The Draculas Part 2 - Easton Press

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3 жыл бұрын

In the second part of the series I take a look at the four Easton Press editions of Dracula, beginning with the 1965 edition.

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@jdaywork2693 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing these! Such great editions of this classic!

@patrickposz690 2 ай бұрын

Nice video and ty for context 🧛‍♂

@paulbernal6088 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous books. The contents of the first three editions you showed were originally published by the Limited Editions Club and then by their sister company Heritage Press. The LEC was bought by and became Easton Press.

@bramleygladebooks9440 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Info is hard to find on these.

@UbiquitousBooks 3 жыл бұрын

You're doing a great job with the videos! I've long struggled with the problem of which Dracula to buy. I think I will ultimately settle on the Limited Editions Club version, which was the basis for the first EP versions you showed here.

@camerongalloway4087 3 жыл бұрын

I love what you are doing here on this channel! Your videos are great! If possible could we get a video like this with the Frankenstein books from the Easton Press?

@bramleygladebooks9440 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cameron! I will look into EP's Frankenstein.

@camerongalloway4087 3 жыл бұрын

@@bramleygladebooks9440 😁

@TiggerGangstah 3 жыл бұрын

You sure do have a lot of editions of Dracula! Of other Stoker novels I've read, "The Jewel of the Seven Stars" isn't bad, while "Lair of the White Worm" is terrible, but I've subsequently learned that the text was butchered by the original publisher, and the restored text is much better. It would be nice if a full history of LEC, Heritage Press, and Easton Press was available somewhere. What I know of them is mainly via snippets posted here and there. For some odd reason I've been encountering the name Eric Gill everywhere I look lately.

@UbiquitousBooks 3 жыл бұрын

Eric Gill was one of the preeminent English wood engravers of the early twentieth century. His name shows up in association with LEC because he produced some stunning works for them, perhaps most notably the 1933 Hamlet. But he also worked extensively for other publishers and many would say his best work was done for the Golden Cockerel Press. Carol Porter Grossman wrote a history of the LEC (www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/114346/carol-porter-grossman/history-of-the-limited-editions-club-the), although I haven't read it. I mostly rely on the bibliography here: www.majure.net/LECLISTOFTITLES.htm