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[Barbara]

Kevin wrote: "Where do you put them all, Barbara? You must have a warehouse hidden somewhere."

I dont' know !!! My hope is to read some books I have that are books I won't be keeping...

[Gavin]

'... I have that are books I won't be keeping...'
I don't think i would ever be able to give up books, even if I don't like them. Great book buying there.

[Allan]

Barbara, that's a pretty impressive haul you bought there. I have to say that the latest Richard Price novel, The Whites: A Novel is riveting, and I also loved Lush Life.

So, I know Barbara very kindly sent me Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man and another book which is enroute to mark my landmark birthday-thanks! I also want to thank whoever sent me The Luck of Ginger Coffey, a Brian Moore novel that will be my March Moore read-someone is well tuned in to what my tastes are,! :)

[Barbara]

Gavin. , moving books will cure you of that maybe. When I was young my dad was in the military and we moved a lot. I couldn't have lots of stuff but then turned into someone who wanted to keep everything. When I moved to Washington from Boston was the first time I gave away books. I keep most of my Irish lit, novels and history and poetry. Popular novels are easier for me to pass on.

[Susan]

That was me Allan. I sent you a PM about it but I was on drugs at the time so who knows where the message went. I hope you like it and Happy Birthday.

[Trelawn]

@ Barbara I ordered Sunshine on Scotland Street recently too. I thought there was only 7 books in the series and was working my way through them. But I was wrong and apparently there's 9 :-) The Kate Morton book is great, i love her stories.

[H]

Who has seen the new Potter book, a bibliography set to detail at £64.99 ! 'Tis scandalous!!!

[Paul]

Is it anything to do with Rowling or just another book by someone else.

[H]

Author and Sotheby’s director for children’s books Philip Errington has spent five years compiling the 544-page JK Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013, a work described as “slavishly thorough and somewhat mind-boggling” by Rowling which has just been published by Bloomsbury Academic. Not penned by her but she has provided all the material and input. It's an approved work.

[Paul]

Well won't be touching it anyway. Sounds like one for the academics at best.

[Allan]

Susan wrote: "That was me Allan. I sent you a PM about it but I was on drugs at the time so who knows where the message went. I hope you like it and Happy Birthday."

Thank you, Susan-I've no doubt that I will like it, and it'll be one that I'll read in March. :)

Thank you too, Barbara for the The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today which arrived in the post today-it's not a book that I'm familiar with, and is a great addition to my NI collection!

[Gavin]

Ya JK Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013, it is about €104.. I may eventually splurge for it, not the most expensive i have paid for a book.

I am glad it is coming out since it was announced before..

[Gavin]

Barbara wrote: "Gavin. , moving books will cure you of that maybe. When I was young my dad was in the military and we moved a lot. I couldn't have lots of stuff but then turned into someone who wanted to keep ever..."

that does make since possibly will with only a measly around 400 Books at the moment it isn't a problem if i end up away from home for working this coming year i wouldnt be bringing them with me bar a select few i always want with me.

[Paul]

Didnt cure myself and Trelawn ;-)
Gav , I see the copy of Trigger warning you bought is now retailing for 50 sterling already. Nice doubling of value

[Paul]

104 euro. I'd rather read the books than a book about the books. Sounds insane money

[Gavin]

Paul i actually never got Trigger warning sadly money went elsewhere to concert ticket. . It does when there is the official documenty and interviews shes done about her life.

[Paul]

The most I ever spent on a book was 80 euro and it was from 1851 don't think Id spend more on a new one

[Gavin]

I payed €117.87 for Skulduggery Pleasant The Dying of the Light Rare Black Limited Edition last september that would be the largest i have forked out to date.
This i got for £50 in 2008 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/09560...

[Paul]

Just have to get it signed now.;-)

[Gavin]

Indeed

[Paul]

You got your Pittacus Lore last year didnt you

[Gavin]

I did

[Barbara]

Allan wrote: "Susan wrote: "That was me Allan. I sent you a PM about it but I was on drugs at the time so who knows where the message went. I hope you like it and Happy Birthday."

Thank you, Susan-I've no doubt..."

The author of Uncivil Wars - Padraig O'Malley was someone I knew in Boston. He has made a career of writing about and working with groups involved in strife - Northern Ireland, South Africa and the MIddle East. Padraig is from Dublin and currently John Joseph Moakley Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston. This is a book I have to read myself. But it seemed like a book that should be in your library:)

[Paul]

I'm still dissapointed they didnf continue the slipcase editions. Power of Six was a beautiful special edition.

[Barbara]

Gavin wrote: "I payed €117.87 for Skulduggery Pleasant The Dying of the Light Rare Black Limited Edition last september that would be the largest i have forked out to date.
This i got for £50 in 2008 http://www..."

I've mentioned this before. I had a first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - just happened to see a review and buy it a a local bookstore (long since closed). A book dealer in Baltimore sold it for me for $2000 in 2004. I was buying my townhouse and needed the cash. The dealer asked if I really wanted to sell it. It was worth a lot because when the first book came out, it was printed in small numbers.

[Paul]

Its nice to come across a book before it makes it big. The UK edition is even rarer again but near impossible to find.
I like picking up debut novels , both to give new talent a chance and to see if a bargain becomes a fortune

[Barbara]

I bought 2 more books today
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words for young readers
A Donegal Summer - a 1985 book with sketches of Donegal. I saw is for close to $20 plus shipping but found it on ABE books for $5.75 and free shipping.

