Leatherbound Classics

>>9428966
>Barnes and nobles leather-bound editions
You're much better off just buying paperbacks

The B&N leatherbound books are schwarbage. Get Franklin Library or Easton Press off of ebay or Amazon if you want leather books.

>>9428966
If you want people coming into your apartment to think you're gay or autistic, you can do no better.

Insults aside; is that the black Ikea bookshelf?

If so, I went the same way. Menards has cheaper bookshelves though, should you need another. I love the black shelving though.

Not really surprised at the responses. They do give off a cheap imitation look more than anything. Look's like I'll be going paperback or searching for other hardcovers.

>>9428996
>Is that the black ikea bookshelf
Oh fuck, reading that just made me realize that the picture is in someones house and not at a barnes and nobles store. Having, and proudly displaying all of those books is legitimately cringe.

Ikea does have some nice bookshelves, though. I think my ex had the same black bookshelf.

Why do they do the gold/silver thing at the edge of the pages? It looks terrible.

>>9428996
That is not my picture and I don't own any of those books yet. I was just wanted to see what people thought about the B&N leatherbound books in general. I also got a cheap vibe from them so I hesitated. Easton Press is better but much more pricey.

>>9429026
The gilding protects the paper from moisture. It's commonplace for leather-bound books, and helps preserve them. It does look awful on these editions, though.

Capitalist garbage.

Tacky and overpriced. Will never get read if you buy them.

I prefer library of America. They also the advantage of being not too expensive on Amazon.

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>>9428966
Hahaha. I owned some of those. They felt so cheap and mass-produced. Don't buy them.

>>9428966
Get everymans instead less tacky with a better selection of classics.

>>9428966
Super over embelished most of the time. The only ones in that pic I actually like are the Arabian Nights and the H.G. Wells one.

>>9428966
I got the Illiad & Odyssey for a dollar still in the shrinkwrap. It's the old Butler prose translation, which is fucking garbage.

penguin do leatherbound classics that look better than those

https://www.waterstones.com/booklist/313948/penguin-leatherbound-classics

>>9429473
I know that this picture is supposed to show what black people would look like if they were white but what the FUCK are those brown dots?

>>9428966
I tend to prefer paperbacks because they're a lot more practical if I'm reading on the go, but also they're a lot cheaper than hardbacks. Hardbacks can look wonderful on a tidy shelf - I do have a few I'm pleased with but they're usually complete collected works like Shakespeare, Lovecraft, Poe, etc - but I would prefer paperbacks.

Hardback editions make nice gifts though and that's what the Barnes & Noble editions seem to aim for, similar to the Penguin clothbound hardbacks. Not particularly keen on the hyperactive style B&N go for.

>>9428966
this looks like something normalfags would buy, put on their shelf and then never touch again

>>9430345
What they would look like? Those are photographs of African albinos, anon.

>>9430363
oh my bad then
still, what are those dots?

>>9430367
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>9428966
>paying more money for something that's free/ dirt cheap just to have a flashy cover
it's the equivalent of buying a gold watch so everyone knows you rich, the people who buy these are the ostentatious ones that silently scream "I'm reading a book! I'm reading! Everyone praise me for being such an intellectual!"

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>>9428966
Get everymans they are good quality and look alot nicer.

I got the Dracula one.

It's absolutely sick, no regrets.

>>9428966
This picture was originally posted on reddit, wasn't it?

>>9430449
It was originally posted on librarything ( https://www.librarything.com/topic/94397 )

FWIW, some of the B&N editions are pretty good in quality, and others (generally the omnibus volumes) are pretty poor.

>>9428966
I really do like that HG Wells one tho

>>9428966
These are made with composite leather. That means that it's not made with the whole piece of skin, it's made with pulverized pieces. These are not true leatherbound books.

>>9430377
People just enjoy beautiful things, you insufferable poorfaggot.

The only leather bound book you should own is the Necronomicon

>>9430564
pseud spotted

>>9430576
Iconoclasm is the mark of the pseud.

>>9430564
>beautiful things
thos books gaudy thrash for fedoras

>>9428966
ugh garish nightmare trash for plebs
get some fucking taste and subtlety

I have some. Bought them years ago when I just wanted flashy over-designed hardcovers for the sake of it.

They're garish, but sturdy enough. If you want an inexpensive hardcover of something, you're better off seeing if Everyman's has it first.

>>9428966
The only one I liked is the Foundation trilogy. It's the only collection of the series that I found, and I couldn't find another hardback of it - at least at a reasonable price. I like it, it doesn't feel like a collectors 100 dollar leatherbook. But for 3 books for 20 bucks, whatever. Don't get any translations from B&N though, because they are some of the worst.

>>9428966
I have the Poe and Lovecraft versions. Pretty nice books.

>>9429028
They have glued bindings and non-archival paper. I received the Gray's Anatomy B&N edition as a gift last year, and the text block is already sagging.

You can find Easton and Franklin library editions second-hand for a similar price, if not less.

>>9429046
Gilding is to prevent dust from getting between the pages, not moisture.

>>9428966
They're gaudy - faux leather and gold-leaf pages. Not in good taste. I have a couple of them, they look ok on a shelf next to my other hardbacks but I wouldn't recommend. Like gold-colored phones. I regret that purchase too.