The Canterbury Classics Leatherbound Collection - (plus, a critique of the western literary canon).

[@alvaroconcha4934]

Great review! I started my own collection a few months ago; beautiful books. Good topics spoken here.

[@TornadoCreator]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I've recently been collection Folio Society cloth-bound books and they're amazing.

[@asdisskagen6487]

I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate your detailed and informative physical description of the Canterbury Classics Leatherbound books. For those of us who are beginner collectors (especially hobbyists and not someone who wants to spend $500 on one book), it is sometimes hard to know which publishers and collections are worth seeking out.

[@TornadoCreator]

I'm glad I could be of help. I enjoyed making the video, and I'd like to get back to making more. I have other collectors editions I can compare and contrast now. Perhaps an updated video is in order.

[@asdisskagen6487]

@@TornadoCreator Oh, yes please! I would really like to see someone who's a seasoned collector go through all the more common/popular publishing houses/collections and compare & contrast the quality of the books just like you did in this video. There are a frustrating number of videos that are all about the aesthetics of the book covers, but a dearth of videos by people who actually *read * books and therefore are interested in knowing how well the books will hold up over time.

[@TornadoCreator]

@asdisskagen6487 I've been meaning to make videos about a few of the sets I have. I have the Canterbury Classics, Penguin Clothbounds, Gollancz Soft Leatherbounds, Acturus Pocketbooks, Barnes & Noble Leatherbounds, and Folio Society Collectors Editions; so my collection has grown a lot in 3 years. There's plenty to discuss.

[@asdisskagen6487]

@@TornadoCreator Sounds awesome! I look forward to it!

[@NP-Hunt]

Some fantastic points raised here. Completely agree that 'genre fiction' can equally represent deeper themes, and also that 'literary fiction' is just a pretentious way of defining drama. Some great books in your collection too. I've got a couple of the Canterbury classics but have a load more on my ever-growing wishlist!

[@TornadoCreator]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@CraiuRemusArmand]

I'm going for the Barnes & Noble leatherbound collection myself. Have about 5 of them so far.

[@Ubermensch201]

The Gryphon Leather Bound Editions are really nice as well.. They run about 65-80 dollars a piece but they are gorgeous

[@TornadoCreator]

The Barnes & Noble collection are hard to get in UK. They tend to be overpriced, but they are nice.

[@TornadoCreator]

Not familiar with that Gryphon set, will have to look it up.

[@Ubermensch201]

@@TornadoCreator sucks the B&N Leather Bounds are difficult to get there and expensive.. Through Amazon you can get them for about 25 bucks here in the States.. I have like 6 of them, they are nice but so are The Canterbury Leather Bound Classics you mentioned, I honestly like the Canterburys more than I like the B&N's

[@abdalyusufshourov3779]

Being student and from Bangladesh whwre its already hard to get any foreign books i can only collect one collection so kindly can you suggest me should I go for the Canterbury Classics or B&N?

[@TornadoCreator]

I would easily recommend Canterbury Classics over Barnes & Noble. The series is more consistent in quality and generally matches better on the shelf. The binding is entirely sewn, while the B&N binding is a hybrid partially sewn partially glued binding so it will wear out quicker. Both are bonded leather, which is a cheap leather blend made from scrap leather, but it looks good and is hard wearing. B&N have a tendency to use older poor quality translations for foreign books rather than pay licence fees for a better translation, so works not originally in English are risky. B&N books are also usually more expensive than Canterbury Classics. The main issue with Canterbury Classics is the collection is limited, some books like 'War & Peace' or 'Moby Dick' are still not in the collection, so I'd say pick the set with the books you care about most in, but also consider having a mix. I don't have a full set of any collection. I have some Canterbury Classics, some Barnes & Noble, some Arcturus, some Penguin Clothbound, and my more expensive Folio Society books as well. Unless you want them all to match really badly, consider taking some books from both collections.

[@abdalyusufshourov3779]

@TornadoCreator Thank you bro.

[@SBR305]

Bro dropped the hard r with such ease & authority 😂

[@TornadoCreator]

Yep, and I'll continue to do so without shame. Words only have the power we give them, and I refuse to give bigotry more power. We defang the word by making it a non-issue.

[@SBR305]

@@TornadoCreator Legend 👑

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

Hey man good video but my brother does have a degree in art and he's fine not everyone who studies art is bad. Though it does seem to attract snobs

[@TornadoCreator]

Most definitely. I love art and think it's profoundly important. I'm not at all making a judgement on all who appreciate art, just the snobby elitists.