There are anniversary, annotated, braille, comic books, firsts, foreign language, graphic, illustrated, large print, limited, and pirated editions. There are different bindings including hardcover, softcover, slipcased editions, library bindings, and leather-bound editions. The opportunities for collecting a single title are virtually endless. Another desirable copy is the Bal-Hi expurgated edition of the book prepared for high school students.X Apparently, the irony of expurgating Fahrenheit 451 was lost on the publisher, Ballantine Books. The apex of collecting Fahrenheit 451 is a signed limited edition bound in asbestos, pricey at $11,5000, but one which Captain Beatty and his firemen can’t burn. I have only begun so I do not have many books yet, and none of them are rare or expensive. My own desire is to collect Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. According to Pettit’s blog, his only regret is that he turned down a braille edition of Moby Dick because of the price. Various newspapers, including the New York Times, have written about or featured photographs of his collection.X Parts of his collection have been on display at Arrowhead, Melville’s home, now a museum, near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He now has more than 200 volumes, including illustrated versions, cheap paperbacks, foreign language editions, children’s versions, and leather-bound editions. She even went so far as to have a family friend decorate the walls of her bedroom with characters from the book.īill Pettit’s 25 years of collecting Herman Melville’s Moby Dick parallels Captain Ahab’s pursuit of the great white whale. She also collects Alice merchandise, games, movies, and items that parody the book.
Her love for Alice in Wonderland has expanded her collecting to other Lewis Carroll titles, but Alice is still her primary focus. Her budget is limited, but she has already collected nearly 200 unique copies, some hardcover, some soft cover, some cheap and some moderately expensive. My daughter started collecting Alice in Wonderland a few years ago.
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