I love finding out what editions other Downers use - I like to imagine which version people are reading from! Well, I have several copies of some of the books as I find some of the editions hard to resist. It's a good excuse anyway...
The editions I use most often are the top two sets on
this page. The set with the Pauline Baynes covers is battered but is my very favourite and has lots of sentimental value, so much so that I actually sought out and bought a relatively unscathed copy of the
boxed version. The Roger Garland set is also
boxed.
I've also got hold of
this set with John Howe covers. And I have the
Alan Lee mega-edition which I only ever use to look at the pictures.
And as a warning to all would-be collectors, beware if buying the
second set on this page. I have a set with these covers (they might have been intended for book-club sales) which I bought very cheaply, impressed by the art, but they are not very useable as they are full of typos!