I remember seeing something about you getting that brochure. :-) I was a member for years, but stopped when I moved to the US. I gather from comments in the Folio Society group at LibraryThing that misprints have become a serious problem of late.
I started the FS hunt on eBay because I decided that I really needed to get a Greek myths reference, and I'd fancied the FS edition when I was a member but reluctantly decided at the time that I couldn't justify the cost. Now it's a tax-deductible item, because I do in fact want it for writing research. :-) I know Graves is considered a bit dodgy, but it's also supposed to be a very readable edition, and a hardback edition would be nice. Especially for L7.50 plus postage. Unfortunately I then also succumbed to their new translation of the Satyrica, the centenary edition of Einstein's relativity, and the Eagle of the Ninth.
But given the prices I paid, I can see why there's also been bitching about the Society flooding the market with reprints, and destroying the investment value of the books. Oddly, the Runciman is one of the one's that's held some value -- I'd noticed because I was left with a mild urge to go read the thing after reading Outremer, but not a strong enough urge to pay $75 plus postage.
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Date: 2007-05-01 02:59 pm (UTC)I started the FS hunt on eBay because I decided that I really needed to get a Greek myths reference, and I'd fancied the FS edition when I was a member but reluctantly decided at the time that I couldn't justify the cost. Now it's a tax-deductible item, because I do in fact want it for writing research. :-) I know Graves is considered a bit dodgy, but it's also supposed to be a very readable edition, and a hardback edition would be nice. Especially for L7.50 plus postage. Unfortunately I then also succumbed to their new translation of the Satyrica, the centenary edition of Einstein's relativity, and the Eagle of the Ninth.
But given the prices I paid, I can see why there's also been bitching about the Society flooding the market with reprints, and destroying the investment value of the books. Oddly, the Runciman is one of the one's that's held some value -- I'd noticed because I was left with a mild urge to go read the thing after reading Outremer, but not a strong enough urge to pay $75 plus postage.