Easton Press, a division of MBI, Inc., based in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a publisher specializing in premium leather-bound books. In addition to canonical classics, religion, poetry and art books, they publish a selection of science fiction and popular literature.
The Easton Press uses a number of elements of older publishing and book-binding styles, including gilt edges, raised bands on the spine, and ribbon markers. It commissions illustrations for its editions, including from prominent illustrators like Arthur Szyk, David Gentleman and Chris Van Allsburg, who illustrated its editions of C.S. Lewis‘s Chronicles of Narnia.
In the early 1970s, Danbury Mint (a sister company to the Easton Press) acquired The Heritage Press & The Heritage Club (a division of the Limited Edition Club) which reprinted classic volumes previously published by the more exclusive Limited Editions Club. As a result of the sale, the Easton Press has the reprint publishing rights to those LEC titles. A great many of the Easton Press leather books, particularly the “100 Greatest Books Ever Written” series are reprints of the beautiful Limited Editions Club editions.
Over the years The Easton Press has published a number of book series including The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written, Masterpieces of American Literature, The Library of American Presidents (also known as: The Library of the Presidents), The Library of American History, Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides, Library of Fly-Fishing Classics, and The Masterpieces of Science Fiction.
At a later date a further 25 books were published this series, bringing the actual total to 125.
Reference: Wikipedia
