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Note: This was my intended love story book for the iggle swap, but then I heard back from my partner, and found that this book didn't fit! Serves me right for jumping the gun and ordering early! LOL. Oh well, I'll keep the book as a backup to giveaway in the future. lol. 


So one of February's IGGPPC Swaps was a love story book swap. I decided to sign up for all of the swaps in February, so I sat there for a good long while, just thinking about what kind of book I would want to send to an iggle.

I'm actually a lover of sappy romance novels. I love how, no matter what, there's always a "and they all lived happily ever after" ending. That being said, I don't read them too often. They're great, but not priority books. Although sometimes I find myself needing to read a sappy romance, because soooo many books I read have sad endings or have characters I just can't get behind. And I need some cheering up. So enter sappy romance. I've only ever found a small handful of romance novels I didn't like. Therefore odds are I'll be grinning like an idiot with tears of joy by the end of a romance novel.

ANYHOO... I know I love romance novels, but I also know not everyone does. In fact, I feel like it's one of the most hated upon genres. So what do I send as a love story book? I thought of Nicholas Sparks, but then... I'm not that big a fan of him. I loved the first of his books I read - A Walk to Remember. But then, after reading a few more of his books, it started to feel... the same. Someone dies in almost all of his books. Sometimes it's a secondary character, sometimes it's a main character. And it gets tiring.

So I didn't want to send a book I probably wouldn't like! And now what???

The idea came to me as I was reading a chapter of As You Wish.

Why not The Princess Bride?

A quick search online showed some fairly reasonable prices, although with shipping it wasn't so great. As I searched though, I found an ache forming in my stomach.

I do not own a copy of The Princess Bride.

And I was afraid I might not want to part with the copy I end up buying...


So, I decided to halve my budget, and try and get two copies of The Princess Bride. One for me, and one for my swap partner.

And then I found thriftbooks.com.

This website has millions of used books with free shipping to the US!

And they had The Princess Bride!  Hoorah!!



So I picked up two copies of The Princess Bride. I decided I personally wanted the oldest issue they had available, and then I picked up a newer copy. But they were 3 dollars each - score!!

So - the details! I ordered them on February 1st. They shipped on February 3rd, scheduled to arrive on the 12th. I actually got them on February 10th.



Here are the the books I got!

The one on the left (if in case you can't see the book price of $1.95!) is the older version. The right one is the younger version. They both use the same artwork, but the younger version filters the image.



Here are the copyright pages:

The newer edition is a thirty-sixth printing from 1992. Heh heh.

And the older book is an eighth printing from 1979.




They both have the color map inside them. They're almost the same size. The only differences is placement.

1992

The 1992 version has an insert in the middle of the book.

1979

The 1979 version is a foldout part of the front cover.


My favorite difference is the back cover.

On the 1992 cover:
"What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be well... a lot less than the man of her dreams?"


The 1979 cover is so much more to the point...

"What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world - and he turns out to be a son-of-a-bitch?" 


*bursts in to giggles*




So!!! Basically, I'm pretty happy with thriftbooks.com! Great prices, free shipping to the US, and the shipping time wasn't bad! I think it was sent DHL to a post office, and then sent usps the rest of the way.