I first heard about this news at the awesome Angieville. Jillian Tamaki revealed on Monday that she had been commissioned to do three covers for Penguin Threads Deluxe Classics.
I am a huge fan of Penguin Classics. The scholarship is always top-notch and the prices are affordable. The various deluxe classics lines are gorgeous. I've not made it a secret that I am not a fan of trade paperbacks. I don't like the trim size as much and feel like the uptick in price is not always accompanied by an uptick in quality. But Penguin has been putting gorgeous covers, French flaps, and other fancy things on their deluxe classics editions to make them worth the price.
EMMA by Jane Austen will be released October 25. This will be Penguin's first standalone edition of the matchmaking classic. (Is the multicolored hair not gorgeous?)
THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett will be available the same day. 2011 is THE SECRET GARDEN's centennial. I am definitely buying these two, as I don't own a copy of either but love both.
Anna Sewell's BLACK BEAUTY will also be released on October 25, with a new introduction by Jane Smiley. I've never read BLACK BEAUTY, but I may buy it to complete the set.
And do click on the link to Tamaki's site! The designs wrap around, so you'll want to see the backcovers and flaps.
Thanks for stopping by the blog! These covers are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love the new covers!! I really want to get them but I have a hard time justifying doing so because I already own them with a different cover. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe first one is my favorite :)
ReplyDeleteI love the new covers for all of them!
ReplyDelete-Danna