BTT: Collectibles

This week’s Booking Through Thursday post is about collecting books:

• Hardcover? Or paperback?
• Illustrations? Or just text?
• First editions? Or you don’t care?
• Signed by the author? Or not?

Well, if I were one that was serious about collecting, then I think I’d be more picky. I would probably choose hardcovers (’cause they last longer), some with illustrations and some without, a couple of First Editions (just for bragging rights), and definitely some signed books.

In fact, I have a small collection of signed books, already! Several of the authors who’ve sent me books have signed them, first. So, I’m very proud of those books.

My prized books, though, are the ones that have kind of come into my possession “by accident” (they were found, or someone gave them to me, maybe not realizing what they were doing). They’re very, very old. One of them is from the early 1800′s! I had to do some research even to figure that out! The other two are books that we found in the wall of our old house when we were renovating.   They’re from the 1930′s and the 1940′s. To me, this is fascinating! I treasure all of these books!

Much as my “collection” is over 1100 books strong, I don’t necessarily consider myself a “book collector” in the true sense of that title… I don’t scour the world (online or otherwise) to find rare books, and I don’t care (usually) whether the book is hardcover or paperback, first edition or otherwise, etc. None of that matters. All I care is that the book appeals to me and is in very good condition.

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