i hate when i'm at the used bookstore looking for classics and all they have are hideous modern prints. i want a 20 year old print that was so well loved it looks like somebody ran it over with a moped
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I have a super old copy of treasure island... somewhere. It has seen some stuff and largely lives in a zipbag I'll upload a pic if I remember where the safe place I put it is.
I’m always looking to buy older editions not for nostalgia but because it seems most newer editions are poorly printed with awful cover art.
I have a Barnes & Noble “modern edition” of Dante’s Inferno and it’s nearly unreadable because the paper stock is glossy and reflect the light in the room 😢
Also bad is when some children's classic has the original illustrator stripped from the cover (and maybe internally) and replaced with the cheesiest knockoff, sub-par Saturday Morning Cartoon crap.
my copy of Dune is so busted at this point (1975 edition paperback + 3 or 4 of my own reads) that I think it would disintegrate if I tried reading it again
Abe Books is great for this! I killed the hilariously pulpy copy of The Great Gatsby that an ex gave me (I overwatered a plant on a higher shelf and got it wet) and found a replacement there:
nasty...Google the various covers...some really great ones! (I've just done a lecture including them). At a pinch you could always print out a better cover and make your own jacket - I've done that b4. Great book, good choice!
Is the store adjacent-ish to a college? Wondering if those are all end-of-semester dumps that were all purchased from the same original bookstore order.
Blonde haired blue eyed extremely healthy looking Winston and Julia standing in front of an obelisk and looking upwards, I think the obelisk was one of the ministries.
The cover below shows you the style of drawing and the vibe, but of course is nothing like it
I found my first copy of the Secret History in a high school locker. The back cover had been removed, the rest of the cover was a bit ratty, and the last few pages were missing. Didn't get to read the end until I got a full copy of the book like 15 years later.
I hate when the only version of a book is the one with the movie adaption cover. Sure, I may be reading the book because I liked the movie but I don’t want anyone else to know that.
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I have a Barnes & Noble “modern edition” of Dante’s Inferno and it’s nearly unreadable because the paper stock is glossy and reflect the light in the room 😢
For now.
Some are so old that you need to be careful turning some pages or they'll crack
The cover below shows you the style of drawing and the vibe, but of course is nothing like it
Couldn't find a single copy without Johnny Depp on the cover.
modern ones are
fine
i guess