Valancourt Books Information

Valancourt Books was founded in 2005 when we decided, after a 40 hour round-trip drive from Seattle to Nebraska to access some rare books on microfiche that could be found nowhere else in North America, that it was time for a publisher to use modern technology to restore widespread access to rare, neglected, and out-of-print literature. We began publishing in March 2005 with our first two titles, the first two entries in our Gothic Classics series, the anonymous The Animated Skeleton (1798) and Francis Lathom's The Castle of Ollada (1795). Since then, we have gradually expanded our focus, publishing more than 150 titles in various genres, from the 18 th, 19th, and 20 th centuries. Valancourt's titles have been favorably reviewed by many publications, including The Times Literary Supplement , Library Journal, The Times of London , and numerous academic and scholarly journals, and our books have been acquired by libraries worldwide and adopted for university course use in schools in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. All titles are carefully edited from the original editions and contain the unabridged original text, newly typeset in clear and attractive typefaces and attractively designed and bound. We currently publish in three series: Twentieth Century Classics,Gothic Classics and Valancourt Classics. Most of our titles are published both in paperback and electronically for Kindle and Apple devices, while some of the rarest texts are reprinted in collector's hardcover editions. Although our editions are high-quality and many of the books we reprint are works of exceptional scarcity, we strive to keep our prices comparable to or below those of other larger publishers.