[wewewedxfgdf]

It is so strange that books like this cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars to buy.

You might think the publisher would ........ publish some to sell.

[pavel_lishin]

There might not be that much demand. My understanding is that a good printing of a book will only make money back in pretty large amounts; if there's only a thousand weirdos in the world who want to buy it (and I'm one of those thousand), it'll only barely break even, if that.

Actually, I'm wrong, there is a newly published version that costs under a hundred bucks.

[habitue]

The first edition is expensive. The current edition is ~$90 for a full color hardcover (expensive but not ruinius if you really want it)

[summa_tech]

And honestly pretty great, unless you are a collector. It's well done.

The book itself is beautiful and haunting. But I don't think it's for everyone... I have a copy, and I gifted one to someone in my family who really didn't understand the point.

[benrutter]

I think this is sort of just what publishing looks like for super niche books. Academic books are a rip off for other reasons too, but they also have the issue that only a very small number of copies are expected to sell, smaller runs means comparatively bigger overheads, means more expensive books.

[golem14]

Just wait until you see an original print of the nice and accurate prophesies of Agnes nutter or the bugger all bible …