Most people will know that I have a rather nice Science Fiction and Fantasy books collection. And just the weekend I looked at one of the more special books in that collection…
It is the Dutch translation of very famous book “War of the Worlds” written by H.G. Wells. The book was printed in 1929 and it is the second print, which meant it was one of the 8000 to 12000 printed books. And there were 8 pictures in there. We can all read this in the beginning of the book…
It is nice to have such old edition of such a famous book. But there is more to this book. When I bought this book years ago, I found a receipt in the book that shows that it was sent to someone to be reviewed…
This makes the book even more special. It even makes the book unique. A quick look on Google learns that de “Wereldbibliotheek” (the publisher of the book) still exists. As said, I am happy to be the owner of this book. And for anyone who even wonders: No, this book is not for sale!
I bought this many years ago at the book club of the NCSF. You may wonder what the NCSF is. It the “Nederlandse Contractcentrum voor Science Fiction”, a club for those who love Science Fiction and Fantasy. It was always nice to visit their meetings in the city of Utrecht and the book club sold many good books for very reasonable price.
I really have no idea anymore why I ever left the NCSF.
Another look on Google learned me that to my surprise after all these years the NCSF also was still around. And yes, I signed up again. Now I live in Heemskerk I can visited their “SF cafe’s” in Amsterdam. It will be fun…
It is nice to feel this urge to read again. It have been gone for some time, but it is back again… and that is a good thing!
What I really like is how you treat books like this as if they were a small treasure. And I think that is what they are exactly to you!