Our Story
Welcome to the Wordsworth Edition page...
We hope you will enjoy exploring the wide range of books that we have to offer. Although we only sell directly to trade customers, you will see that, on our website, we have provided links to external websites that can supply our books to personal customers, both in printed form and as eBooks.
A question we are often asked is how we are able to offer such high quality books at such low prices. The simple answer is that we are a small family business, with rather old-fashioned values. We do not have corporate headquarters or a massive marketing budget, and this helps us to achieve our ultimate aim: making classic fiction and non-fiction books available at an affordable price, but without any compromise on quality.
Wordsworth Editions was established in 1987, but it was the launch of the £1 Classic paperback, the brainchild of the late Michael Trayler, in 1992 that created a sensation in the book trade and the national press. How could we produce such high quality books for a fraction of the price charged by leading publishers for the same titles? In the following years, many publishers, both large and small, have tried to copy our formula, but with little success.
Over twenty years later, our Adult and Children’s Classics are still retailing for only £2.50. Our range of over 400 titles includes World Literature, Poetry and Mystery & Supernatural titles, together with large format Special Editions, high-quality deluxe hardbacks in our Library Collection series and beautiful box sets, all offering unbeatable quality and value for money.
Introductions and Notes are included in the vast majority of the titles in our Adult Classics and World Literature series; written by leading academics, they make our books invaluable for students on a tight budget and are fascinating for the general reader.
We are constantly looking at ways to improve our books, whether it be through additional content or a better quality finish, but without any increase in prices - proof indeed that Wordsworth truly believes in offering true value over profits.
