A new LEC?!

Hop over to the Fine Press Forum and check the news: https://www.librarything.com/topic/385040#n9220253

I’m cautiously pessimistic, with regret.

The direct route: https://www.thelimitededitionsclub.net/

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>1 GusLogan:
Why with regret?

>3 UK_History_Fan:
I wish I were optimistic, as I’m very fond of the original LEC!

Interesting. I think a little bit of caution is warranted, as this is being revived by someone who I've not really heard of in our circles, but it is intriguing! I would be a little more excited if the first edition wasn't a book already done by Macy (as iconic as Rime of the Ancient Mariner is), but we'll have to see how things look once the book is actually in the wild. If I had excessive amounts of disposable income I'd hop in now, but as I don't, I'll merely be watching from the sidelines.

Right. I thought about signing up but then do I really need yet another copy of this title? I wish them well though.

Well, at least he isn't starting with a Rubaiyat!

I also wish them well. Of course the selling point for those who already own the edition with Wilson's fine illustrations, would be well-reproduced prints of the original Doré illustrations, which IMO have never been equalled. My Annotated Ancient Mariner edition from the 1960s has adequate reproductions of all the illustrations, but of course is not fine press.

What will always elude any new incarnation of the Limited Editions Club will be the size of its editions--not only in terms of number of limitations but in what works they are able to publish; this new incarnation will probably never be able to publish works such as the complete Thousand Nights and a Night, complete works of Casanova, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, etc., etc. Maybe we'll see a Shakespeare play, but basically it will be short works and poems. Still, there is much fertile ground here to be cultivated, and I hope this initial offering sells out quickly.

>8 Django6924: I think my favorite illustrations of “Rime” are Garrick Palmer’s (reproduced in FS edition).

>9 kermaier:

I have seen his illustrations for this, and at one point had the Imprint Society Benito Cereno with his illustrations, but am not a fan of his style, which can happen with some illustrators who are highly respected. Simply a matter of taste and having nothing to do with intrinsic merit.

>10 Django6924: Yes, absolutely a matter of taste. I have that Imprint Society book as well, but don’t love those illustrations.

The actual Limited Editions Club is alive and well, and has operated continuously from 1929 until the present. The official website is: www.limitededitionsclub.com

www.thelimitededitionsclub.net and the person claiming to revive the Club has no affiliation with, nor the right to publish as The Limited Editions Club.

One clue that one should be wary is a refund policy that is oddly restrictive for a product and membership that do not exist: www.thelimitededitionsclub.net/purchase-refund-policy - "You may request a cancellation within 14 days of purchase for a full refund. After 14 days, funds are committed to production and refunds cannot be issued."

>12 limited_editions:
Well said.
My loyalty is with the official Limited Editions Club. I had a great experience recently with them in 1) their commitment to quality of their publications and willingness to make exchanges for books published several years ago and 2) purchases.

...that said, it would be exciting to see new publications plans from the LEC. :)

>14 booksforreading: You mean the actual LEC? No decoys or pretenders; the propah LEC? :p

>15 mr.philistine:
Yes.