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I almost subjected you all to a long rambling about my Swallows and Amazons books, and whether I should buy a particular copy of Missee Lee (one of the three I don't have) that is the same hard-to-find edition as the rest of the series, but is covered in clear film and has library markings on the spine. But while I was writing I realised I could not tolerate either film or markings, that I will likely not be able to remove either without completely ruining the cover and thus defeating the purpose, and that I'd rather wait two/three years for another copy rather than have to look at this one.

So you don't get the rambling after all. Probably you should be thankful.

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In more delightful news, according to the Armageddon Facebook group and Twitter, Gigi Edgley has been booked for Auckland this year. She hasn't yet made the actual website, but: Chiana!

Oh, this is going to be an expensive autograph year, isn't it? I'm up to four, assuming none of them pull out.

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I don't own nearly enough Swallows & Amazons books. In fact I only have seven. I keep mooching them as they come up on Bookmooch (which isn't very often) but I don't want to buy any because I'm kind of waiting for the day when I can afford this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Swallows-Amazons-Arthur-Ransome-Boxed/dp/B000KPJ4F2), although I don't know if I could ever justify spending £150 on books.

Ooh, very nice. I love those covers - I think maybe because the library books I first read all had those covers. I've thought about buying some second-hand but, yeah, can't really justify having two copies of each book at this point.

*goes and looks*

They are rare, but I'm sure you'll be able to find an unmarked version of the yellow and blue covers again - I collected a set of that version for a friend about 10 years ago.

I should get back to collecting a set for myself again. I think I want the previous edition , with the stick figure pictures (like the other other Missee Lee that's up at the moment) because that's what my first book was/is (We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea). But so far I only have four, and they might be a mix of the two covers.

I've actually been surprised at how hard it is to find the blue/yellow cover versions. I had about six of the books from childhood, and over the last five-six years I've only come across two of the other five. It doesn't help that the ones I'm trying to find - Missee Lee, Coot Club and the Big Six - are probably less popular/rarer than some of the others.

I'm not normally this obsessive about books in a series matching. I think because I have so many in one edition I feel like any other version would stand out and annoy me - as, apparently, would library markings.

Just looked at the Armageddon site and she is now on there :)

Ooh, so she is.

It needs to be October now.

LOL. I see they are prebooking the dinners and Amanda Tapping's has sold out.

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