@@JulesBurt Oh yes, they are so beautiful. My favorite so far is Babylon Revisted, the cover is just stunning. It is full of stories I had never read before too.
Got my first Penguin Clothbound (Anna Karenina) two days ago fully intending to take good care of it and today I slipped and dropped it in the snow - a very unlucky turn of events. Looks like it’ll become quite the utilitarian read now!
I didn’t even know these existed. Thank you Jules, for the incredibly interesting video, as always! I think I may order the first Sherlock Holmes book and “Frankenstein” in this series. Beautiful books. A small bit of constructive feedback: I think it’s great that you thank your supporters mid video, but the music choice and volume is a little jarring for those of us who also like the ASMR aspect of your work. It’s like super relaxing and then suddenly: bongos! haha. So I might suggest you either thank them at the beginning, and/or pick a low volume soundtrack-sounding background for those parts of your videos. Just my proverbial two cents. Thanks again! :)
Thanks Gustavo, certainly a beautiful series of books. Understood about the supporters segment. I'll have a think. Have you seen my other channel? If so, take a look at this approach and let me have your thoughts. Thanks.
@@JulesBurt not I have I seen your other channel, but also subscribed to it instantly! Maybe the edits I suggested would be more appropriate when you port your videos over from here to there (although the ASMR crossover here is not insignificant, as you are very aware of). I appreciate you listening to your viewers! Stay well!
Beautiful books .Get these books and get a paper back version to read . And if you do get a cheap version for yourself or some other reader ..mayhaps a child please avoid thoes Abridged versions . Thanks for the show and tell much .
@@JulesBurt I don't remove them. They look like the clear library covers. My books stay clean from dust and I can read them without being scared of rubbing the design off. I got the idea from seasons edition of classics. The come with the plastic cover. The covers are designed for books.
Do you think it would be possible to cover the book with a protectant coating to prevent the wearing of the patterns on the jacket? I would love to invest in some classics I can take with me as I grow old and carry on to my children but don't want them to wear too much straight away/
I think it would be possible, yes. I'm going to experiment with some plastic wrap and I'll report on my next video with these which will be coming soon👍
How have these books held up since it's almost two years since you've done this video? They're beautiful books but it is a little disappointing to see how easily they show wear.
@@JulesBurt That's a shame. I'm watching your video on the little ones now and how they used a new typeset and I think it's bothersome that they didn't do that with the bigger books. So far, I've watched two videos of yours on the bigger clothbound books. I haven't yet searched to see if you have any more videos on those books so this may be a question you've already addressed... apologies if that's the case. Did they ever start to put more effort into the publication of the bigger clothbound books? Specifically, less damage to the cover happening with handling the book and more attention to the typeset? Moby Dick looks like it would be a nightmare to read with that font.
@Foxxil. Moby Dick I did read. A large book but it wasn't reset for this edition, which was a shame. It survived fine though so with care, the books can be read ok. Later editions have paper belly bands to avoid the ISBN sticker.
@@JulesBurt I saw the belly band which indicates to me that they do want these to be outstanding editions that don't degrade at too fast of rate. I'm just getting on the older side and have some eye issues. A bad font can really mess with my eyes and then my brain. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions! I hope you do more videos on the clothbound Penguin editions.
Is the clothbound edition of the count of monte cristo floppy enough to read? Thinking of getting it but I’m afraid the binding makes it hard to read since it’s a thick book!
It's a big one to be sure but still very readable in this hardback edition. Any bigger and it would be unweidy, but this one is fine👍 Great book as well🙂
In my opinion the most beautiful design of Moby-Dick. If nothing else for the fact that it actually has a a white sperm whale on the cover, you'd be shocked how many covers fail at this this iconic detail. I mean, if there's one thing everyone knows about Moby-Dick it's that he's the WHITE whale. I am more than a little bothered that I bought it in the state that it was, there are quite a few little places where the white foil has flaked off. I didn't pay it too much mind at the bookshop, but now at home it bugs me. Not a deal-breaker, but still - you'd think for a series of books where the look of it is the selling point, they'd print 'em tougher. I've seen videos that show some really nasty wear.
I know exactly what you mean and you're right, once a book has been read, even just once, the foil on the cover starts to get worn. It's a real shame. Not sure what can be done as it's part of the overall design.
@@JulesBurt Well if they're dead set on it being clothbound they could deboss the designs a bit so they're a millimeter lower and thus have less contact with other surfaces. PERSONALLY I wouldn't mind if the books were just good old matte hardcovers. I know the artist, Coralie, is in her own words obsessed with cloth and foil, but for me the design trumps the materials.
@MarkArandjus A good suggestion. I think Penguin are well aware of the complaints about the series so maybe they can look to improve the production somehow.
