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1jsg1976
I’ve been watching the secondary markets for the last few months or so, and have noticed while there seems to be plenty of availability of the LEs of Moby Dick, Les Mis, War and Peace, Don Quixote and especially the Decameron, I have rarely seen copies of the Aeneid (or Ulysses, for that matter) from that set of similarly boxed books for sale. (I know there is one Aeneid currently on Abe, and one on Amazon UK, but in general they seem to show up on the market less frequently.)
Were either of those printed in lower numbers than the others? More desirable so people are hanging on to them? Less desirable, so the secondary market won’t support reasonable values for resale and therefore people are hanging on to them? Or just random chance that I happened to start looking during a slow period for that particular title?
Were either of those printed in lower numbers than the others? More desirable so people are hanging on to them? Less desirable, so the secondary market won’t support reasonable values for resale and therefore people are hanging on to them? Or just random chance that I happened to start looking during a slow period for that particular title?
2jroger1
The Aeneid and the Decameron were both limited to 1,750, a pretty large number, so I’m not sure why the Aeneid would be scarce. I bought mine on the secondary market a few years ago for less than the original sales price.
3wcarter
>1 jsg1976:
Details about all the FS LEs can be found on the FSD wiki here.
I know of no particular reason why the Aeneid is less available than other LEs.
Details about all the FS LEs can be found on the FSD wiki here.
I know of no particular reason why the Aeneid is less available than other LEs.
4wongie
As someone who owns all those LEs I'd say Aeneid is arguably a cut above the rest in the series so I wouldn't be surprised if they're being held onto for desirability in terms of production value and not investment value.
My knowledge of past issues are a bit hazy but I believe Don Quixote and Decameron are just reissues bound in leather and the typography isn't anything to marvel over. War & Peace and a Les Miserables I'm not too sure on but otherwise, in terms of production, being long stories (and somewhat outdated translations) within a single volume means thin pages and cramped text.
Moby Dick and Aeneid are in my opinion the real jewels of the series with Aeneid taking the prize for typography; the text is large, crisp and just a joy to read, bonus points for being typeset in Centaur too. The paper, Cordier-Wove is very thick, almost card-like and the most tactile paper used in the lot. Were I in a position that required flogging them all off one by one Aeneid would most definitely be the last one to go.
My knowledge of past issues are a bit hazy but I believe Don Quixote and Decameron are just reissues bound in leather and the typography isn't anything to marvel over. War & Peace and a Les Miserables I'm not too sure on but otherwise, in terms of production, being long stories (and somewhat outdated translations) within a single volume means thin pages and cramped text.
Moby Dick and Aeneid are in my opinion the real jewels of the series with Aeneid taking the prize for typography; the text is large, crisp and just a joy to read, bonus points for being typeset in Centaur too. The paper, Cordier-Wove is very thick, almost card-like and the most tactile paper used in the lot. Were I in a position that required flogging them all off one by one Aeneid would most definitely be the last one to go.
