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Tolkien only Section => Books - LOTR & The Hobbit => Topic started by: Theo on March 17, 2010, 12:28:34 AM

Title: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 17, 2010, 12:28:34 AM
  Somewhere in the move(s) I have misplaced (or maybe even lost! :o) my copy of the LotR trilogy!  :'(  I don't know have money to buy copies right now either..  I'd ask someone to let me borrow them, but that wouldn't exactly work out..  :8o
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Telcontar on March 17, 2010, 02:17:04 AM
Library? Or a charity book shop - there's normally copies knocking about in those places that you can pick up quite cheap (depending on how charitable you're feeling. :P)
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 17, 2010, 02:32:47 AM
  If my mom could find her copies I know I could borrow hers..  Actually, I could probably have hers..

  I need to do some searching in the garage for any crates that say "books" and hopefully I'll find my copies of the trilogy..
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Lessa on March 18, 2010, 06:09:33 PM
try amazon


http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0618640150/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1268917699&sr=1-1&condition=used (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0618640150/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1268917699&sr=1-1&condition=used)
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 18, 2010, 06:24:31 PM
  Thanks!  Those were some good prices, too!
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 19, 2010, 04:47:37 AM
  So I was at the bookstore today and bought a new copy of all the books together in one..  It set me back $20, but that was cheaper than buying them individually, so I went ahead and got the combo..

  Now all that's left is to read them!  :D
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Telcontar on March 19, 2010, 04:53:01 AM
I have the books individually and in combo. The combo is brilliant, you can just flick backwards and forwards to anything. Hardly touch the separate ones anymore. My three-in-one is starting to look a bit dog-eared now though. It's fallen victim to a few spilled glasses of water, the pages are fairly well-thumbed and it's all going a bit yellow. I don't care though, I'll keep it until it falls apart in my hands. Then I'll tape it back together and carry on! :D
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 19, 2010, 07:25:17 PM
  Yeah, that's when you know a book is well-loved!  :D  Those are the best, in my estimation..
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Lessa on March 19, 2010, 10:17:22 PM
I'm on my second copy. I bought the first new in 1979 amd read it so much that it started to fall apart so when I saw a copy in a charity shop a couple of years ago for 50p and in much better condition than mine I snatched it up quick smart.
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 19, 2010, 11:31:27 PM
  Good deal, Les!  You sure know how to bargain hunt..  :D
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 23, 2010, 10:59:23 PM
  It's official, my crate with my LotR and Hobbit books are missing..  :'(  I've looked at all the crates/ boxes in my closet and my dad looked at all the boxes/ crates in the garage and it was nowhere to be found..  I'm so upset because I had several copies of the LotR trilogy and at least one nice hardback copy of the Hobbit..  -sigh-  Oh well, I guess I'll have to start collecting again..  :(
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Lessa on March 24, 2010, 05:52:29 PM
well the thrift/charity shops, market stalls and amazon are all good places to look for books at a fraction of the price of the retail trade. I can't go past a place that has a stand of cheap books. My girls steer me past anywhere that has even one book in it.  ::)
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 24, 2010, 06:26:30 PM
  Yeah, i know..  There's tons of places to by replacement books..  I just hate that I have to buy anymore at all..  :P  I'm not sure whose fault it is, I guess it went missing during one of our moves..  :8o
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Lessa on March 27, 2010, 10:10:00 PM
it's easily done :*D
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on March 28, 2010, 12:56:57 AM
  Aw, thanks..  :-*
Title: Re: I can't find my books! -sniff-
Post by: Theo on November 13, 2011, 10:27:46 PM
  I just realized the other day that my copy of the Hobbit (my leather-bound version) is also missing..  :(