Probably about 1500 and it's mostly classics. I upped my Jane Austen game this year and have about 100 titles in my Austen collection alone

I think Poirot's tricks to out the killer were usually moreso to get an admission of guilt in front of an audience than to actually figure out who done it

Gotcha. In that case, there are Seasons Editions of many classic novels that are absolutely gorgeous to look at. I'm fairly confident they do limited print runs as well.

Just to clarify - are you looking for new unique editions, or older, and therefore used, unique editions?

Go the ebook route, which usually isn't nearly as good as reading an actual book, but allows for more comfy curling up options.

Well that makes it a must read then!

Ooh. I've always been curious as to how tasty "apples and onions" from Farmer Boy might be. Speaking of which, it occurs to me that I can't remember the plot of Farmer Boy being much beyond a long list of various dishes consumed at meals. 😊

Thanks - I'll have to check those out

I hear you on the fantasy cooking! I think books in general are wonderful for escapism, and imagined cooking escapism is just a special sort of awesome. I'm never going to make that leftover Thanksgiving turkey pie with stuffing crust, but the idea of it is fun.

And, yes, vintage and regional are so much fun. We bought a little spiral-bound cookbook at a craft fair a few years ago and it had something like 22 different recipes for nutroll. It feels like a historic artifact. 😄

Isn't it, though?