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Vintage to launch 18 new Collector's Classics in 2025 with marbled endpapers and sprayed edges
Ten new Vintage Collector’s Classics novels will be published on 20th March next year, featuring illustrated covers with marbling across the endpapers, sprayed edges and silk ribbons.
The special-edition hardbacks are split into two halves: the Romantics, including novels by authors such as Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott; and the Gothics, which includes works by Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley.
Eight further yet-to-be-announced titles will be published into the series in August 2025.
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Illustrators Icinori, Micaela Alcaino and Romy Blümel, Sarah Gordon and Whooli Chen were commissioned for the covers. Jemma Lewis Marbling & Design worked on the bespoke designs for the endpapers and sprayed edges.
The launch of Vintage Classics in 2025 will include a “substantial” promotional campaign, including promotion of sale material available for retailers worldwide.
Charlotte Knight, Vintage Classics editorial director, said: “Every detail of the cover and text of these editions has been carefully considered to craft a collection of gorgeous books that represent wonderful value. In an era of high production costs, it has been a real treat to create books with no expense spared – a slice of luxury for every bookshelf. This series hinges on the extraordinary work of the designers, Yeti Lambregts and Amelia Tolley, who commissioned an array of wonderful illustrators and expertly brought them together in an irresistible series style.”
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Ed Grande, Vintage finance and commercial director, said: “We are thrilled to be launching this new series of resplendent, collectible hardback classics next year. They have been exceptionally fun to design and produce, and we cannot wait to see how readers respond to these new treasures for their bookshelves.”
The 10 titles launching the Vintage Collector’s Classics series, at an RRP of £18.99 each, are:
The Romantics
- Emma – by Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice – by Jane Austen
- Little Women – by Louisa May Alcott
- Jane Eyre – by Charlotte Bronte
- Wuthering Heights – by Emily Brontë
The Gothics
- Frankenstein – by Mary Shelley
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – by Robert Louis Stephenson
- The Picture of Dorian Gray – by Oscar Wilde
- The Fall of the House of Usher – by Edgar Allen Poe
- Dracula – by Bram Stoker
