What book do you covert to own the most?

Question

Rare books are a must

or
what rare book do you own and treasure the most?

Please no lectures about the bible and koran etc... if you covert the bible so be it just dont preach to me...

sorry for the spelling error in other words bite me... covet it is... lol

Answer 1

And you've come to the right place (coincidentally) because that is what I do for a living (not coveting) but selling rare books. I have many first editions. This is a nearly impossible question for me to answer. I do own a strangely *rare* book and that is Tom Clancy's "Hunt For Red October". It's a first edition and it's now going for around $1,300! (and I bought it for my father!) But the one VERY rare book I own and wouldn't sell for practically ANYTHING (maybe a million dollars) is "James Dean Is Not Dead" by Morrissey. (you probably don't know who he is. He was in a band called The Smiths in the early 80's. He is an ICON.) I bought the book in '83 for $5.00 and now it's worth about $800.00. I treasure it because he wrote this book about his idol James Dean. But this question is too tough! I have so many books I treasure! And I keep buying more! A highly interesting question. It's reassuring to me that some people actually love books. A pleasure. :o)

Answer 2

I like a variety of books. I go in moods so to start with during Christmas I like to read good ole happy cheerful, tearful stories, for instance:

Donna VanLiere "The Christmas Shoes, The Christmas Hope, and The Christmas Blessing"
or
Thomas KinKade & Katherine Spencer "A Christmas to Remember"

After Cristmas I like to read fiction books as well especially ones about dragons, sorcery, kings, queens, suspense are just a few. My list I read this past winter and into spring:

Rosalind Miles "Queen of the Summer Country, and The Knight of the Sacred Lake"
and
Jude Fisher "Sorcery Rising"
and
Mary Brown "The Unexpected Dragon"
and
Robert Newcomb "The Fifth Sorceress"
and last but least
Christopher Paolini "Eragon and The Eldest"

Of course I read my bible (one chapter at a time) and I read out of a book I bought from The Guideposts called "HandBook to the Bible" every night before I go to bed.

I also spend at least 2 hrs day reading stuff off the internet and also attend my classes at UOP online and read their material as well. I try to participate as much as I can and stay well rounded.

Reading is good for your soul just like having family, friends, and animals to love.

Answer 3

Ask & it is Given - Abraham Hicks. Also I know this is not rare, but Memoirs of a Geisha changed my life. I know! I know who wrote it so no lectures, I just really appreciate the way ti was written. YES I read the book before the movie came out (during finals week) and I was addicted! The book has so much more, and explained things better, although the movie was ok.

Answer 4

No rare books but I have signed copies of two friends of mines books.

Nothing too mind blowing.

"The Serious Drinkers Amsterdam Beer Café Guide" by Hugh Shipman (and signed THIS BOOK IS ALREADY OUT OF DATE)

and

"Memoirs of an Exorcist" by David Devereux (yes I have a friend who is a working exorcist - not in the religious sense though, other types of entities)

Other than that the one book I keep going back to is an English translation of "The Stone and the Flute" by Hans Bemmann

Answer 5

That I want: An Encycolpedic Outline of Hermetic, Qabbalistic, Masonic, Rosicurian, and Gnostic Symbolism by Manly P. Hall.

or a Signed copy of a Tale of Two Cities (for personal reasons)
or the Canterbury Tales (for Obvious Reasons)

One that I have: Complete Works of Shakespeare that was owned by my Grandmother

Answer 6

Charlotte Bronte and one of her sisters wrote a book of poems before they became famous, using names that sounded like they might be men's names, Currer Bell in her case. Only two volumes were ever sold. I'm convinced that someone, somewhere, in some attic in some old home in England, has one of the volumes. If that was ever found, it would be reprinted and sell like hotcakes! That's the book I most covet.

Answer 7

I have a first edition copy of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth that I found at a used book store about 5 years ago for $3.95. It is one of my most prized posessions. Excellent question.

Joel the Clown: You are not funny and nobody likes you. Go away.

Answer 8

that is all actual. She used to jot all the way down to a chum who produced her letters and he or she develop into ate up with the belief of greatness over the little human beings sooner or later. She thinks she would be able to "manage" the little pee-ons of the international extra advantageous than they are able to do themselves. She extensively utilized a ghostwriter for her books, and one she under no circumstances regarded. Michael Medved suggested she even had somebody write her speeches in college.

Answer 9

Well, not the rarest or the most valuable, but I would dearly love two old children's books to complete my collection of an English author named Marion St John Webb.

They are "Mr Papingay's Flying Shop" and "Mr Papingay's Caravan".

P.S. Don't people get so stressed out by spelling?!
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HEY C.M. above me- You've got my dream job!!! Can you help me with the books I'm looking for. Condition is irrelevant

Answer 10

I don't collect rare books, nor do I have a desire to do so. There is a book I would love to have. It is Robert Sabuda's Wizard of Oz pop-up book. It is a work of art, I have his Alice in Wonderland one. I leave it out on my coffee table. People are amazed by it.