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Penguin, Oxford or Barnes & Noble?

>> No.15684872

>>15684865
I prefer Oxford, but I have more Penguins since they're most common in my area.
I've never had a paperback B&N book, but I've had their special editions (Alice's Adventures + Looking-Glass, and Lovecraft's Collected Works).

>> No.15684901

>>15684865
Norton

>> No.15684914

>>15684865
Oxford all the way.

>> No.15684941

>>15684865
That's not even a translated work.

>> No.15685105

Oxford is inexpensive and anecdotally I've found that their supplementary notes and essays are of better quality.

>> No.15685137
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>>15684865
Wordsworth

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Wordsworth Classics

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>>15685148
based

>> No.15685334

Oxford in my experience, though sometimes they overdo it with explanatory notes. My Oxford copy of Tarr by Wyndham Lewis has nearly 50 pages of notes, and though it is has plenty of obscure references and multilingual jokes that might justify notes, about half of them are not necessary.

>> No.15685359

>>15684865
Everyman's Library.

>> No.15685430

>>15684865
I quite like penguin. Not really for the content but they're quite easy to acquire and I like the uniformity it gives my library. They are tried and true.

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Wordsworth

>> No.15685526

Oxford is the best content, Penguins have nicer covers usually if you care about that. I can't get B&Ns in my country very often but I wouldn't want them anyway.

>> No.15685540

>>15684865
Not BN, got a plato from them and will not again

>> No.15685544
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WORDSWORTH WORDSWORTH WORDSWORTH

>> No.15685562

>>15685516
>>15685544
based

>> No.15685579

>>15684865
For me, it is the best classics. Barnes and Noble

>> No.15685591

>>15684901
This. If you must get an edition because of notes and critical material, might as well go all in. If you don't really care, do with whichever is cheaper.

>> No.15685606

>>15684865
they're all fine i think. i have a good number of Penguins b/c they're pretty popular so they just filter into used bookstores and shit eventually. B&N classics are cheap as dirt and they often have sales like bogo or 3for2 which can make them hard to pass up.

>> No.15685607

>>15684865
The cheapest.

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WOOOOOOOOORDSWOOOOOOOOORTH
WOOOOOOOOORDSWOOOOOOOOORTH

>> No.15685745

>>15685540
Why not?

>> No.15685772

>>15684865
Oxford for translations or anything written by an English author. Penguin for everything else.

>> No.15685796

>>15684872
I had B&N Dorian Gray and the footnotes and endnotes were completely retarded. Decent quality binding though and the paper felt nice

>> No.15685799

>>15685137
>Chapman
Truly the Chaddest of publishers.

>> No.15685829

>>15685799
Everyone knows Homer would have wanted to have Gigachad on the cover of the Illiad

>> No.15685833

>>15685137
What the fuck is that PS2 graphics cover

>> No.15685916

I would mostly just be sure you're getting the best translation. On that front Barnes and Noble is always the worst cause they usually just use public domain translations. For English works I'm going to say Oxford out of those three, but like another anon mentioned Norton Critical really is the best scholarly apparatus.

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>>15685829
>Hail, Ithaca! After many labours, after bitter suffering, gladly I touch your shore.

>> No.15685945

Oxford for better footnotes. Sometimes they even have comments based on the notes of other publishers, Penguin included.
With translations, it depends.

>> No.15686125

Penguins are extremely low quality

>> No.15686380

Fischer Klassik

>> No.15686394

If it is fiction originally written in English, just get Barnes and Noble. You should be ignoring end notes and introductions anyway.

>> No.15686404

>>15684901
bad opinion. norton criticals fit todays notion of footstool for awful idpol. look at nortons from prior and abominations in print now.

>>15685334
>>15685430
>>15685105
>>15685796

right opinions.

>>15685772
wrong. occasionally oxford will turn up short for translations vis a vis ice bird translations.

>> No.15686866 [DELETED] 

>>15684865
Modern Library

>> No.15686883

>>15684865
Oxford, Penguin should be the last option, but they tend to not be worthless. Avoid Barnes and Noble.

>> No.15687593

>>15685159

>Ayy I'm talkin' 'ere!

>> No.15687599

>>15685544

Can't believe they get MC ride for the cover shoot

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>>15684865
this one

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15687675

Cheap, hardcover, good quality, looks good.

>> No.15688234

>>15687675
>tiny font
>abridged
>gay design

>> No.15688241

Everymans good price for hardcovers and creamy delicious acid free paper

>> No.15688249

>>15687675
hardcovers are for fags and women