Which publishers for the classics?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a collection of the Penguin cloth bound classics. They are beautiful on a shelf together. I buy a few new ones every year.

OP needs large print. Those aren’t, unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:From my personal experience, if the visibility of the print is really an issue, you might consider buying classics on kindle because you can adjust the fonts, size, illumination and so on.
Reviews of kindle books will also address the formatting - I generally buy the Penguin Classics as e-books.

You don’t have to buy them. Borrow then through Libby and send to kindle. Easy. Free.

Or download for free from Project Gutenberg or other public domain websites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oxford University Press, Everyman Classics, Penguin Classics (they have a great hardback/cloth cover line).

New York Review of Books (nyrb) publishes under-published classics and lots of books in translation - I'd say mainly 20th century.

Archipelago is a small independent publisher that also publishes mainly books in translation that are classics in their country. Their books are beautifully made and they have fantastic customer service.

But I agree that I read a lot of classics on my kindle.

This is the correct roundup, and I agree with that Kindle books are a great option for those with lousy eyesight (me). I find that Oxford World Classics makes the transition to Kindle very nicely. Be aware, though, that when dealing with books out of copyright, you'll find a zillion cheap scans on Amazon being peddaled as e-books in the Kindle store. The sellers are unscrupulous and the reading experience is terrible. I make extensive use of the "send me a sample" Kindle function to read a few pages and be sure the e-book is behaving properly and is easy on the eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Penguin

+1. That's what i go for on Amazon. Be aware that there are a lot of counterfeiters on Amazon now. I've received three books in the last few months that were done on someone's home printer. Typos; no preface or concluding remarks by the deceased author (famous); itty bitty print, etc.

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I'm a fan of Oxford World's Classics.