F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 · US public domain since 2021
The words are nearly the same in every copy. The book in your hands is not. This page grades each edition as an object: how it is bound, what it is printed on, and how long it will last.
Everyman's Library
Full cloth and acid-free paper, at an ordinary hardcover price.
Scribner paperback
The familiar cover and a reliable text. Built to be read, not kept.
Vintage paperback
Light and plain, under $20, with only John Grisham's introduction ahead of the novel.
Macmillan Collector's Library
A small clothbound hardback with gilt edges and a ribbon.
Wordsworth Collector's Editions
Gold-blocked cloth and coloured endpapers for under $20. The prettiest spine for the money.
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Sewn pages open flat and stay in. Glued pages crack with age.
Acid-free stock does not yellow. Opaque stock hides the next page.
Size, line spacing and margins decide whether you finish it.
Cloth over boards outlasts paper over boards, which outlasts paper.
Ribbon, slipcase, illustrations, introduction, notes.
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