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1astropi
Modifié : Sep 1, 2021, 6:11 pm

Hey All!
So... curious what books were you on the fence purchasing, then decided not to - or perhaps you were just procrastinating, only to later find out the book sold out and to this day you regret your hesitancy!
Or at any rate, it cost you much time and effort (perhaps money as well) to find the book later :)

2NathanOv
Sep 1, 2021, 6:23 pm

Stardust from Lyra's books - decided to pass on it at the time as I knew nothing of the publisher, and after hearing the raves about it ended up spending almost as much on a standard edition as it would have cost me for a leatherbound in the preorder period.

Not quite Fine Press, but my latest regret is not springing for the lettered edition of Ambegris by Jeff Vandermeer from Subterranean Press which is looking to be their most extravagant Lettered yet.

3eanson
Sep 1, 2021, 6:47 pm

Kat Ran Press's edition of Haruki Murakami's 'Sleep'. Still hurts to this day! :) But I do enjoy the photos at least . . .

4vadim_ca
Sep 1, 2021, 6:50 pm

A very painful topic! :)

Too many that I care to think about, but the ones that come to mind are:

1. Alice in Wonderland (Folio Society, limited edition). I ordered it, but due to unforeseen circumstances had to cancel the order. Was probably a reasonable decision at that time, but I still regret it. Have been looking for a reasonably priced copy for a while.

2. Stardust (Lyra’s Books, the leather edition). I was just about to reserve a copy when he stoped taking reservations. I was still optimistic in ordering a copy on the release day, but his website malfunctioned - I had three separate devises running (on two networks!) and nothing worked. Let’s just say I was disappointed with that fiasco. So disappointed, in fact, that I am actually no longer interested in the book... or the press.

3. The Play of Pericles (Barbarian Press). I started collecting private press books just after they released the book. I have been looking for a copy for a long time and know that when I will finally come across one it will be priced at… better not to think about it! (Every time I see the original publication price I want to cry.)

I think I have learned my lesson(s), so now if there is a book that I really want (and I know that I will regret if I don’t buy it), I just buy it. Well, almost always… still learning! :)

5Glacierman
Sep 1, 2021, 6:54 pm

I had a copy of the Basilisk Press facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer reserved at the wholesale price, but had to cancel as my car broke down and I needed the bucks for that. I still don't have one.

6Andy_Dingley
Sep 1, 2021, 7:02 pm

Four volume set of the Tailor and Cutter's Handbook from the '30s. Oxfam had one at a fair price too. I couldn't afford it, but persuaded a friend who also sews to get it instead. I've sewn a few pieces using patterns from it but still haven't found my own copy.

7dpbbooks
Sep 1, 2021, 7:16 pm

Arrrrggghhhhhh! Too many to mention over the years, though I try to have a short memory and it wasn't to be attitude about most. Mostly California fine press items, Grabhorn, Ward Ritchie/Laguna Verde Imprenta, Allen Press, Adrian Wilson, Joe D'Ambrosio, etc., and a few English press items, especially Golden Cockerel and Rampant Lions Press. So many books, so little time (and money).

8const-char-star
Modifié : Sep 1, 2021, 7:19 pm

Most painful for me was missing out on The Colour Out of Space (Shelter Bookworks). A marvelous production and nearly impossible to find on the secondary market.

9NathanOv
Sep 1, 2021, 7:17 pm

>3 eanson: Oh I really need to stop reading other people's responses - now I'm regretting missing out on books I never knew existed!

10LBShoreBook
Modifié : Sep 1, 2021, 7:27 pm

I am a huge Melville fan and a Grabhorn edition of The Encantadas came up that I lost in an auction. I frankly could have gone higher to win and regret not doing so. Every version on see on Abe or ebay since then has foxing or other issues. I will keep an eye out though.

11RRCBS
Sep 1, 2021, 8:04 pm

12ambyrglow
Sep 1, 2021, 8:08 pm

When the director of the recent documentary about Ursula K. Le Guin ran a Kickstarter to fund it, a copy of Foolscap's Direction of the Road was part of one of the fundraising reward tiers. At $1,500, that might be the best secondary market price I'm likely to see ... and I totally failed to scroll down far enough to notice until after it was claimed.

