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Blogocentric Formulations #831695 added October 19, 2014 at 10:30pm
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Special Editions and Numbers
 
PROMPT: How many books do you own? Anything of particular note (special editions, signed copies, sentimental gifts, etc.)?
I already used Bruce Campbell's If Chins Could Kill for a previous blog entry about book signings, so I can't use it again even though it's one of the few signed copies I own. The only other book I own that I would consider a special edition (I'm not counting "special editions" like with a revised foreward or something like that, but rather truly special printings), is this red leather-bound one-volume set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy:
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Amazon's Price: $ 75.00
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I won it in a contest held for employees of Borders back when I worked for the book chain. Considering that it retails for around $75-$150 and is a limited edition printed in 1974, I suspect the store didn't really understand what it had and assumed it was just a promotional item or something. I've actually kept that volume in its shrink-wrap since I won it more than ten years ago. I promised myself that I wouldn't unwrap it or crack it open until I had kids and they were old enough to have me read it to them. So it remains on my shelf, in mint condition, waiting for the children that I'll read it to.
As far as books I own... ugh, I don't even think I could count them all. If we're talking books only (no graphic novels or comics, magazines, screenplays, etc.), I probably own about 500 books in hardcover or paperback. It used to be about double that, but my wife and I gave about half our collection away to the local library when we moved apartments a few years ago. No joke, our old apartment had four floor-to-ceiling bookcases stacked double and triple-deep with books, as well as stacks of books in our closet, living room, bedroom, and even in the dining room. We whittled it down to just our absolute favorites... but have, of course, started adding to the collection once again. 
If you include Kindle books, digital manuscripts, etc., I probably own close to 2,000 books. I haven't read them all yet, and that doesn't even include the books my wife owns... but one day we dream of buying a house with an extra room that we can use as a study/library/office with floor-to-ceiling bookcases lining the walls. There's something immensely satisfying about a room full of books that can be curled up with and read; I just hope we end up getting that house before we run out of living space in our current apartment (again)! |
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