I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate your detailed and informative physical description of the Canterbury Classics Leatherbound books. For those of us who are beginner collectors (especially hobbyists and not someone who wants to spend $500 on one book), it is sometimes hard to know which publishers and collections are worth seeking out.
I'm glad I could be of help. I enjoyed making the video, and I'd like to get back to making more. I have other collectors editions I can compare and contrast now. Perhaps an updated video is in order.
@@TornadoCreator Oh, yes please! I would really like to see someone who's a seasoned collector go through all the more common/popular publishing houses/collections and compare & contrast the quality of the books just like you did in this video. There are a frustrating number of videos that are all about the aesthetics of the book covers, but a dearth of videos by people who actually *read * books and therefore are interested in knowing how well the books will hold up over time.
@asdisskagen6487 I've been meaning to make videos about a few of the sets I have. I have the Canterbury Classics, Penguin Clothbounds, Gollancz Soft Leatherbounds, Acturus Pocketbooks, Barnes & Noble Leatherbounds, and Folio Society Collectors Editions; so my collection has grown a lot in 3 years. There's plenty to discuss.
Some fantastic points raised here. Completely agree that 'genre fiction' can equally represent deeper themes, and also that 'literary fiction' is just a pretentious way of defining drama. Some great books in your collection too. I've got a couple of the Canterbury classics but have a load more on my ever-growing wishlist!
@@TornadoCreator sucks the B&N Leather Bounds are difficult to get there and expensive.. Through Amazon you can get them for about 25 bucks here in the States.. I have like 6 of them, they are nice but so are The Canterbury Leather Bound Classics you mentioned, I honestly like the Canterburys more than I like the B&N's
Yep, and I'll continue to do so without shame. Words only have the power we give them, and I refuse to give bigotry more power. We defang the word by making it a non-issue.
Most definitely. I love art and think it's profoundly important. I'm not at all making a judgement on all who appreciate art, just the snobby elitists.
Being student and from Bangladesh whwre its already hard to get any foreign books i can only collect one collection so kindly can you suggest me should I go for the Canterbury Classics or B&N?
I would easily recommend Canterbury Classics over Barnes & Noble. The series is more consistent in quality and generally matches better on the shelf. The binding is entirely sewn, while the B&N binding is a hybrid partially sewn partially glued binding so it will wear out quicker. Both are bonded leather, which is a cheap leather blend made from scrap leather, but it looks good and is hard wearing. B&N have a tendency to use older poor quality translations for foreign books rather than pay licence fees for a better translation, so works not originally in English are risky. B&N books are also usually more expensive than Canterbury Classics. The main issue with Canterbury Classics is the collection is limited, some books like 'War & Peace' or 'Moby Dick' are still not in the collection, so I'd say pick the set with the books you care about most in, but also consider having a mix. I don't have a full set of any collection. I have some Canterbury Classics, some Barnes & Noble, some Arcturus, some Penguin Clothbound, and my more expensive Folio Society books as well. Unless you want them all to match really badly, consider taking some books from both collections.
Great review! I started my own collection a few months ago; beautiful books.
Good topics spoken here.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I've recently been collection Folio Society cloth-bound books and they're amazing.
I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate your detailed and informative physical description of the Canterbury Classics Leatherbound books. For those of us who are beginner collectors (especially hobbyists and not someone who wants to spend $500 on one book), it is sometimes hard to know which publishers and collections are worth seeking out.
I'm glad I could be of help. I enjoyed making the video, and I'd like to get back to making more. I have other collectors editions I can compare and contrast now. Perhaps an updated video is in order.
@@TornadoCreator Oh, yes please! I would really like to see someone who's a seasoned collector go through all the more common/popular publishing houses/collections and compare & contrast the quality of the books just like you did in this video. There are a frustrating number of videos that are all about the aesthetics of the book covers, but a dearth of videos by people who actually *read * books and therefore are interested in knowing how well the books will hold up over time.
@asdisskagen6487 I've been meaning to make videos about a few of the sets I have. I have the Canterbury Classics, Penguin Clothbounds, Gollancz Soft Leatherbounds, Acturus Pocketbooks, Barnes & Noble Leatherbounds, and Folio Society Collectors Editions; so my collection has grown a lot in 3 years. There's plenty to discuss.
@@TornadoCreator Sounds awesome! I look forward to it!
Some fantastic points raised here. Completely agree that 'genre fiction' can equally represent deeper themes, and also that 'literary fiction' is just a pretentious way of defining drama. Some great books in your collection too. I've got a couple of the Canterbury classics but have a load more on my ever-growing wishlist!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm going for the Barnes & Noble leatherbound collection myself. Have about 5 of them so far.
The Gryphon Leather Bound Editions are really nice as well.. They run about 65-80 dollars a piece but they are gorgeous
The Barnes & Noble collection are hard to get in UK. They tend to be overpriced, but they are nice.
Not familiar with that Gryphon set, will have to look it up.
@@TornadoCreator sucks the B&N Leather Bounds are difficult to get there and expensive.. Through Amazon you can get them for about 25 bucks here in the States.. I have like 6 of them, they are nice but so are The Canterbury Leather Bound Classics you mentioned, I honestly like the Canterburys more than I like the B&N's
Bro dropped the hard r with such ease & authority 😂
Yep, and I'll continue to do so without shame. Words only have the power we give them, and I refuse to give bigotry more power. We defang the word by making it a non-issue.
@@TornadoCreator Legend 👑
Hey man good video
but my brother does have a degree in art and he's fine not everyone who studies art is bad. Though it does seem to attract snobs
Most definitely. I love art and think it's profoundly important. I'm not at all making a judgement on all who appreciate art, just the snobby elitists.
Being student and from Bangladesh whwre its already hard to get any foreign books i can only collect one collection so kindly can you suggest me should I go for the Canterbury Classics or B&N?
I would easily recommend Canterbury Classics over Barnes & Noble. The series is more consistent in quality and generally matches better on the shelf. The binding is entirely sewn, while the B&N binding is a hybrid partially sewn partially glued binding so it will wear out quicker. Both are bonded leather, which is a cheap leather blend made from scrap leather, but it looks good and is hard wearing. B&N have a tendency to use older poor quality translations for foreign books rather than pay licence fees for a better translation, so works not originally in English are risky. B&N books are also usually more expensive than Canterbury Classics. The main issue with Canterbury Classics is the collection is limited, some books like 'War & Peace' or 'Moby Dick' are still not in the collection, so I'd say pick the set with the books you care about most in, but also consider having a mix. I don't have a full set of any collection. I have some Canterbury Classics, some Barnes & Noble, some Arcturus, some Penguin Clothbound, and my more expensive Folio Society books as well. Unless you want them all to match really badly, consider taking some books from both collections.
@TornadoCreator Thank you bro.