![]() (The mark on Persuasion is not as prominent as it appeared in the seller's photo.) They feel great in the hand and I love Joan Hassall's engravings. The books arrived today and the leather is gorgeous in smell, feel, and appearance. I haven't seen listings for this red leather version of the otherwise ubiquitous Austen set come up often and I've been wanting to add this to my collection. I apologize for the delay in confessing but I wanted to make the set had arrived safely before jinxing myself by celebrating prematurely. I'm sure the seller (who's been great to work with) appreciates it too! >41 F.Trier: Thank you for pointing out this listing. >42 whytewolf1: Caught! It was indeed a forum member-me-who saw the leather Austen post and jumped at the opportunity. Here is another blue learher War and Peace on eBay US: Here are a couple that are on the market right now:Īll three above are from the same seller. Of course I propose not allowing to advertise your own listings as usual. the leather Shakespeare I list below is hardly cheap at GBP 1750 in imperfect condition, but it is the only time I have seen it listed since I started searching. Finnegans Wake, the 2010 Beowulf or certain Fine Editions might be considered hard to find right now right now).Ĭompared to our standard enablement thread, I would propose not limiting this to great deals, e.g. I think we can all agree that the specially bound books from 1960 are rare (mid double digits produced for each), but other books might be very hard to find on the secondary market as well (e.g. Of course it is up to everyone to determine what constitutes hard to find. I thought it might be fun to have a thread reporting listings of any of these more unusual offerings. There are a couple that I have never seen listed at all. ![]() It appears that there are many others here who are looking for these books as well, and not many are listed at any given time. Since I first discovered the special bindings thread, I got interested in the occasional special publications issued by the Folio Society. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |