an admission:

i judge books by their covers. i'm a sucker for a beautifully-designed reprint, even when i already own the book.

currently hanging out in my amazon cart:

pride and prejudice, penguin classics


animal farm, plume

the stranger, vintage


the picture of dorian gray, penguin classics

and all of the penguin clothbound classics, for that matter.

for fun with vintage cover design, check out the pelican project: