As civilization grew, the British did not always give the Americans permission to mint their own coins, but the colonists found alternative sources of coins and on occasion, struck coins without royal authority. They bartered with trade goods, Native American wampumand But I think they have several titles which have several different signed/limited editions which again dilutes the scarcity.The very first American colonists had little need for coins in the wilderness. Now for a limited edition, obviously you do know. That's another issue with them in terms of collectability, no one knows how many copies of any book there are. (I actually hate sourcing over $3/book).Īlso note that EP behaves more like a book club than as a normal publisher. I snagged a couple in the 60-75 range and flipped them for some decent profit. I was at an auction featuring a lot of these and many went for at or close to "retail" value, meaning $100+ per volume. A shelf full of EP signed/limiteds would certainly not be the worst "book collection" I've seen. From a purist and potential appreciation standpoint, trade edition firsts would still be preferred by most, but as I stated, you do you. So these editions will check two boxes: looks good on shelf, and has collectible value. And also pretty much any signed/limited EP title means a first trade edition (unsigned) of that book sells for more (most often a LOT more, meaning out of range for most). Contrary to what I said before, these can/do appreciate. So as others have said 200 bucks is a lot, so my baseline assumption is that it's a signed/limited. I don't think either of them have done full leather, but they do often do quarter leather (the spine will be leather, the rest cloth). Arion Press is another that produces books on the same level as Folio Society's LE's. Most of the textblocks from LEC are what Easton Press uses, they just wrap their leather around it. You might also look at older books from the Limited Editions Club (or their unlimited run imprint Heritage Press). The normal catalogue are still great quality for the price, however, and are usually $100 or under. The more expensive are their limited edition titles which are top of the line quality. They have a mid-range and a high-range line. Or, if it doesn't have to be leather, there's Folio Society. I would check Etsy and Kickstarter pages unless you find a really niche publisher that fits your interests (like Subterranean or Centipede Press, though again I don't think they often do leather). The point is, real leather is not mass-marketable, and there is no big obvious source of them like Easton or Franklin. It's almost impossible to get recently-published books with these bindings, and often if it happens at all an author will do a kickstarter to print a few hundred copies that way. A lot of 'real leather' bindings are going to be $400 and up, because it's not just the material, but the title and number of people who want that material. If the quality of the binding matters to you, save up for more expensive purchases of your favorite titles from smaller fine binding publishers. If you just want a shelf that looks nice and you don't care about advertising the quality, get any brand that looks nice. Hell I hold onto some Reader's Digest hardcover editions just because they're such a good size for reading that's more important to me than looks. Other than that, I wouldn't personally try to fill a shelf with them. The real selling point for EP for me are when they print a recently-published book, for example for their signed science-fiction series. Eastons are not worth $200 by the way some of their rarer titles and editions go for that, but the vast majority are available for $20-50 on ebay or abe if you keep looking. Eastons are at least eminently readable and fit nicely in your hands. If you still expect to read these books, don't get oversized or small print/thin page omnibuses like B&N puts out. (The slipcase leading edges are concave so you can grasp the book to draw it from the case).Īsk why you want it in the first place. As others have said Folio Society also makes very aesthetically pleasing books that are cloth-bound in brand-specific slipcases. The first mantra of collecting is "collect what you love". The B&N editions are targeting that consumer: Looking for aesthetic value, don't want to pay EP prices.īut if that's your thing, then you do you. The main reason they are popular is they "look good on a shelf". Essentially you are paying $50-60 for a book that will be worth pretty much the same in 10 or 20 years. Easton press is much better, but they only just hold their value. There's a reason they sell at the price point they do. The B&N volumes will hold next to no value over time, because of their quality. Unless that aesthetic look is the biggest reason, then in terms of "collecting" leatherbounds are not the way to go about it.
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