[Dr. Drib]

I love and collect used books - mostly First Editions in Fine/Fine condition.

My more than 2,000 hardbacks are currently in a climate-controlled storage.

Some authors simply aren't available in ebook format, such as Nobel winner Claude Simon and most of the work of Gilbert Sorrentino, so I own these in American Firsts.

Other examples, where an ebook just doesn't 'cut it' (as we say in English):

My 1890s complete set of Charles Dickens that smells and feels so nice to the touch.

My first edition (F/F) of Ann Rice's "Interview with the Vampire."

To my way of thinking, nothing can replace a bookcase wall full of books. I had that before to Peru, and I'll have it again, just as soon as I cough up the $3000-$4000 dollars to have them shipped here and then have a wall-sized bookcase designed for my study (or computer room, as I actually call it now).

My specialty is post-modernist novels, and 20th C. Literature, although I also have a number of uncorrected galleys by Stephen King and other valuable genre-related items, such as an almost complete set of the Ballantine paperback Adult Fantasy Series (in NM condition).

After this all happens, I plan to acquire the complete set of Anthony Trollope, published by the Folio Society. The cost should only be between $600 - $1000. While I own the Delphi Classics ebook, nothing can compare to owning this beautiful set and having access to it while settled back in a comfortable chair and a good light.