13astropi
Sep 1, 2021, 10:23 pm

>4 vadim_ca: sorry you had such miserable luck with Stardust! I understand that Lyra's Books were overwhelmed and did not expect such interest. Well, I would encourage you to let bygones be bygones and search for the book, I think most people who own a copy say it's truly a masterpiece...

14kermaier
Modifié : Sep 1, 2021, 10:44 pm

Oh, so many!
Most recently, I stared too long at a very reasonably-priced copy of the Tallone "Hamlet" on abebooks.com, until it was purchased by another.
I passed up a couple of Don Floyd's rebound LECs on eBay, which I regret.
The Ichthyic state of Heavenly Monkey's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (though I console myself somewhat with the Batrachian state).
I know I'll regret having given up my reservation for the Foolscap "Maundevile", but just couldn't lay out the cash after a couple of other pricey purchases.
The Barbarian "Pericles" wasn't on my radar when it was available from the press -- now I'll never be able to find one.
Biggest regret so far: The New Albion Press edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets. (Though I subsequently have purchased enough other editions to assuage some of it.)
Biggest non-regret: When I found a copy of the Janus Press "King Lear", I pulled the trigger immediately!

15MobyRichard
Modifié : Sep 1, 2021, 11:07 pm

I actually don't regret it that much, b/c I'm actually kind of bored by this book. But I had a chance at the Janus Press (not the LEC, but the later fine edition) Circus of Dr. Lao for a fraction of the usual price, but didn't pull the trigger.

I also just kind of forgot about an auction lot of the vellum bound limited edition of the Rubaiyat with illustrations by Rene Bull. Very low starting bid and it turned out I would have been the only bid and won if I hadn't forgotten. Mostly wanted it for the binding. The Rubaiyat has been blessed with some amazing book bindings that's for sure...

16SebRinelli
Sep 2, 2021, 8:29 am

I regret very much not buying Heavenly Monkey's Iskandariya when it appeared on the secondary market recently.

Most of the books I am missing in my collection were sold out when I started to collect fine press. The one which I miss dearly though is Nawakum's The Book of Sand. With such a limitation number it is unlikely that it will appear on the market anytime soon, if ever.

What were the purchases you regret?

17NathanOv
Modifié : Sep 2, 2021, 11:12 am

>16 SebRinelli: Second on the Book of Sand! .

18gilliatt
Sep 2, 2021, 11:22 am

Whittington's 'Pages From Presses' and (not strictly fine press) the John Vernon Lord illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Inky Parrot Press) - both now impossible to find.

19RRCBS
Sep 2, 2021, 1:06 pm

Not “fine press”, but my current big regret is the Subterranean Press Penric’s Demon. I just recently discovered this series but have been unable to track this one down.

Otherwise, FS Dante comes to mind. Many others but try not to dwell on them!

20NathanOv
Sep 2, 2021, 1:15 pm

>19 RRCBS: Do you mean this Dante? https://www.amazon.com/DANTE-INFERNO-Folio-Society-2004/dp/B0010XQSB6

It seems to be priced better than if Folio Society were to release the title now! I was going to jump in and recommend the gorgeous hand-lettered and fully illuminated Thornwillow edition, however.

21ubiquitousuk
Modifié : Sep 2, 2021, 3:18 pm

I have two that stand out (from many):

1) Whittington Press' Ebble Valley, which I could have had for £200 a few months ago but let the opportunity pass. Now it's a waiting game for another reasonably priced copy, because I think the £400+ price being asked for the copies I can find is too much for the book.

2) Coastline by Nomad Letterpress. I hesitated a day or two too long and it went out of print. It seems too new for copies to be showing up on the secondary market yet.

22astropi
Sep 2, 2021, 5:00 pm

>21 ubiquitousuk: Coastline sure looks lovely...

23ultrarightist
Sep 2, 2021, 5:11 pm

Two major regrets:

Retrospective regret: Barbarian Press Pericles (I didn't know about the press at the time)

Lost opportunity: at a local used bookstore (which has since closed), I passed up a chance to acquire the original, limited edition of Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination illustrated by Arthur Rackham in fine condition. Asking price: $1K, and I probably could have had it for a bit less. Very bad decision.

24NathanOv
Sep 2, 2021, 10:07 pm

Well this thread prompted me to go back and ask nicely for a subscription-price "God is Change" edition of Thornwillow's Parable of the Sower which I'd failed to add on to my kickstarter, and I'm happy to say I got it!!

