poster Lagopus, on another thread:
<<When my house burns down, as well as rescuing my saxophone and a guitar or two I'll save ....>>
I thought was a great theme for a thread. the rest of you will prove me right or wrong.
The Source... James Michenor
Hawaii...James Michenor.
Rebecca...Daphne Du Maurier
Battlefield Earth.. L Ron Hubbard.
My collection of late 18th c Sterneana, some of which is only known from a handful of copies.
I am running out of my burning house as quick as I can without any books
you guys just aren't into the spirit of this thread.
and hard-cover books can be expensive -- which might matter if your house just burned down.
What they said. Sod the books.
How I found Stanley in Central Africa (£)
British Roll of Honour 1914 (privately funded photographic obituaries of the very posh people's children - gone for ever). Bound in purple velvet, white and gilt. The war had barely started...
Trance Formations, Bandler & Grinder (1st. Ed.)
The Theory of Relativity (first English edition), with pencil annotations by my dad.
Most books are easily replaced so I'd have to go for the irreplaceable.
The Great Book of Hashish: Volume 1. Laurence Cherniak. Because of the lovely note to me from the author inside.
Redmire Pool. Clifford and Arbery. Too expensive to replace.
My childhood stamp collection. Because even at fifty I still think one of the penny reds will make me a millionaire If I could just be arsed having them valued.
Putting Out Fires
By I P Freeley
My photo albums and MrG's stamp collection, which is probably worth more than the house.
red ginger - "The Source... James Michenor
Hawaii...James Michenor."
Good, but I think Centennial was his best.
Perhaps only a picture book that my son’s godmother drew and had bound for his first birthday. Everything else is replaceable.
None seems about right. My books have sentimental value, but I'm not risking my life for them.
My photo albums, though, some of them are really important. Only some, though.
Freak Bros comics.
If my house caught fire, the first thing to save would be the cat, followed by MrA. If time allowed after that, there are three pictures I am very fond of. Books do not come into the equation at all, MrA may return for some of his comics.
In truth - f**k the books/comics. I'd grab my external HD, my Les Paul, my banjo, my Simmons xylophone and my WW2 searchlight mirror. May involve two trips I guess.
Ooh yes, the banjo, and the Gibson.
Poor James Michener did not leave much of an impression on some readers, at least not so much that they remember his name correctly.
And I would rather save hard discs with documents on them. Books can be bought again, as said upthread.