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For readers

For readers who write in their books.

We made the Commonplace Edition for students, though nothing about it is only for them. If you read with a pencil, you will find a ruled margin, numbered lines, heavy cream paper and a sewn binding that opens well.

The page in detail

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Frankenstein open at pages 132 and 133: numbered lines, a ruled margin down the outside of each page, and the COMMONPLACE prompt at the end of Volume II.
Pages 132 and 133 of the printed Frankenstein.
The clothbound Frankenstein lying flat, its front board stamped in gold with the title and author inside a double-ruled frame, and the pale gold ribbon marker.
Frankenstein, first printing: sewn, clothbound and stamped in gold.
A first look

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s novel in its 1818 text, in three volumes: 214 pages, with 27 prompts, one at the close of each letter and chapter.

The whole catalog is available for delivery beginning June 2027. Write to us about a copy, or join the list and we will write before orders close in February.

More about this edition

The catalog

Sixty-three titles, from Heidi to The Brothers Karamazov, each made to the same specification.

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As a gift

A clothbound classic with room for notes makes a good gift for a graduate, a new reader, or a friend who writes in their books.