I Get Tired Of Seeing All These New "editions" Of Classic Books... Options

Just spouting off but I get sick of seeing all these old books now edited for the 3/4th time. For example, I saw Regardie's Tree of Life, and Middle Pillar, both given a huge font, tons of pictures (which are not necessarily needed in my opinion) and a lot of extra info by the editors, the Ciceros. I don't know much about them, but I wonder - why edit and add so much to some of these books?
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I also think the cover art on a lot of books is hideous. Kraig's modern magick, for example, I find it to be too cartoonish and it's not something I would read in the public eye because it draws attention.

Do you all have any thoughts? Any editions of books you think are unnecessary, bad cover art, bad editing/illustrations... etc

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Bravo, it is nice to hear that others appreciate the classical aesthetics of occult books, as well as having a discerning eye for the quality of the contents. It is truly sad when a publisher sinks to shock and awe of flashy cover art and big-name editors to sell their books.

But, I would disagree on a technical point. The new editions of most of the books in fiction, literature and history, have forwards, epilogs and introductions that actually add to the story. Now granted, they are normally not authors, in fact they seem to be editors and critics. It may be that “the occult” is a trendy topic that everyone whishes to cash in on, before the gullible throng of the public becomes discerning consumers.

Just my little rant.
Cheery-Bye

This post has been edited by fatherjhon: Mar 9 2007, 01:46 AM