Personal library's prized posession?

Old hardback copy of The Bourne Identity. Makes me laugh because it was one of my granny's books, and she's not exactly the person you'd think would enjoy spy thrillers.

I have a few good ones...need to take actual pics but these guys are sealed up right now...

First Edition Ayn Rand Fountainhead (with dustjacket)


I have a 1937 first edition (limited printing) of Audubon's Birds of America prints that I've loved since I was a kid. Original dustjacket intact.


Almost mint 2nd printing "Revised" Ghosts Along the Mississippi.



TBH - I traded my Ghosts for the Audubon with my folks so they can keep it with their Louisiana books while I'm in Texas.

This is mine.

1st Ed of Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward



All around fantastic book. Finding one in really good condition cost me about $75.

Here is probably my best piece. It's technically not a book, but I have it in my library. It's a set of 30-lithographs of pre-WWI German Dreadnoughts. 1st Edition, 18.5 inches x 14.5"

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This is a picture of German Naval cadets, the one sitting down to the left was the first owner of this book.

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My dad lost a signed, first edition copy of The Old Man and the Sea in Katrina. I still shed tears over that one.

Mine is the My Book House series. Amazing books. Mine were printed in 1936. Not sure how they have survived 80 years, especially with 25 of them being with me.

It is a truly amazing collection containing true stories, legends, poetry, fairy tales, and classics from cultures around the world.

For example, just 3 books of the series contain The Divine Comedy, Faust, Lohengrin, excerpts from The Ramayana, The Kalevala, The Odyssey, The Saga of Frithjof, La Chanson De Roland, ShahNameh, Aeneid, El Cantar de Mio Cid, 1001 Arabian Knights, Beowulf, The Tale of Bygone Years aka Primary Chronicle, The Tale of the Rhine-Gold, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Kraljevich Marko, and Don Quixote. As well as selections from Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Irving, Zangwill, Tennyson, Kipling, Longfellow, Ibsin, Arthur Chapman, Robert Burns, Edward Rowland Sill, Chaucer, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Browning, and Richard Wagner.

I also have 3 signed special editions of the first Shannara trilogy.

My most prized possession is my library itself. You don't find many people under 30 with over 2000 books. But my wife and I do.

All signed by the author(s)
later printing A Game of Thrones Martin

A clash of kings Martin 1st/1st
A storm of swords Martin 1st/1st
A feast for crows Martin 1st/1st
A dance with dragons Martin 1st/1st
Anasazi Boys Gaimans 1st/1st
Eldest Paolini 1st/1st
Inheritance Paolini 1st/1st
Seventh Son Card 1st/1st

Signed by both authors Good Omans Pratchett and Gaimans 1st/1st

I have 4 volumes of Audels Carpenters and Builders Guides published in 1945 that show you carpentry and contracting skills. Fully illustrated and show everything from framing to Windows to how to hang a door and plane a piece of furniture. What's really cool about them is these are the books my great grandfather bought to teach himself the business.

I own a signed first print of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Probably my prized possession as far as books go.

Hard back editions of Stephen King from Carrie in 1974 through 11/22/63 in 2011.

Also, have first editions of all The Dark Tower books.