It says in the book that it's gold gilded. The only preferable thing would be Folio Society, and I already own everything which isn't in Folio Society in Easton Press, and I think it looks pretty good. If you're a multi millionaire who can afford to spend thousands on handcrafted books, first of all, I hope the revolution comes, second of all that's clearly not in my scope of prospects, so why should I confine myself to paperbacks and hardcovers with shitty dust covers?
I'm not so rich I can pay artisans to labor for hours over my books like they did in the middle ages, which I've literally seen people bitch about before. >It's not hand crafted, it's stamped by a machine So the not real leather thing is nonsense. I've seen people make posts and then delete them, followed by other posts, first deleted one saying that leather is so expensive the book must cost hundreds, next person saying the tannery is not that expensive at all. Here's the main complaints that people have with EP. A bunch of falling apart crap I would not spend money on, lest I wanted to have deteriorating unuseable junk on my shelf. I just looked for Paradise Lost copies on ebay to see what sort of editions they had. It's the finest publisher next to Folio Society around today, and I will not find editions of the books I want to read in other publishers, and I am already only likely to find very classic editions in Easton Press. (Excuse grammatical errors, english is not my first language and typed from my phone) So, with all respect guys, why the hate with Easton Press? Is it beacase a new and inexperienced "collector" does not know any better? Im loving my book, and for the price I paid I think a got a reasonable deal and I am very happy with it. Quality seems great as I obviosly dont intend to throw it to the back of my car for a few weeks. If anything it "looks" beautiful and elegant. I just got my copy yesterday and I still can't see why all the hate. I decided to live a little, take a risk and bought it with a single click. "Bbbut.Easton press is garbage" some of you say here. I then came across the Easton press version by pure luck at a reasonable price. What about a first edition of a translation? This seemed more reasonable, but upon a bit of digging, I realized that this was too much to bite for a noob collector and lowly peasant such as myself. Since I never collected, where to start? Unfurtunately emperos Marcus Aurelius is long gone and a sign first edition is out of the question. It all started while I was reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, one of my favorites titles, and concluded that such fine work deserved a bit more than a 3.99 paperback edition.
Hi guys, ive been lurking for a few days now and I recently started to buy nicer books for my own private library.
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