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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 515987" data-attributes="member: 158">Neg Zero: Read Thalmin's post, and reference what others have said in dozens of posts over the past three years about their 1st edition books.I don't know WHO Gygax got to bind those things, but those 1st edition books had calf-skin pages, bindings of dragon-sinew, spines made of Balrog-horn, and covers permeated with adamant. Those things have lasted generations with gamers who left them baking in cars, inundated with soda pop, buried under debris, and generally abused like red-headed stepchildren.I'm exaggerating slightly, but I have heard tales of 1st edition books surviving knifings, rain storms, and contortions unheard of. My own books have survived ME for 20 years now, while my 3rd edition players handbook, although still intact, has already begun to slightly separate its binding from its spine. It's not bad, but it flops like it didn't used to.People say this about things all the time, but in this one case, I can truly say: &quot;They don't make 'em like they used to.&quot;Just my two cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 515987, member: 158"] Neg Zero: Read Thalmin's post, and reference what others have said in dozens of posts over the past three years about their 1st edition books. I don't know WHO Gygax got to bind those things, but those 1st edition books had [i]calf-skin[/i] pages, bindings of [i]dragon-sinew[/i], spines made of [i]Balrog-horn[/i], and covers permeated with [i]adamant[/i]. Those things have lasted generations with gamers who left them [b]baking in cars, inundated with soda pop, buried under debris,[/b] and generally abused like [b]red-headed stepchildren[/b]. I'm exaggerating slightly, but I have heard tales of 1st edition books surviving knifings, rain storms, and contortions unheard of. My own books have survived ME for 20 years now, while my 3rd edition players handbook, although still intact, has already begun to slightly separate its binding from its spine. It's not bad, but it [i]flops[/i] like it didn't used to. People say this about things all the time, but in this one case, I can truly say: [i]"They don't make 'em like they used to."[/i] Just my two cents. [/QUOTE]

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