What First Edition Do You Own and Covet?

[Joel]

For non-collectors only:
What First Edition do you hold most dear?
What First Edition do you most covet holding?
For me:
Three original Dr. Dolittle books. (How old was I before I got the joke in his name ...)
Covet? I don't know! Think I'll watch your answers and see what boils ...

[Joel]

Kari wrote: "My first edition Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. My First edition Interview with a Vampire.
I remember reading these books for the first time.

I also hold dear some third and fourth generation c..."

"and signed ones would also be nice."
So understated, Kari. You mean like in: who do I have to kill to get one? You mean, like that?

[Matthew]

I have signed first editions of the Name of the Wind, and The Windup Girl, and Neverwhere. If my house was on fire, I would save my family, then go back for these books.

[Jennifer]

I have two first editions of "Gone with the Wind" in English and another first edition of it in German. (I'm a bit of a fan . . .) I would love a signed first edition but I have a feeling that unless I win the lottery, it will never happen.

[Joel]

Jennifer wrote: "I have two first editions of "Gone with the Wind" in English and another first edition of it in German. (I'm a bit of a fan . . .) I would love a signed first edition but I have a feeling that un..."

Well, now you've done it. Gone With the Wind has been my number one favorite book for over 40 years. Two First Editions is just selfish! :-) Also happens to be, in my humble opinion, the best movie ever made ...

[Andrew]

I bought a book called 'Peace or Anarchy' by the sinister but interesting post-War CIA bigwig Cord Meyer (who started as a passionate peacenik) via Amazon US earlier this year. The small hardback volume cost about four dollars and when I opened it, it turned out to be a signed first edition. I bought it as research for a book I'd been thinking about writing for years, so took this as a sign that I should get started!

[Joel]

Andrew wrote: "I bought a book called 'Peace or Anarchy' by the sinister but interesting post-War CIA bigwig Cord Meyer (who started as a passionate peacenik) via Amazon US earlier this year. The small hardback v..."

That would be a cool surprise. Signs are signs, right?!

[Andrew]

Joel R. wrote: "Andrew wrote: "I bought a book called 'Peace or Anarchy' by the sinister but interesting post-War CIA bigwig Cord Meyer (who started as a passionate peacenik) via Amazon US earlier this year. The s..."

That's what I tell myself on good days!

[Jennifer]

Joel R. wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I have two first editions of "Gone with the Wind" in English and another first edition of it in German. (I'm a bit of a fan . . .) I would love a signed first edition but I have ..."

I totally agree about the movie! I am a collector of GWTW stuff and have been since I was a teenager and watched it with my grandmother (who absolutely loved Clark Gable). One of my English ones was a library book and isn't in the greatest condition but the other one (aside from no dust cover) is next to mint! My German one is the best one I have though because it has the dust cover and no writing inside.

[Joel]

Jennifer wrote: "Joel R. wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I have two first editions of "Gone with the Wind" in English and another first edition of it in German. (I'm a bit of a fan . . .) I would love a signed first edi..."

A book with no writing inside. You could call it anything you wanted. Sorry, I couldn't resist.