Dobby
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Post by Dobby on Jun 7, 2011 20:47:19 GMT -5
What's that one book that you have a random desire to get your hands on a copy of? I really want an old, leather bound volume of W.B. Yeats poetry.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 20:58:39 GMT -5
Every copy of Macbeth I can find. I collect them, you see....
Additionally, I want a new, unused copy of the Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Headed to Amazon now to check for some.
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Post by sunnydays on Jun 7, 2011 21:02:11 GMT -5
Barnes and Noble special leatherbound editions. Of everything. As in, it should be a law for books to look like that.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 7, 2011 21:03:13 GMT -5
As in, it should be a law for books to look like that. I second this. |
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Post by Marina on Jun 7, 2011 21:07:33 GMT -5
As in, it should be a law for books to look like that. I second this. Third. I actually have their leather editions of The Divine Comedy and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. |
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 7, 2011 21:12:01 GMT -5
I have a collection of about ~75 classics from a series that Reader's Digest still continues in secret. They are not abridged, hardcover, illustrated, some have ribbon bookmarks, and the covers are intricately detailed. I inherited them from my grandmother. As far as I can tell there are 100-150 more out there and I want to collect them all. They are fabulous and satisfy my urge for a perfect book.
I want a first edition of North and South. I have the Penguin, but before I bought that, I had trolled Ebay for a copy. Lo and behold, there was a first edition on there for $12. One of my biggest regrets in life has been not buying it.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 7, 2011 21:27:48 GMT -5
Emily Dickinson's Bible. I get wet just thinking about it.
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Gina
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Post by Gina on Jun 7, 2011 21:43:39 GMT -5
For the longest time, I REALLY wanted a Shakespeare book that was being sold in a vintage book sale at the library where my grandma works. It's a leather-bound Complete Works of Shakespeare, with dictionary-esque tabs for every play/sonnet, and that awesome gold covering on the edges of the pages. I finally got it. ;D Now that that one's scratched off my list, I would really love to get my hands on a complete collection of the Barnes and Noble leather-bound classics. Honestly, I need more bookshelves to fit all the books I want. I have two that are completely filled, with books piled on top of rows and stacked on top of the shelf itself.  |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 7, 2011 21:53:35 GMT -5
I'm collecting volumes of a specific edition of History of my Life by Casanova. I have all but 3/4 and 7/8. I check their availability on amazon every few months. I WILL HAVE THEM.
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Post by Marina on Jun 7, 2011 21:54:42 GMT -5
I want the Russian editions of the Russian Classics. I will have them, leather bound or not.
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Post by serpentheart on Jun 7, 2011 23:10:09 GMT -5
Barnes and Noble special leatherbound editions. Of everything. As in, it should be a law for books to look like that. I just got that edition for Edgar Allan Poe's collection in the mail yesterday. GLORIOUS! Need more.  |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 7, 2011 23:12:11 GMT -5
Barnes and Noble special leatherbound editions. Of everything. As in, it should be a law for books to look like that. I just got that edition for Edgar Allan Poe's collection in the mail yesterday. GLORIOUS! Need more. AH I HAVE THAT ONE. I also have the Austen and Shakespeare collections. They are terribly shiny. |
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Post by andy on Jun 8, 2011 3:53:29 GMT -5
I don't understand people who like leatherbound books, they're just gross. Why would anybody want animal corpses in their library?
Although I have been trying to get my hands on a boxset French edition of In Search of Lost Time for the longest time.
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 11, 2011 10:30:32 GMT -5
I want to find a decent copy of Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I cannot find a copy anywhere and its slightly frustrating because I really want to read it -___-
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Post by evenpottiesneedtoe on Jun 28, 2011 17:21:27 GMT -5
Barnes and Noble special leatherbound editions. Of everything. As in, it should be a law for books to look like that. I just got that edition for Edgar Allan Poe's collection in the mail yesterday. GLORIOUS! Need more. They're so beautiful oh my god when I first bought mine I literally just sat there touching, smelling, and looking at them. I love the way the pages feel, too. I have the editions of Wicked, Grimm's Fairy tales, and Interview with a Vampire. |
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