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SPECIAL EDITIONS · HAND-CRAFTED, MADE-TO-ORDER

Beautifully Bound. Eternally Beloved.

The great romances of the past, reimagined as heirloom editions — foil, sprayed edges, and covers you'll want to leave face-out.

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Jane Eyre special edition hardcover

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë's gothic romance of a fierce governess and the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. Hardcover with foil-stamped cover and sprayed edges.

$48.00
Wuthering Heights special edition hardcover

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë's wild, haunting love story on the Yorkshire moors. Hardcover with foil-stamped cover and sprayed edges.

$48.00
Persuasion special edition hardcover

Persuasion

Jane Austen's tender tale of second chances by the sea. Hardcover with foil-stamped cover and sprayed edges.

$48.00
Sense and Sensibility special edition hardcover

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen's story of the Dashwood sisters, heart and head. Hardcover with foil-stamped cover and sprayed edges.

$48.00
Pride and Prejudice — cover concept

Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen. Wit, first impressions and a love that asks two proud hearts to change.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Tess of the d’Urbervilles — cover concept

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

By Thomas Hardy. A tender heart caught between love, social judgement and an unforgiving fate.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Age of Innocence — cover concept

The Age of Innocence

By Edith Wharton. Forbidden longing beneath the polished surface of New York society.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
A Room with a View — cover concept

A Room with a View

By E. M. Forster. An awakening in Italy, where convention gives way to the possibility of love.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. UK printing requires rights clearance: this work remains under UK copyright.

$42.00
Emma — cover concept

Emma

By Jane Austen. A confident matchmaker discovers how little she knows about her own heart.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Anna Karenina — cover concept

Anna Karenina

By Leo Tolstoy. Passion, family and the devastating cost of defying society.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Public-domain translation must be selected before printing.

$42.00
The Phantom of the Opera — cover concept

The Phantom of the Opera

By Gaston Leroux. Music, obsession and a mysterious presence beneath the Paris Opera.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Public-domain translation must be selected before printing.

$42.00
Les Misérables — cover concept

Les Misérables

By Victor Hugo. Love and redemption endure amid sacrifice, injustice and revolution.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Public-domain translation must be selected before printing.

$42.00
Northanger Abbey — cover concept

Northanger Abbey

By Jane Austen. Gothic imaginings meet real affection in Austen’s playful tale of a young reader.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Mansfield Park — cover concept

Mansfield Park

By Jane Austen. Quiet devotion and moral courage in a household ruled by wealth and expectation.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame — cover concept

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

By Victor Hugo. Beauty, obsession and tragic devotion in the shadow of Notre-Dame.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Public-domain translation must be selected before printing.

$42.00
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — cover concept

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare. Enchanted woods, tangled affections and a mischievous night of love.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Lady Chatterley’s Lover — cover concept

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

By D. H. Lawrence. An intimate, once-banned exploration of desire, class and emotional freedom. Adult readership.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Romance of Lust — cover concept

The Romance of Lust

Anonymous. A controversial Victorian erotic work, presented for adult readers only. Contains explicit sexual material.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Dracula — cover concept

Dracula

By Bram Stoker. A gothic tale of immortal hunger, dangerous desire and resistance to the darkness.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Carmilla — cover concept

Carmilla

By Sheridan Le Fanu. An unsettling vampire novella of intimate attraction, secrets and nocturnal dread.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Romeo and Juliet — cover concept

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare. Two young lovers defy a bitter feud in the defining tragedy of star-crossed love.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Far from the Madding Crowd — cover concept

Far from the Madding Crowd

By Thomas Hardy. An independent woman and three very different suitors in the Wessex countryside.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
Great Expectations — cover concept

Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens. Love, ambition and disillusionment shape a young man’s search for belonging.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — cover concept

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By Washington Irving. Courtship, rivalry and a haunting legend in an autumnal Hudson Valley village.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Mysterious Rider — cover concept

The Mysterious Rider

By Zane Grey. A Western tale of hidden identity, loyalty and romance on the frontier.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00
The Woman in White — cover concept

The Woman in White

By Wilkie Collins. A mysterious encounter draws love and loyalty into a web of secrets and deception.Cover and edition concepts; provisional pricing. Not yet configured for printing.

$42.00

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