Years ago, I was fotunate to buy the hardcover editions of HOLLYWOOD BABYLON AND HB 2. Over the years, friends borrowed both volumes and eventually they were lost, or at least, never returned. So, I was very excited a few years ago, when Border's Books in Tacoma announced that Kenneth Anger would be signing copies of his books. I thought this would be a great chance to replace the copies I had lost. Unfortunately, when I arrived for the signing I found Mr. Anger signing only a small stack of the paperback editions. I bought them both , and he signed them; but it just wasn't the same as having the large hardbound editions.