When and why did illustrations in literature die out? Why don't

Folio Society illustrations are often great

>>9452098

>Look FS up
>$75 for a single book

Holy fuck, I now understand why they fell out of the mainstream

>>9452168
gotta pay for that massive inks to form pictures tho

>>9452320

Why isn't there a market for cheaper black ink pressing for book illustrations?

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>>9452168

Those are the cheap ones

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>>9452168

>tfw local second hand bookstore sells them for £8 at the most

>>9452951

Either poor condition to not warrant even buying or the store owners are actual morons and you need to buy up their stock and resell it for 500% the price on Amazon.

>>9453008

They're in perfectly fine condition, aside from some dedicatory handwritten inscriptions inside the front cover. Stock is small (7-8 books last time I was there), and most are pretty obscure titles. I got Vanity Fair and Bleak House, though.

>>9453024

Literally, every FS edition is going for at least $30 on Amazon, even the fucking 90's stable.

Fucking buy and resell my dude

>>9453030

It's not a bad idea 2bh. Guess I'm cleaning house there tomorrow.