tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post5935662218670857391..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: The glory of Versailleslynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-14671609095586568102011-06-13T01:23:34.404+10:002011-06-13T01:23:34.404+10:00You are right - we buy books because we love them ...You are right - we buy books because we love them and not because they might hold their value or even increase in value. But a lot of people do think that because Folios are so well produced that they will hold their value, but this isn't always the case. <br />I also have Madame de Pompadour on the shelf, next to Sun King, but that is as yet, unread. <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-10637107396862307672011-06-11T13:20:08.126+10:002011-06-11T13:20:08.126+10:00It is a beautiful book Margaret. I've bought s...It is a beautiful book Margaret. I've bought several Folio editions to sit beside battered old paperbacks that I'm fond of just because they're beautifully produced. Their value doesn't really matter to me because I don't woryy about that too much. I don't think any of my books will be worth much in monetary terms but I like owning them & looking at the beautiful pictures. How lovely that you have a copy of Sun King with such personal memories.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-21461247193816785772011-06-11T03:58:03.148+10:002011-06-11T03:58:03.148+10:00Long, long ago, when I had been married only two y...Long, long ago, when I had been married only two years and we had little spare cash to spend on books, my dear late father asked what I'd like for Chistmas? The year was 1966 (I was 22, just to stop you guessing) and Nancy Mitford's The Sun King had just been published and so I asked if he would kindly buy that for me. It was, therefore, the first book of my collection. I should, however, just love that gorgeous new Folio edition. Some people are a bit sniffy about the 'pretty' Folio editions (not quite as sniffy about them as they are of Reader's Digest condensed books, I might add!) and they don't actually hold their value particularly well, but I think that one is particularly attractive and I would be proud to add it to my collection to sit alongside the original first edition. <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.com