# Anyone get a heavier book for Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299 "2007-12-26T18:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/1 "2007-12-26T18:07:05Z")
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… > **[30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space:...](https://www.amazon.com/30-000-Years-Art-Creativity/dp/0714847895)** > > 30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space \[Becker, Marshall, Blair, Sheila S., Branfoot, Crispin, Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. 30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human... 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! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/2 "2007-12-26T18:19:37Z")
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… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/3 "2007-12-26T18:50:29Z")
Close. I got my Dad “The History of the US Army. 12.6 lbs. 960 pages. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/4 "2007-12-26T19:12:34Z")
I got [this!](http://www.amazon.com/MADs-Greatest-Artists-Completely-Martin/dp/0762430508/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198696200&sr=1-1) It weighs in at a hefty 15.6 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wouldn_t_you_like_to_know)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/5 "2007-12-26T19:27:29Z")
I got The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes/dp/0740748475](http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes/dp/0740748475) . It is 3 books in a box set. Shipping Weight: 21.5 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/6 "2007-12-26T19:57:31Z")
Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume 2 , a measley 6.3 pounds. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/7 "2007-12-26T20:09:35Z")
[QUOTE=wouldn’t you like to know] I got The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: Bill Watterson, Bill Watterson: 9780740748479: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes/dp/0740748475) . It is 3 books in a box set. Shipping Weight: 21.5 pounds. [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/8 "2007-12-26T20:46:24Z")
I wonder how much a Gutenberg Bible weighs. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/9 "2007-12-26T21:10:13Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] 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. [/QUOTE] 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! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/10 "2007-12-26T21:56:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wouldn_t_you_like_to_know)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/11 "2007-12-26T22:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] 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! [/QUOTE] 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](http://cgi.ebay.com/Gutenberg-Bible-Gorgeous-Bindings-RARE-FACSIMILE!!!_W0QQitemZ150197740060QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0712220844a25044) edit link ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/12 "2007-12-26T23:18:59Z")
I said “book” but I still give the nod to **wouldn’t you like to know** Besides, it’s a helluva gift. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-get-a-heavier-book-for-christmas/431299/13 "2007-12-26T23:46:10Z")
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.