25Sorion
Sep 2, 2021, 11:27 pm

The recent FS Ulysses is the major one I can think of. I still regret it to this day.

26kdweber
Sep 3, 2021, 12:43 am

I have very few regrets about missing out on books. I saw the Barbarian Press Pericles at Codex but at that time it was way out of my price range. I foolishly passed on the Chester River Press Heart of Darkness when it first came out but serendipitously I was able to buy it directly from the press a year later on sale. I actually have more regrets about buying books that I probably should have avoided (e.g. all the EPs that are HP reprints).

27SDB2012
Modifié : Sep 3, 2021, 8:05 am

>26 kdweber: I actually have more regrets about buying books that I probably should have avoided (e.g. all the EPs that are HP reprints).

I feel your pain.

28ironjaw
Modifié : Sep 3, 2021, 8:21 am

>26 kdweber: and 27

So do I.

I think, I have two that I've regretted not picking up. Micrographia by Robert Hooke, published in 2017 (I don't know how I missed that) and The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott facsimile, published in 2002, both Folio Society Limited Editions. I was debating this one with Folio directly at the same time when Easton Press published theirs.

29Sport1963
Sep 3, 2021, 11:58 am

>26 kdweber: Amen kdweber. If I could rewind the tape 25 years, there are a lot of books I would just not buy, including 14 shelves of EP titles. Those EPs are now all reading copies that each of my four grown children (and their significant others) dip into from my library. Even though most were purchased on the secondary market for an average of $20 each, the money could have been much more wisely spent (on books, of course).

But I look at as a defensive back in football after blown coverage: that play is over, learn from it and get ready for the next play. Do not let it haunt you, or you will be ineffective.

"Youth is wasted on the young".

30MobyRichard
Modifié : Sep 3, 2021, 12:00 pm

I also regret paying full price for the Folio Society Night Thoughts LE....lol. Beautiful book but that book went waaaaay down in price on the secondary market. It was an early fine press purchase, so I've learned since then. I never overpay now, no matter how much I want the book.

31Praveenna_Nagaratnam
Sep 4, 2021, 10:59 am

Stardust Leather edition! Spent almost the price of the leather edition to get the clothbound version on the secondary market. It is still a stunning book but oh that leather edition still haunts me 😅

32astropi
Sep 4, 2021, 2:35 pm

>31 Praveenna_Nagaratnam: don't know anything about the seller, but someone has had a leather edition on ebay for a long time
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303856572094
Price is a bit insane, hence why the "best offer" option is available... still, I imagine it will be a few thousand. Anyway, good luck I hope you manage to acquire this one day!!

33_WishIReadMore
Sep 4, 2021, 5:31 pm

Those leather Stardust editions now trade hands for a bit over $3k. I remember when they were first shipped First and Fine sold theirs pretty immediately for about $1,800, if I remember correctly, and at the time I thought that was high.

34Praveenna_Nagaratnam
Sep 4, 2021, 8:06 pm

>32 astropi: I have seen that. I dont think I can afford the high secondary prices. Will just have to be happy with my mustard cloth bound and hopefully not miss the next Lyrasbooks. Just purchased the lettered Case of Death and Honey 😍

35averagegatsby
Sep 5, 2021, 1:32 pm

Not necessarily a Fine Press, but I regret not being able to purchase the Signed and Numbered The Way of Kings 10th Anniversary Leatherbound Edition. I only stumbled across the book this year!

36NathanOv
Sep 5, 2021, 2:06 pm

>32 astropi:
>34 Praveenna_Nagaratnam:

I do think actual sales prices are closer to $1k-$1500, but you’ll have to wait for a seller who does their research and doesn’t just match the current Abe / eBay prices in order to get a copy at that rate.

37astropi
Sep 5, 2021, 3:03 pm

>36 NathanOv: Given that the ebay auction has 53 watchers it does seem like there's a lot of demand for the book, so I wouldn't doubt that it would sell for a few thousand dollars - $1500 seems low, but again, I'm not in the market.

>34 Praveenna_Nagaratnam: Always too many books never enough time nor money :)

38SF-72
Sep 5, 2021, 3:04 pm

>35 averagegatsby:

The author's webshop tries to make all the leather-bound books available from time to time. It seems very likely that there will be a reprint of The Way of Kings once the printing and deliveries for the Kickstarter are done. It may not be numbered, I don't know if he signs the books on his website, but the book as such would be the same.

