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Greetings: Huzzah, found first editions of the BotNS and Urth for a sane price. They are on their way to me. I bought the "Book" in paperback from Timescape (at the time that was all I could afford!) and re-bought them in their Tor Orb trades. But I've always wanted hardcovers. (The subject line, BTW, is Yet Another Literary Reference. This time from the wonderous Patrick O'Brian tales of Captain "Lucky Jack" Aubrey.) Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. (Mark Twain, "Notebook") Over 7,000 postings served! See The Eternal Golden Braid (http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/ ).

Fred Kiesche <godel2escher2bach at yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: Huzzah, found first editions of the BotNS and Urth for a sane price. They are on their way to me. I bought the "Book" in paperback from Timescape (at the time that was all I could afford!) and re-bought them in their Tor Orb trades. But I've always wanted hardcovers. Yeah, they're pretty sweet. I picked up a pristine first of 5hc for under $20, but the botns is pricey. Don