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re: Oldest book you own?
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:24 am to athenslife101
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:24 am to athenslife101
Book of the Panzer Family history, 1923.
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Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:32 am to HarryBalzack
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Why?
Used to go to $1 a bag book sales for old libraries when I was a kid. By the time I was in 8th grade - I had 'em all. I liked the ads better than the articles in the earliest ones. True history there. Some are pretty valuable in perfect condition.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 1:36 am to Napoleon
That's some cool books Napoleon 
Look at the Bonnet Carre Spillway on that map in that River book
Look at the Bonnet Carre Spillway on that map in that River book
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:25 am to wickowick
so jealousssssss
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:09 am to athenslife101
My high school yearbook. c.1843
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:31 am to Taurus
My grandmother gave me a bible that has been in her family since the early 1800s
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:43 am to yurintroubl
My parents have an "Audubon's Birds of North America" from its original run (not first edition, though) from the 1830s. Only book I ever wasn't allowed to turn the pages on when I wanted to see it. It was a gift to my 3x Great Aunt by a patron when she became the first female to receive a Doctorate in her Department at West Virginia University.
My Dad, who apparently liked to look at it was eventually given this version of it so he could flip through it at will. It's still in the original dust jacket. I'll take pics next time I go home. It's the reason I love looking for birds when I travel to this day.
ETA:
Damn. Ours is in waaaaaaay better shape than that one. Also - Just remembered there's a 50% chance that I have it in TX with me from the last time they evacuated. Will have to look tomorrrow/today.
My Dad, who apparently liked to look at it was eventually given this version of it so he could flip through it at will. It's still in the original dust jacket. I'll take pics next time I go home. It's the reason I love looking for birds when I travel to this day.
ETA:
Damn. Ours is in waaaaaaay better shape than that one. Also - Just remembered there's a 50% chance that I have it in TX with me from the last time they evacuated. Will have to look tomorrrow/today.
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 4:47 am
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:43 am to athenslife101
I have four Carpenters handbooks my great grandfather on my moms side used to teach himself the trade. They were published in the 20s.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:03 pm to athenslife101
oldest book: 1849 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Most Valuable book: 1st edition of Mark Twain's "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court" 1889
valued at @ $1500.00
Most Valuable book: 1st edition of Mark Twain's "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court" 1889
valued at @ $1500.00
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:18 pm to athenslife101
I have a bible that has been in my family dating back past the civil war. I had never looked through in in great detail until a couple of years ago for fear of destroying it. When I finally did, I found three 2x1.5 inch pictures from the civil war era.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:26 pm to Black n Gold
I have some old Nazi books my grandfather brought back from WW2. They are awesome and have all kinds of pictures glued into them.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:55 pm to LSUAlum2001
Mint or not, that's an incredibly cool book.
Heck, Harry Potter first edition is worth 10K.
There was a nice opportunity to get first editions at steep discounts in that 2008-10 period; but I was protecting my money and didn't make too many moves. Wish I had.
Heck, Harry Potter first edition is worth 10K.
There was a nice opportunity to get first editions at steep discounts in that 2008-10 period; but I was protecting my money and didn't make too many moves. Wish I had.
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 10:44 pm to Overbrook
I have a 2nd edition collection of the 1776-1781 first 3 volumes of Edward Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire; the edition thing is a little dicey, as it was the first multivolume set, and Gibbon had a nasty habit of revising his work as he went and new 'complete editions' were printed, throwing off the numbering.
It still has the original maps, but the binding is falling apart. I really need to get them to a professional for restoration.
It still has the original maps, but the binding is falling apart. I really need to get them to a professional for restoration.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 11:40 pm to athenslife101
The Rover Boys on Land and Sea - 1903
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:47 am to Diddles
Not very old but it's a keeper.
Run to Daylight, by Coach Vince Lombardi...it was my Dad's. Coach Lombardi signed the inside front page. Late 60's.
Run to Daylight, by Coach Vince Lombardi...it was my Dad's. Coach Lombardi signed the inside front page. Late 60's.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:54 am to wickowick
What is that book about?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:12 am to athenslife101
The original copy of The Diamond Sutra
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:32 am to athenslife101
It's not a collectible, but it's a copy of Leaves of Grass my dad stole from his college library in 1969. We were always allowed to read anything while growing up. I pulled it off the shelf when I was 11 and have read it 100 times. It really opened up a world to me. It's held together by a rubber band now, and though I one newer copies, that one is still my favorite.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:44 am to drunkenpunkin
I have a WWII pocket Bible that my great aunt gave me when my great uncle died in 2000. I carried it around with me while I was in the navy.
My great uncle carried it around with him while he was in the navy serving on a destroyer during the Korean War.
He got it from his uncle that served in the Pacific during WWII.
My great uncle carried it around with him while he was in the navy serving on a destroyer during the Korean War.
He got it from his uncle that served in the Pacific during WWII.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:22 pm to Walt OReilly
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