Yeah you gotta like flip the book upside down at points and whatnot. Hoping its not just a gimmick. Many love the book but many hatebit as well

It's totally a gimmick but I've also heard that it's amazing.

@Mind I'm going to read The Yellow Wallpaper again to refresh my memory then we can talk bout it. Your essay is on the right track with the oppressive elements :beer:

:laughing:

Just arrived from London - a handsome leatherbound edition of the most beloved tales of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction. This collection of magnificent stories showcase the author’s exuberant imagination, his superb comic sense, and his storytelling gusto at their magnificent best. The title features gilt edging and marbled endpapers and matches the format of my Asimov, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe, Douglas Adams, and James Joyce deluxe editions.

This treasury contains: The Time Machine, The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men In The Moon, The Food Of The Gods, and The War Of The Worlds. It’s a beautiful addition to my library of the classics.

George Pal’s 1960 cinematic version of The Time Machine served as my early introduction to science fiction as a young boy when my father shared a copy he’d taped to VHS from the American Movie Classics cable network in the 1980s. A painting of the film proudly hangs over my fireplace, I have the original film score on vinyl, and now this lovely leatherbound of the original story from 1895.

It’s a wonderful way to celebrate my father’s memory. <3

https://i.imgur.com/UcGa2Hsl.jpg

****in' neat. I've been thinking of really getting into Jules Verne with a nice collection like that for presumably similar reasons.

Jules Verne was next on my list as well. The great thing about the fathers of science fiction is that their entire bibliographies are in the public domain so you can easily score deluxe leatherbounds like this printed in the 80s for under $10 apiece almost any day of the week.

I love the internet. (Especially for aggregate book search engines.)

I'm not really concerned with how nice the collection is but did you get that for $10? At a certain price point I'd certainly love to have a copy that would make me feel Victorian while reading it.

That one was $8. And two days after I ordered it I found an expanded edition of the only authorized biography on Moondog, also for $8. Autographed Douglas Adams hardcovers, certified signed Easton Press editions, first edition hardbacks of Lennon's poetry, and the rare diary of Brian Eno, all for pennies on the dollar.

I always research all known editions when I decide I want a title and track down the lowest priced clean copy of the exact ISBN I'm after.

If I spot a handsome Jules Verne during my next vacation I'll drop you a line.

Wait how do you do this?!

If you're not already familiar with the concept of aggregate book search engines I am going to unleash an insatiable beast upon you with this info.

There are free search engines dedicated to indexing over 150 million online book listings, searchable by any criteria you can imagine, from author and title to a user-specified ranges of publications dates, to keywords describing an edition, (e.g. gilt edging, leather, or signed editions). These sites instantaneously populate qualifying results across all known new and used book marketplaces, sort results by price including shipping, and you're on your way.

The two holy grails for this are bookfinder.com and vialibri.net. They've never failed me.

Definitely let me know if you score any finds using these sites. Merry Christmas, batty.