Run for covers !
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Stevie B
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I ordered the Gatsby (since I don't happen to own a copy, shockingly!), so I'll let you know the pros and cons (if any) when my book arrives later this week,
I have a couple of Fitzgerald books recently published by Penguin Classics, including Gatsby. I really like the dust jacket designs on the entire series.
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Liam
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I'm sad to report that the Gatsby book finally arrived today, and I think I will be returning it. The paper inside is of really low quality and the cover itself (which I had hoped would be matte; I'd also hoped that the title would be either "raised" or on the contrary, pressed) is glossy and flat, and actually pretty cheap-looking. The design is really nice, and would have been/looked amazing if the execution were a little different. Anyways, just my two cents. I really like the Penguin Classics edition which Stevie linked to above though!
tiganeasca
Moderator
That's too bad. Cheap editions are just depressing all around. Spend a little more, charge a little more...it's not rocket science.
My own copy is really old and beat up (and not very attractive, really)
and, even worse, it has a previous owner's name scrawled inside, "HeoH Figy...." something-or-other. It doesn't even make sense!
Don't you just hate those people who have to put their names in ink inside everything!
My own copy is really old and beat up (and not very attractive, really)
and, even worse, it has a previous owner's name scrawled inside, "HeoH Figy...." something-or-other. It doesn't even make sense!
Don't you just hate those people who have to put their names in ink inside everything!
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tiganeasca
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Oops. Just realized that when I cropped the name, I cropped a bit too much. My sincere apologies.
I have now replaced it with a more, uh, complete image. There is no doubt that the individual's penmanship could be clearer! (Voynich manuscript is a very apt comparison, I think.)
I have now replaced it with a more, uh, complete image.
There is no doubt that the individual's penmanship could be clearer! (Voynich manuscript is a very apt comparison, I think.)
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Liam
Administrator
Wait a cotton-picking minute! I think it's a weird and unusual rendering of the author's name, Dave. FScott Fitzgerald. Not sure if it's his signature though, check out this bit of info.
tiganeasca
Moderator
Uh, Liam.
Liam.
Click on the link in my post for "HeoH Figy." You're making me feel bad.
Liam.
Click on the link in my post for "HeoH Figy." You're making me feel bad.
Liam
Administrator
Ah haha, sorry, not having an easy day here, lots of shit to do, and my sister-in-law is about to land from Fort Lauderdale (visiting for the weekend) so I'm a bit swamped ? I do, however, feel proud of myself for solving the mystery of the signature without having ANY idea as to the real signer of that name, LOL.
Stevie B
Current Member
I’m surprised the cover is so disappointing. It certainly looked like the lettering and some of the artwork would be raised. I can attest to the quality of the Penguin Classic editions. Beautiful dust jackets, well bound, nice paper. Slightly smaller than your average-sized book. I got my like new copy of The Great Gatsby for about $15 a couple of years ago.I'm sad to report that the Gatsby book finally arrived today, and I think I will be returning it. The paper inside is of really low quality and the cover itself (which I had hoped would be matte; I'd also hoped that the title would be either "raised" or on the contrary, pressed) is glossy and flat, and actually pretty cheap-looking. The design is really nice, and would have been/looked amazing if the execution were a little different. Anyways, just my two cents. I really like the Penguin Classics edition which Stevie linked to above though!
Stevie B
Current Member
I once bought a signed 2nd printing of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis for only $30.00. I thought it was a steal. I later took the book to a bookstore in St. Paul to inquire about its value, and the owner immediately identified the signature as a fake. He actually had a signed Sinclair Lewis book on hand, so we were able to compare signatures. “For what it’s worth,” he told me, “the quill and ink fake signature is probably more than fifty years old.” So I have a somewhat legitimate fake signature. ?That's too bad. Cheap editions are just depressing all around. Spend a little more, charge a little more...it's not rocket science.
My own copy is really old and beat up (and not very attractive, really)
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and, even worse, it has a previous owner's name scrawled inside, "HeoH Figy...." something-or-other. It doesn't even make sense!
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Don't you just hate those people who have to put their names in ink inside everything!
Leseratte
Well-known member
They probably have a good cover designer and then they spoil it by using cheap material.I'm sad to report that the Gatsby book finally arrived today, and I think I will be returning it. The paper inside is of really low quality and the cover itself (which I had hoped would be matte; I'd also hoped that the title would be either "raised" or on the contrary, pressed) is glossy and flat, and actually pretty cheap-looking. The design is really nice, and would have been/looked amazing if the execution were a little different. Anyways, just my two cents. I really like the Penguin Classics edition which Stevie linked to above though!
Patrick Murtha
Reader
Speaking of nice cover design…
This 1935 edition of Amiel’s Private Journal, edited by Van Wyck Brooks, was a recent purchase. I splurged hoping the condition was as described, and it was! It’s in a smaller format, too, about 2/3 the size of a regular hardcover. But 675 pages!
This 1935 edition of Amiel’s Private Journal, edited by Van Wyck Brooks, was a recent purchase. I splurged hoping the condition was as described, and it was! It’s in a smaller format, too, about 2/3 the size of a regular hardcover. But 675 pages!
Bartleby
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Stevie B
Current Member
Very progressive of Macmillan to acknowledge the translators in a prominent way on the dust jacket.
Leseratte
Well-known member
But I was quite sure, it wasn´t the Russian translation of The Great Gatsby.?
Patrick Murtha
Reader
A model volume in every way, one of the gems of my library.