What's the oldest book you own?
>>23540169A Penguin from 98
>>23540169A giant textbook on pathology
>>23540169An original 1885 Revised Version.
A complete works of Conrad from 1924.
The Dream by Émile Zola in its original French. 1888. Fourth printing. It was my grandmothers.
>>23540169I have a KJV bible that was given as a Christmas present in 1935.
My dad has a couple individual pages from illuminated manuscripts dating from (iirc) the 14th century.
>>23540169Moby Dick 1st edition from my grandmama.
>>23540169Das Buch Paragranum by Paracelsus, its even in gothic German
A soldiers Bible from world War 1, had some if his notes in it
>>23540169some Carlyle reprints from 1901
>>23540169a book about the deciding of the american national anthem, from 1861
>>23540169I have a few books from the 1800s that belonged to my great grandparents originally. I honestly don't remember their titles. Never read them.
>>235401691930s illustrated copy of huckleberry finn
>>23540169Pocket sized editions of Pope's Iliad and Odyssey, 1817 and 1823 respectively
>>23540169An 1800s edition of Outlines of Greek Philosophy by Zeller.
I own a 1945 edition of Look Homeward AngelIt’s not valuable at all. Just old.My mother has a 1882 King James Bible brought over from Scotland (we’re burgers)
Hilaire Belloc’s “Louis XIV,” from 1938.
1950 Modern Library Edition of David CopperfieldGot it for five bucks at a used bookstore a few years ago I still haven’t read it
1947 book of a Brazilian soldier telling his stories about his time fighting in italy.
First edition Greek New Testament of John Mill, folio 1707. It is more than 1000 pages in length. A sturdy book still with the original binding and the title page looks good.According to bibliographers one of these books was apparently used by Isaiah Thomas as an exemplar to make the first printed Greek Testament in America in 1800.
>>23540619where to start with paracelsus?
>>235401691916 complete Milton / paradise lost :) 1880s civil war history
anyone ever get an appraisal of their books?
>>23540614nicehttps://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Melville&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&fe=on&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=1&tn=Moby+Dick&x=48&y=18&yrh=1851&yrl=1851
>>23540169A 1910 edition of The Complete Works of Shakespeare that belonged to my great grandfather. Unfortunately the spine is completely deteriorated and I haven't gotten around to finding someone to restore it.
2 volumes. Paid 30 USD, they were pristine. Fucked them up.
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>>23540169A beautiful first edition of Lion Jack from 1880ish.
>>23540169I have the original, gigantic, report to Congress on the US mission to Japan . From 1858 I think. It's in quite had condition on the outside but the inside is good. It has a surprising number of images. I also have an 1896 memoir from a State Department guy who had served since before the Civil War, but only one of two volumes. I mostly get old, out of print memoirs and histories. I have some WWI books from before the war was over and some interwar foreign policy books. Their predictions are always funny and very wrong.
>>23545825Those sound really interesting. Where do you get them?
I have gifts that were bought for me back in the early 80s. I know my grandpa bought me Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in 1982. As far as used books I have, probably an East of Eden hardback from the 50s. Sadly not a first edition.
>>23545825You should have the first one restored. Book rebinding is a pretty big thing now.
>>23546182Flea markets in New England and Kentucky mostly.
>>23545369>>23545379That's kinda funny they survived 146 years until you got your hands on them.
Original Winnie the Poo and a 1700's KJV Bible
>>23540169A Book of Common Prayer from sometime sometime c. 1790
Pretty sure it's my Modern Library Canterbury Talesthere isn't a printing date but it says Introduction Copyright 1929, 1937 - taking the year 1937 it's my oldesti have a feeling i left something older than that at my mom's house last time i moved but i wouldn't swear it
>>23541548Read them.You'll learn more than the last 10 books you read I guarantee simply from the gain in historical perspective.
>>23546755Antiquary here.They looked great from never having been read. The spines dried out and there was a choice to be made, read them and the spine breaks down almost immediately, or keep them on a shelf and never touch them ever.
