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Chronicles of Narnia: Great Old Find on My Dusty Bookshelf
Recently, while dusting my bookshelves, I actually paid attention to the books I’d placed there so many years ago. In all fairness, one bookcase contains many books I haven’t even read yet. I bought them because the cover, title, or author of the book caught my eye, or because at the time, they seemed like a great find. How many of you have purchased books, placed them on your bookshelf, unread, and forgotten about them?
The reason I asked, is…while scanning this one particular “great find” bookcase, I found the Scholastic version of Book 1 in the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I have no idea when I purchased it or why, but I can tell you that it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve placed a book in this bookcase.
The pages are yellowed and have the smell of a very old library book. The cover artwork is enchanting.
With the recent hype about the movie Narnia, which I haven’t seen, I was quite shocked and excited that I have the September 1987 First Scholastic printing. I might even add it to my “to read” pile. But then, again, maybe I should just go out and buy the new version.
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The reason I asked, is…while scanning this one particular “great find” bookcase, I found the Scholastic version of Book 1 in the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I have no idea when I purchased it or why, but I can tell you that it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve placed a book in this bookcase.The pages are yellowed and have the smell of a very old library book. The cover artwork is enchanting.
With the recent hype about the movie Narnia, which I haven’t seen, I was quite shocked and excited that I have the September 1987 First Scholastic printing. I might even add it to my “to read” pile. But then, again, maybe I should just go out and buy the new version.
Old Books, Scholastic, Chronilces of Narnia, C.S. Lewis, jdkiggins
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I love books and have many in my library. Of course, many I have not read. I have two rows of all of Danielle Steel's hard-cover books - which I have read only once but love to keep. And I have books that I would love to read someday but have not had time. And books, that I buy as reference or because someone else might be interested in them. But, like you, I get excited when I run into an older book that's been there forever and I kind of forgot about. (when I got married, my husband had more than 500 books - including some awesome "Carl Sandberg's Lincoln" - an 6-volume on everything ever written by Abraham Lincoln - published 1926-1939. Amazing. I love those books.
Books are wonderful to read and peruse. I know what you mean about the Danielle Steel books. I have three shelves of Stephen King books. He's the only author I collect in hard cover.