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Old 10-08-2005, 02:33 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
In the U.S. too. The little holes in the wall where long ago I found UT and the first three volumes of HoMe have all disappeared. I must confess, though, that I think there is something quite wonderful about a truly huge bookstore.
In this day and age of the internet and cellphone (and, indeed, the Barrow-Downs), and enormous, department-store type of place devoted entirely to books and reading is an awesome wonder to behold- and to think about.

It's such a pity though, that it comes at the cost of a cozy little bookstore.

To add my contribution to the "editions" topic, I have no hardcover copies of the LotR. Not of any of them. It's all paperback.

Which isn't such a bad thing, although I DO hope to get myself a good, fancy, hardback set one of these years. But that's after I finish accumulating all the History of Middle-Earth for myself, as well as all the other miscellaneous Tolkien-related books of other natures.

In the meantime, I am an inveterate collector of used paperbacks. I pretty much can't pass up a copy of any Tolkien book if I come upon it in a thrift store or used bookstore. Fortunately, such visits are rare and such sightings rarer, because although I already have three sets (none complete) and several extra copies of the Fellowship, I would be hardpressed to not buy another copy, if I came on one I did not already have.

I'm much like Child in that respect...
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