The Holy Trinity of AD&D from DriveThruRPG Print on Demand.
These are of course the newer collector's edition covers and honestly, they look great. As you can see from the pictures these are glossy covers and not the matte finish of the ones you could get in the stores.
Also, there is no ribbon bookmark, no embossed covers, and no gilded pages.
But these POD versions are also slightly bigger than the reprints and the paper is a bit thicker.
The price was great with the sale and I ended up paying about as much for these as I did for my originals back in the 80s.
I was getting these to give as a gift to a friend and I wanted to see how they would turn out.
In truth, I am very, very pleased with these and find I want to keep them! (but I won't).
You really have to hand it to WotC and DriveThru, it has never ever been easier to get books and materials for ANY version of D&D you like.
I would not mind seeing a softcover version of the Player's Handbook to be honest. Something like the Fiend Folio softcover they have. A little bit cheaper to buy multiple copies of to have an AD&D 1st Ed Start-Up set. A DMG, a Monster Manual and five PHBs for one price.
For some reason, I forgot to get a copy of Unearthed Arcana, so I ordered it now.
You can get yours here:
There is a lot of great print titles (over 300) you can get from Wizards now.