This beautiful collection of classics is designed by Wordsworth Editions’ managing director Nichola Trayler. The books have a sewn binding, and they are quarter bound in linen cloth, with elegant linen-grained paper cover designs based on botanical prints by arts & crafts movement masters William Morris and William Kilburn. The prints extend to the patterned endpapers, the pages are gilded in metallic gold, and the books include silk ribbon bookmarks as well as head and tail bands.
12 books in this lovely series will be released in the UK in early September 2024.
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L. M. Alcott - Little Women
Wordsworth Editions. 9781840228595. Sep 2, 2024.
“The domestic adventures of the family of the four March sisters, living in their small New England community.”
“With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language.”
Cover design after ‘Honeysuckle’ by William Morris.
“Selfish and spoilt, Mary Lennox hates staying with her uncle in Yorkshire. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life.”
Cover design after a William Kilburn textile print.
“Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for.”
Cover design after ‘Lily and Pomegranate’ by William Morris.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
Wordsworth Editions. Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry. 9781840228540. Sep 2, 2024.
“The magical intersection of two worlds when the little prince visiting from his tiny asteroid, meets the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert.”
With original illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Cover design after ‘Marigold’ by William Morris.
Hi there, I have a question about this edition of Pride and Prejudice… I went to multiple websites to choose where to order from, and on some the spine is mauve/gray and on others dusty blue. The ISBN seems to be the same. Are there two versions of this? Or some sites are using incorrect pictures? I prefer the mauve version if I can find it! Thank you in advance for any help you can provide 💖
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Ava · 26 November 2024 at 6:01 am
Hi there, I have a question about this edition of Pride and Prejudice… I went to multiple websites to choose where to order from, and on some the spine is mauve/gray and on others dusty blue. The ISBN seems to be the same. Are there two versions of this? Or some sites are using incorrect pictures? I prefer the mauve version if I can find it! Thank you in advance for any help you can provide 💖