Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN

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Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN

1fancythings
Gen 15, 2021, 5:18 pm

Just received my copy of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. Really impressed by the illustrations and overall presentation of this book. Glad EP did not use Lynd Ward illustrations, which I hate. Don't miss this limited edition, worth every penny.

2jroger1
Gen 15, 2021, 6:46 pm

I agree wholeheartedly. The illustrations are really creepy. This is another winning volume in the signed-by-the-illustrator series.

3Love2Read.
Gen 16, 2021, 4:15 pm

I should probably take a look at the illustrations...just put it on the bookshelf 2 weeks ago and forgot about it;D...but I'm so happy EP decided to print Frankenstein, I've been waiting for it!

4fancythings
Modificato: Gen 16, 2021, 5:48 pm

Yes, I'm glad they made it into limited edition with completely new and creepy illustrations. Love reading gothic horror novels next to my fireplace on a rainy or snowy days. Perfect.

5katielouise
Gen 17, 2021, 7:49 pm

gasp, hate the Lynd Ward illustrations???? Lynd Ward is my favorite illustrator.

I do like the illustrations in the EP Frankenstein though.

6astropi
Gen 18, 2021, 5:54 pm

>5 katielouise: I know, right! it's unimaginable to me how someone could not like the Lynd Ward illustrations which in my mind are the finest Frankenstein illustrations ever made. But of course, to each their own...

7jroger1
Modificato: Gen 18, 2021, 7:45 pm

I don’t think I’ve seen Ward’s Frankenstein illustrations, but I’m “aggressively neutral” regarding his art in general. I’m a big fan of woodcuts, but I’ve seen many that I like better than his.

Nevertheless, Library of America has seen fit to publish 2 volumes of his graphic novels, so he obviously he has a large fan base. https://www.loa.org/books/337-lynd-ward-six-novels-in-woodcuts-boxed-set

8fancythings
Modificato: Gen 18, 2021, 7:02 pm

>5 katielouise: >6 astropi: lol guys. To each it’s own. But we are all here to keep collecting and keep reading. Stay safe.

9fancythings
Gen 22, 2021, 6:00 pm

Started reading this book. Love holding it in my hands. Nice illustrations and font. Don’t miss it all lovers of gothic horror in deluxe edition format

10NyBSfP
Feb 1, 2021, 11:56 am

Thornwillow made a few versions of this and the top end ones, i forgot how much but they were a LOT, had these really sick looking stitched leather covers.

11fancythings
Feb 1, 2021, 12:02 pm

>10 NyBSfP: it was $285 and for some reason I did not like Thornwillow press edition of Frankestein. However, I really like EP one

12NyBSfP
Feb 1, 2021, 12:13 pm

>11 fancythings: The Half Cloth one is $285. There is a half-leather that is $1500. Then there was Full Leather (Green) that i forgot the price of and the top ones were the Stitched leather and i think there were only 3 made. Many thousands of dollars but the pictures of those covers are very cool. They also had some neat Dantes Inferno ones.

13fancythings
Modificato: Feb 1, 2021, 12:26 pm

>12 NyBSfP: I would love to have a really nice leather bound edition of Dante’s Inferno. Did not like EP limited edition. Preferably with Dore illustrations.

14fancythings
Feb 1, 2021, 12:38 pm

> 12 I saw the one with stitches. Nice touch and leather is really nice too. Did not like illustrations though

15jroger1
Feb 1, 2021, 1:14 pm

>13 fancythings:
I know you don’t often buy previously owned EP products, but one of their finest DLEs was an oversized 2-volume set of “Divine Comedy,” published in 2011, and containing all of Dore’s illustrations. It will set you back a few dollars, though, if you can find one on eBay or abe.com.

The translation seems a bit dated now, but it is filled with very helpful notes explaining Dante’s now-obscure allusions.

16Betelgeuse
Feb 1, 2021, 1:17 pm

>15 jroger1:
>13 fancythings:
Or, go with what I have: the 1977 Franklin Library edition of The Divine Comedy, with illustrations by Gustave Dore. Translation by John Ciardi. It can be had at a reasonable price on ebay. Mine is in like new condition.

17fancythings
Feb 1, 2021, 2:55 pm

>15 jroger1: >16 Betelgeuse: no money left which I had from my birthday after buying the castle of carpathians ep limited lol. Thanks for your advice tho

18HugoDumas
Modificato: Feb 1, 2021, 3:25 pm

>16 Betelgeuse: just looked at the Franklin edition, and this looks great. Why spend a grand on the EP DLE or +$1500 on the Folio edition when you can get this sumptuous edition for under a $60? I just finished the lovely B&N edition with all the Dore illustrations. It was a bucket list item and it took me nearly 2 years to read. It was a tough read even with notes from other websites. Most of these references to people and events centuries ago are obscure. You can imagine how difficult it would be reading about the events of the last century, 500 years from now. In reading the newer up to date INFERNO people would be asking who is Trump, Giuliani, Wood, Miller, Bannon, Flynn, Jones, McConnell, etc?

19Betelgeuse
Feb 1, 2021, 3:53 pm

>18 HugoDumas: Depends who writes the newer version. I noticed when reading The Divine Comedy that Dante's Inferno was curiously populated mainly by fellow Italians. If the newer, up to date version were written by someone from say, Latvia, Hell's denizens would still need to be looked up.

20fancythings
Feb 1, 2021, 4:22 pm

21treereader
Feb 1, 2021, 4:28 pm

>17 fancythings:

No money left...lol...like that stops any of us!

22fancythings
Modificato: Feb 1, 2021, 4:36 pm

23jroger1
Feb 1, 2021, 5:08 pm

>18 HugoDumas:
Dante wrote the “Divine Comedy” in the Tuscan language rather than Latin, probably hoping it would be read by contemporary Italians. First published in 1320, he could not have anticipated that it would be read by Americans (who?) 800 years later. Perhaps we should stop trying to understand him and read John Grisham instead.

24Betelgeuse
Feb 1, 2021, 7:56 pm

>18 HugoDumas: My original version of Divine Comedy was the B&N, which was a very nice affordable version. I upgraded to the Franklin Library 1977 for $80 or so, and I'm thrilled with that version.

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