To quote: All leatherbound book titles are regularly reprinted. If we are currently sold out of any title, we will have stock again in the future. We try to carry all titles for the end-of-year holiday season, and will have stock sporadically throughout the year.

39Pellias
Sep 5, 2021, 3:14 pm

I once had regrets. Now I think the opposite, that every book I want, and can get hold of, is a bonus. I have managed to get hold of so many books I wanted these years that I can`t complain.

But if I were to play this game .. I would say :

Like >8 const-char-star: Colour out of space, .. to some degree Birds Drawn by FS (it would be nice to have a collectible Attenborough - of this particular book), i procastrinated about Martian Chronicles FS and hope for a reprint someday - no stress at all. I also procastrinated with the signed King books from FS. Also, a little regret that I didn`t stay on that Suntup numbered train up until Blood Meridian and left right after that, which was sort of the plan. Along the way I just couldn`t justify the expenses of being pushed to buy.

All in all. A happy collector.

40astropi
Sep 5, 2021, 3:28 pm

>39 Pellias: Go for the LEC Martian Chronicles it's superior to every other Martian Chronicles ever published :)

41Pellias
Modifié : Sep 5, 2021, 4:07 pm

>40 astropi: Will check it out my friend ! My collectible ocd would want a full FS set though. Only thing that stands in the way.

Edited for collectible ocd

42NathanOv
Sep 5, 2021, 4:18 pm

>37 astropi: I think that speaks to the unreality of the price - 53 people who want the title, and not one who's been able to get an offer accepted.

The next copy to sell could break $2k, certainly, but I'm not aware of any that have yet.

43averagegatsby
Sep 5, 2021, 4:35 pm

>38 SF-72:

You Sir/Madam, have my day! I'll definitely keep a look out to see when a copy is next available.

44RRCBS
Sep 5, 2021, 4:41 pm

>43 averagegatsby: you should follow his Twitter. Last year he restocked in December and they sold out really quickly.

45astropi
Modifié : Sep 5, 2021, 6:10 pm

>42 NathanOv: I don't know myself, but >33 _WishIReadMore: says they sell for over $3000.

Honestly, I think this is Neil Gaiman's best work, and it's illustrated by Charles Vess. It's one of the most amazing fine press works I have seen in many years. Has it won any awards? It truly deserves to.

46kermaier
Sep 5, 2021, 8:11 pm

>45 astropi:
Stardust is far from my favorite Gaiman book — I think Neverwhere and the Ocean at the End of the Lane are stronger stories. But this edition of Stardust is gorgeous (too bad I couldn’t afford the numbered edition).

47NathanOv
Sep 5, 2021, 9:28 pm

>46 kermaier: I’ve been holding out hope for a Fine Press edition of the illustrated Neverwhere! I think the immersive line drawings would lend themselves beautifully to letterpress.

48_WishIReadMore
Modifié : Sep 5, 2021, 10:41 pm

>42 NathanOv: For someone who’s not aware, you’re speaking with a surprising amount of confidence! I have more than one first hand account of the $3k range, plus or minus $200.

Remember, there are only 100 copies of the book floating around.

PS If you do find someone selling it for $1,500, kindly send them my way!

49NathanOv
Modifié : Sep 5, 2021, 11:25 pm

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50SF-72
Sep 6, 2021, 5:29 am

>43 averagegatsby:

I'm glad I could help. Good luck!

51Praveenna_Nagaratnam
Sep 6, 2021, 11:29 am

>38 SF-72: I have been trying to purchase the leatherbound Mistborn series on his page for about a year now but have yet been able to. It gets sold out pretty quickly each time. Within minutes actually 🥲
I just started reading The Way of The Kings and am loving it so far and starting to kick myself for not having discovered it (and the kickstarter project) sooner

52Praveenna_Nagaratnam
Sep 6, 2021, 11:31 am

>47 NathanOv: oh I am really really hoping Lyrabooks does Neverwhere! Rich Tong did do 2 bindings of American Gods before right? So there is hope for Neverwhere :)

53SF-72
Sep 6, 2021, 1:53 pm

>51 Praveenna_Nagaratnam:

I was lucky in that I managed to buy all of them when they were first published. I stumbled across them through Subterranean Press, which sometimes sell books by other publishers. But I do hope that the reprints last more than a few minutes this time. A friend of mine would like to buy these after seeing my copies. I think things have been more difficult with regard to printing due to corona, it definitely affects both publishers and printers.

