I just got myself all 8 books of the vintage classics virginia woolf collection and they are so pretty I want to cry. I might not even enjoy a book or two (say, flush cause that'sa biography and I'm a very fiction-fantasy person so I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy it), but OMG are they well made. Every book not only has a gorgeous cover (art by Aino-Maija Metsola) but also the flappy thingys that fold into the books, despite being paperbacks, with really pretty decorations on the endsheets. Every book has an ex libris page in the beginning, and beautifully printed illustrations and pictures. They're just so high quality and I really commend penguin for putting this sort of work into classics. Vintage really never ceases to make me happy. I also recently got Kafka's complete stories, complete novels and letters to milena and to have almost all the works of an author in compact books that MATCH is just so amazing to me. Similar spines, similar covers, same sizes. That's the sort of consistency I am actually willing to spend my money for. I'm from India and the indian versions of the woolf collection, although official, are very poorly made, with thin covers and no cover flaps or decorated endsheets. I got the uk copies and I am so so glad I did.
by human_or_whateva