buy more first edition copies of books

I bought my boyfriend a first edition Anna Karenina that I always had my eye on but for some reason never bought for myself. I realized when I met him that I had found the person who would appreciate it as much as myself, and so I bought it for him as a gift. It felt good to give him something so special, and now that we are living together, it’s nice to have it in “our” library. I hope to buy more first editions of books that have in some way touched me (like that Vanity of Duluoz by Kerouac that I’ve had my eye on at the used bookstore I frequent).