Bibliofilia: Dover Publications
Cheap books. You can't go wrong with 'em. Which is why I really like the price tag on Dover Books when I find 'em (either here or abroad). But then again, when it says on the cover that it's a 'Thrift Edition', you gotta go with the flow, eh?
But what makes me gaga over their stuff is their category of Detective Stories, Science Fiction, Ghost Stories, and Supernatural. I mean, what's not to like there, right? Similar to the Wordsworth books, this company has been coming out with a lot of the good older stuff.
For example, I bought a Dover edition of copy of G.K. Chesterton's The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare at Fully Booked when they still had a lot of stock then. Granted it's not as fun as the edition as this one by Penguin but still, a copy is a copy.
Likewise, during my trip to the US, I managed to pick up the Dover-edition of Edwin Abbott's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. And among the handful of Abbott's editions on the bookshelves, the Dover was the hands down winning price for only $2!
Definitely a good buy with these books when you see them, even with the brand new ones.
But what makes me gaga over their stuff is their category of Detective Stories, Science Fiction, Ghost Stories, and Supernatural. I mean, what's not to like there, right? Similar to the Wordsworth books, this company has been coming out with a lot of the good older stuff.
For example, I bought a Dover edition of copy of G.K. Chesterton's The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare at Fully Booked when they still had a lot of stock then. Granted it's not as fun as the edition as this one by Penguin but still, a copy is a copy.
Likewise, during my trip to the US, I managed to pick up the Dover-edition of Edwin Abbott's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. And among the handful of Abbott's editions on the bookshelves, the Dover was the hands down winning price for only $2!
Definitely a good buy with these books when you see them, even with the brand new ones.
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