IV Black Flag Journal
Was handed out at E3
Will soon be available at UbiWorkshop.com



A different AC:IV Journal
15 October 2013
Amazon.com/ Amazon.co.uk
No image yet

Spoiler!

Product Details
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Insight Editions (October 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608872998
ISBN-13: 978-1608872992

[Romeo]

Lowly, just for confirmation, the E3 journal is the EXACT same that will be sold soon at UWS? If so, there sure are some fools out there.

I've been writing ebay sellers and reporting them for lying about the e3 AC IV t-shirt since it's sold at UWS and was not exclusive to e3.

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by Romeo

Lowly, just for confirmation, the E3 journal is the EXACT same that will be sold soon at UWS? If so, there sure are some fools out there.

I've been writing ebay sellers and reporting them for lying about the e3 AC IV t-shirt since it's sold at UWS and was not exclusive to e3.

UbiWorkshop to release the "e3 exclusive" journal / notebook for general sale in July
That's in three (3) days time

[Redmagster]

So they're listed now then....


http://store.ubiworkshop.com/assassi...k_Flag_Journal