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Subject: hardbound library
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 23:04:38 EST
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From: wood%nermal.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM  (Celeste Wood)


I received a solicitation in USnail today.  It is from Easton Press.
It is for a library of "Masterpeices of Science Fiction".
These books sound pretty nice but since I'm not much in collecting hardbound
books I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I am better off getting 
regular hardbound books.

The offer is this $32.00 plus $2.50 shipping and handling will get me one 
book per month bound in leather with 22Kt gold accents.  Asimov, Bradbury, 
and Herbert will autograph their volumes.  The titles sound pretty much like 
a classic SF library.  I have read all the books they list.

Can anyone tell me if this kind of library is worthwhile from a collectors 
point of veiw or just for my own private satisfaction that I finally own 
these great tomes in a proper binding.  

I never really justified the cost of hardbound books, especially in an age 
where a printing of a book contains zillions of copies.  I have about a hundred 
'favorite' stories which I keep on a special shelf, but they are all 
paperback.  These favorites are not necessarily considered classics, and there 
are some classics which I do not really care to own.

Celeste Wood 		ARPA: wood%nermal@decwrl.dec