I lucked into my copies. My mother gave me the first set I had, years after she'd read them herself. I still have that first one; a battered first edition hardcover that lost its slipcover years ago. The second, though, was a paperback and I had to hunt down a new copy when it reached the point that the pages were falling out from too many readings.
Enjoy it when you get to them. They're well worth the wait.
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I lucked into my copies. My mother gave me the first set I had, years after she'd read them herself. I still have that first one; a battered first edition hardcover that lost its slipcover years ago. The second, though, was a paperback and I had to hunt down a new copy when it reached the point that the pages were falling out from too many readings.
Enjoy it when you get to them. They're well worth the wait.