54DenimDan
Sep 10, 2021, 5:45 pm

Scop Hwilum Sang (1983), published by the Red Hen Press (a.k.a. Shirley Jones). Once, I just missed out but that copy was purchased by a nearby special collections library. The other time, I hesitated when I saw the asking price. There's a reasonable chance I'll come across another copy someday.

55ChampagneSVP
Modifié : Sep 10, 2021, 5:52 pm

Ann Muir’s Harvesting Colour (Incline Press). I wasn’t aware of it until years after it had sold out and I’ve never seen a copy up for sale.

Edited to add: I suppose this isn’t a case of regret for not buying the book when given an opportunity but regret that I didn’t learn of it earlier.

56kronnevik
Sep 10, 2021, 11:08 pm

>55 ChampagneSVP: One of my absolute favorites. I bought one of the 25 specials a couple years ago from Woodbine books. There were copies on Abe not too long ago, but I see that's no longer the case.

57Gilded_Tomes1
Sep 11, 2021, 11:13 am

I think the biggest regret is buying a book for double the price on ebay, and then the publishing company re-releasing the book at a fraction of the price. Has anyone had this issue?

58MobyRichard
Modifié : Sep 11, 2021, 6:40 pm

>57 Gilded_Tomes1:

No :p. I always assume if the publisher isn't defunct and didn't guarantee a limitation, they will probably reprint it. Hell, sometimes a publisher will even reprint the book after guaranteeing a certain limitation, although usually it's in a different binding (I'm looking at you Folio Society >_>). I guess there are a few exceptions, sometimes I'll overpay for secondhand trade editions that took forever to sell out and don't appeal to a wide audience. But even those sometimes get reprinted decades after the first (and hitherto only) edition.

There's also the fact that with certain publishers like Folio Society, a book being a "first" printing adds nothing to the value so you don't even get the consolation of first edition mania.

59MobyRichard
Modifié : Sep 11, 2021, 6:44 pm

>25 Sorion:

I'm sure they'll reprint Ulysess eventually. They did once. Hard to see why they wouldn't reprint it again -- the rare combo of easy $$$ without the stigma of "selling out," since Ulysses is obviously a critical darling.

60astropi
Sep 12, 2021, 2:26 pm

>57 Gilded_Tomes1: No, that doesn't happen in truly fine press books. Easton Press, Folio Society, sure. But those are not really "fine press" although to be fair the Folio Society does from time-to-time publish fine press books. and those are limited editions which will not be republished.

61const-char-star
Sep 12, 2021, 6:14 pm

>59 MobyRichard: Ulysses would be prime for reprinting since 2022 will mark 100 years since the book was first published.

62Jobasha
Sep 12, 2021, 6:27 pm

>60 astropi:

Do you think that "If not Winter" and "Twelfth Night" count as fine press? They are modern letterpress, but they are not limited.

63astropi
Modifié : Sep 12, 2021, 7:29 pm

>62 Jobasha: That's a very good question. First, I'm not sure which "Twelfth Night" you're referring to? However, the FS Sappho I do consider fine press for the following reasons

1)Printed Letterpress
2)High-quality material such as Abbey Pure paper
3)Beautiful design, a couple of lovely photographs for illustration
4)Small Print Run

I don't know how many copies were printed, but I think it's safe to assume it's around 1000. Is that large for a fine press? Well, some fine press editions were limited to over 1000 copies (think LEC) and other fine press editions were not even numbered (think Heritage Press). You could always argue that Sappho could in principle be reprinted, and while that's true, that's also very unlikely. Once a run is printed letterpress, typically everything within the chase (frame) is taken apart and reused for other projects. Personally, Sappho checks all the right boxes and the only thing it's missing from more traditional "fine press" offerings is a limitation number or arguably signature. But, I'm perfectly fine with that... that last bit was also a dad joke :)

64Jobasha
Sep 12, 2021, 10:40 pm

>63 astropi:

That seems reasonable. The "Twelfth Night" I'm referring to is the one currently on offer illustrated by the Balbusso sisters. I have been led to believe (by this forum no less) that the leaves were letterpress and repurposed from the LE Twelfth Night when it became apparent that they were not selling as well as was expected.