[Barbara]

Paul wrote: "Its nice to come across a book before it makes it big. The UK edition is even rarer again but near impossible to find.
I like picking up debut novels , both to give new talent a chance and to see i..."

Yes, the UK edition was out first so worth even more. Neither book seller I went to believed I had a first edition initially. I bet you wouldn't sell those valuable first editions but keep them.

[Paul]

I did try to sell my Cuckoos Calling, I was offered 1500 sterling but decided I'd hold onto it unleas I got an insane offer. With books I really enjoyed I don't think I'd ever sell. I've a few here that i bought unknown that have made it big so the signed edtions would be worth a fair few hundred at least, no where near your book but valuable . Something might change in the future but for now i'll keep them.

[Gavin]

Barbara wrote: "Paul wrote: "Its nice to come across a book before it makes it big. The UK edition is even rarer again but near impossible to find.
I like picking up debut novels , both to give new talent a chance..."

if i had the coveted first two in first edition ( still annoyed i didn't grab the CoS one when i had the chance ) i do have PoA . they would be safely stored. My book are my worth i have few rare firsts, ARC and books that had printing mistakes that are just treasures to me.

[Gavin]

@Paul i still need to get a Cuckoos Calling signed first.

It more than likely that we will not see the third novel this year, which is a bummer always exciting when a book comes out from one of my All Time Favourites i do have other sequels etc on the way though :P

[Paul]

Do you have the PoA with the errors. The initial first edition first printing had the author listed as Joanne Rowling abd had a few other errors . I had a copy in my hand but it cost 800 euro.

[Paul]

Difficult to get a Cuckoos calling signed first at thus stage . Even the second impressions are going for early a 1000 euro.
I'd gladly swap my first/firsr for a Philosophers Stone first. Its not a book i'd generally collect ( crime) so don't connect with it.

[Kevin]

All this talk of HP is almost making me want to reread them :)

[Gavin]

Ya i would gladly swap the Second one signed for a Philosophers.
Am i think it is it is a hard back i would need to check

[Gavin]

Kevin wrote: "All this talk of HP is almost making me want to reread them :)"

always a good time for a reread i am actually in and out of the reread lol with other books i dip out and then back in i have so much other books to read i don't need to reread anything for a while but it will happen a year never goes by without a reread or rewatch :P

[Paul]

I'd swap both gav

[Gavin]

I do not have the opertunity for that xd.

[Gavin]

Your 4 is also the one with mistake. They did i went to a midnight release for HBP and DH both of which are Firsts. But my HBP one is damaged and both are well worn from reading GoF mine isntva first i fear i had it but it was falling apart when i recieved a replacement it went away.. The new illustrated ones start this october excited

[Gavin]

There is shops on Cecil Court that has first signed PS, i went in to it but is not on display naturally i went in. Love london of all the second hand bookstores i think if i lived there, bookstores, theatre, trip to studio tour and cinema would take up a fair chunk of my time lol

[Gavin]

Oh i know i was agreeing with that part.

[Paul]

Cecil court is a treasure trove for rare books. So many I'd love to get.
There was around 500 First run first edition of Philosopher Stone. The next rarest is the approx 700 of the true first for Prisoner of Azkaban. From 4 on theirs tens of thousands to hundreds thousands in first runs

[Barbara]

Emma wrote: "I just checked mine out of curiosity and despite the fact I was reading them pretty much as they were released nothing before number 4 is a first print run. Shows just how rare the first print runs..."

I was 'interrogated' by the book seller who sold it for me about how I got it. I read a review in the Washington Post (when they had a book section), and either that day or the next went to my small local bookstore and bought it. Pure luck. I think with the greater use of the internet by booksellers, it is getting harder to pick up these 'rare' titles or first editions without paying a lot.

[Paul]

You really do have to buy them before abyone has heard of them. I have a signed first of the Martian and Wool , both of which were unknown at the time and both are now huge and have a film in production

[Barbara]

I love this series in Savidge Reads: Other People's Bookshelves. The owners talk about which books they keep and how they organize their books:
https://savidgereads.wordpress.com/ca...

[Allan]

Having seen Susan's and Barbara's reviews of William Kreuger's Ordinary Grace, I snapped it up when it became available on Audible's Daily Deal today.

[Barbara]

Allan wrote: "Having seen Susan's and Barbara's reviews of William Kreuger's Ordinary Grace, I snapped it up when it became available on Audible's Daily Deal today."

I saw it was on special today but didn't have time to post.

[Allan]

So, having waited for over a month, I was finally able to purchase Gun Street Girl on Audible today.

I look forward to my latest trip down memory lane to the war torn streets of my childhood...!

[Barbara]

Allan wrote: "So, having waited for over a month, I was finally able to purchase Gun Street Girl on Audible today.

I look forward to my latest trip down memory lane to the war torn streets of m..."

I am chuckling. This one has some twists and turns...

[Barbara]

A few books came in my door this week. The Guards by Ken Bruen and Beyond Belfast: A 560 Mile Journey Across Northern Ireland On Sore Feet- both from Paperback Swap. Now and in the Hour of Our Death by Patrick Taylor - the same author who wrote the Country Doctor series, this is a novel about the Troubles. I got an immaculate used hardcover. At my local bookshops sale I picked up Paul Muldoon's latest One Thousand Things Worth KNowing (not in the GR database yet) and got it signed. Also Cuba Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide To Customs &Amp; Culture as well as two kid's picture books: Fiona's Lace and Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909.