January 25, 2010

• Barnes and Nobel Leather Bound Classics

  I can’t believe how blessed I have been this past month.  On Christmas, Cornsilk got me the book “The Arabian Nights” in the Barnes and Noble leather bound classics series.  This was one of the Barnes and Noble books I was watching with great interest.  All these books are leather bound, with ribbon place keepers, and gold gilt on the pages.

  Since Christmas is now over, and no more gifts or reason for gifts are on the horizon, I went to a local Barnes and Noble store and found “Wellsprings of Faith,” “The Complete works of Lewis Carol,” and “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” and I bought them all.  They list for $19.95 each, but with a B&N membership, they were $17.95 (plus tax).  “Wellsprings of Faith” is not listed on the B&N website anymore. L

  The other books I wanted were listed on the B&N website, and so I got “H.G. Wells Seven Novels,” “The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide, Five Complete Novels and One Story,” “The Divine Comedy,” “The Iliad and The Odyssey,” “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” “The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe,” and “Jane Austin, Seven Novels.” 

  The only one that I could have left on the shelf is “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” because it is not the story of his assassination, but a collection of all the letters of condolences written by the various heads of state to the United States upon the occasion of his death.  The introduction says that Congress ordered copies for every member of Congress, every ambassador, every department head and others of that ilk.

  I already had “The Complete Sherlock Holmes,” but I gave it away as a Christmas gift to a co-worker who mentioned that she liked Sherlock Holmes and that she wanted to read the book.  When I gave it to her, I intended to buy a replacement volume for myself from Barnes and Noble; but shock and dismay, the store was out of stock and suddenly so was the website!  All the books I had bought through the website were also out of stock! L

  I looked at used book sites and I found “The Complete Sherlock Holmes” for sale!  $149.00!  What?!?  The seller had two copies of the book and had gotten greedy.

  Today I re-visited the Barnes and Nobel website and the books that had been out of print were back in stock!  As I scrolled to the second page of “leather bound classics” I saw it! “The Complete Sherlock Holmes” was in stock, so I quickly ordered the book for $17.95 because I am a B&N member!  J

  I am so excited!  I have been re-reading “The Chronicles of Narnia” in that leather bound series, and I love it!  I have also begun reading “The Arabian Nights;” don’t kid yourselves: those are NOT children’s stories.  I am also reading Thomas á Kempis “The Imitation of Christ;” and I am looking forward to “The Dark Night of the Soul” by St. John of the Cross in the same volume.  These books are indeed bound in bonded leather, and the covers are uniquely and beautifully decorated to the books theme.  I was surprised that Lewis Carol’s book includes logic problems and simple code ciphers. Years ago I had bought a hardbound copy of Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories,” but it was not leather bound and B&N does not carry that book any more.

  All I need now is time to read them all!

   

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