Mine, “30,000 Years of Art” has a shipping weight of 12.8 pounds. It hefts a lot heavier.
Before I unwrapped this unusual gift, I thought it was a big box of ammo for my pellet gun.
In case you’re curious, it’s at…
BTW, I’m not such a huge art buff to qualify for a present like this, although my daughter seems to think so. But I do like this book!
Very cool, though I didn’t get a book that heavy, I did get the 50th anniversary leather bound Lord of the Rings weighing in at just over 5 pounds… 
Close. I got my Dad “The History of the US Army. 12.6 lbs. 960 pages.
I got this!
It weighs in at a hefty 15.6 pounds.
I got The Complete Calvin and Hobbes http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes/dp/0740748475 . It is 3 books in a box set. Shipping Weight: 21.5 pounds.
Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume 2 , a measley 6.3 pounds. Dang.
Looks like you’re the winner - in more ways than one. C&H is my all-time favorite comic strip.
I hope you get years and years of enjoyment from it.
I wonder how much a Gutenberg Bible weighs.
Unless we choose to get picky about an ‘only one book’ rule, excluding box sets, in which case the winner is… [del]Labdad[/del]… no, that’s a set of 2, as well. Guess it’s the OP!
I got the hardback edition of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. I’d guess it’s about 2 kilos. Certainly much less than than book in the OP.
Yeah, I think the box set is kind of a cheat. I’d say BarnOwl is the winner.
And you can get a ‘replica’ Gutenberg Bible on Ebay that is 17.6 lbs.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gutenberg-Bible-Gorgeous-Bindings-RARE-FACSIMILE!!!_W0QQitemZ150197740060QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0712220844a25044
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I said “book” but I still give the nod to wouldn’t you like to know
Besides, it’s a helluva gift.
I got We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. It’s the other kind of heavy.