65NathanOv
Modifié : Sep 12, 2021, 11:07 pm

>63 astropi: I know there’s lots of different opinions on what counts as fine press, but I’m surprised to see Letterpress and “small print run” (the one point I’ll wholly disagree with), yet no mention of being handmade or the construction of the books themselves!

66ChampagneSVP
Modifié : Sep 13, 2021, 12:25 am

>65 NathanOv:

I think the size of the operation is important too. I saw a video recently where Crispin Elsted of Barbarian Press touched on this briefly and I liked his definition. He said, “The Private Press, this is a phrase which has fallen a bit out of use, people tend to say Fine Press now instead of Private Press, but the Private Press was started, as a term and as an idea really in the 1880s and 90s by William Morris. A Private Press is simply a press in which the entire operation, the ownership of the materials, the design of whatever is printed (usually books), the editorial impulses, the publishing strategies, are in the hands of one or two or very few people.”

67ironjaw
Modifié : Sep 13, 2021, 6:06 am

>61 const-char-star: I was just going to mention Ulysses and hoping that those new to Folio that had missed out on Ulysses will be able to buy directly from Folio and sadly not end up paying those over inflated and incomprehensible prices.*

*I have no issues with appreciation or depreciation, and I see any appreciation of my folio books as a mere advantage, something that I am not expecting, as I don't buy books and a financial investment, but rather as an investment in knowledge. There is no way I would pay £4500+ for a complete Andrew Lang's Fairy Tales set. It's just bonkers. It's not even fine press.

68Watry
Sep 13, 2021, 9:30 am

>19 RRCBS: There was a SP Penric?! Awwwww. I love their stuff, my SP copy of Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies is probably my nicest non-Folio book.

69astropi
Modifié : Sep 13, 2021, 3:32 pm

>65 NathanOv: no mention of being handmade or the construction of the books themselves
Actually I noted "High-quality material" and "Beautiful design" which I know is far from being a detailed description, but let me say now that a fine press does NOT need to be handmade, and what exactly do we mean by "handmade"? For instance, the Yolla Bolly Press books were all letterpress set by hand, but on the other hand Arion Press books are not hand-set. Similar case with Thornwillow, but the bindings are hand-bound. Does the paper have to be hand-made? Are all hand-made papers "good"? (nope) You can have thick, archival, beautiful paper that is not hand-made, although in general I do think the best fine press books use hand-made paper but again, it does not have to be so. At the end of the day, I do agree that the construction and material are integral to any fine press book.

As for "small print run" I really don't know of any fine press editions with large print runs. As I noted, Sappho is likely around 1000 which is actually large for a fine press, but small compared to a popular book which sells 10,000-100,000 copies if not more. I believe to be considered a NYT bestseller, a book must sell 5000 copies in a week. So that puts things in perspective.

>66 ChampagneSVP: I don't think size of the operation is a requirement, but fine press is not viable for today's mainstream booksellers. Most people want cheap books, and obviously doing a beautiful letterpress edition is not going to be cheap today. The Century Press edition of Great Gatsby was the cheapest letterpress I have ever seen from a modern press, baring some really small works such as a broadside. Anyway, some fine presses such as the Yolla Bolly were basically a two-person endeavour. HOWEVER, they also did get help for illustrations, bindings, etc. I don't know how many people Arion employees, it seems to be somewhere between 10-60 so is that small?

70Gilded_Tomes1
Sep 13, 2021, 11:08 pm

>67 ironjaw: Did I read that right? 4500 GBP for 12 Folio books? You're right; Folio Society is certainly nowhere near a fine press, and you really have to be bonkers to pay that kind of money. I have the Easton Press edition of these books, and paid about 1400 USD for all 12 of them sealed about ten years ago.

71const-char-star
Modifié : Sep 14, 2021, 12:06 am

>70 Gilded_Tomes1: Fine press or not, it’s a very attractive set of books. Hoping to see Folio reprint them all.

72ironjaw
Sep 14, 2021, 6:32 am

>70 Gilded_Tomes1: It's bonkers (too use a British) there's no rational purpose that someone would buy these at that incredible price. Anyway, I'm sure that if every now and then people here write an email to Folio, we could use that as an impetus to force their interest to reprint them. In all they are beautiful, but at that price I would be looking up at lest some volumes of the first edition.

73averagegatsby
Sep 15, 2021, 4:14 pm

>44 RRCBS: Thanks for the suggestion. I tend to steer away from social media but I don't see the harm in following my favourite authors!