The book, weighing in at just over six kilos a copy, offers the elite traveller a hotlist of the globe’s most extraordinary, off the beaten track properties and private islands, as well as once in a lifetime experiences.

Entries in this extra large (almost one metre across in size when opened), beautifully produced, hand-finished tome cannot be bought, and so each property or experience featured has been diligently researched and handpicked by the publisher.

A limited edition run of one thousand copies, is exclusively available for pre-order.

Apart from the exceptional locations cited, the book also identifies countless opportunities to participate in once in a lifetime adventures and expeditions, such as getting fully immersed in the training and lifestyle of the Samurai in Japan, getting up close with polar bears in the Canadian Arctic, hanging out with indigenous tribes of West Papua, getting kidnapped in the Czech Republic, driving supercars with celebrity drivers in Sweden’s high north, enjoying a private airship expedition in the Caribbean, hunting with eagles whilst on horseback in Mongolia, racing buggies through Mexico’s rugged desert or, for example, participating in a sensational helicopter safari in Ethiopia which also includes a private dinner with the country’s president.

The Private Collection is only available for purchase here at a cost of € 1,000 per copy, including the significant shipping costs.