r/OldBooks

Image 1 — 1884 Coward Or Hero? Victorian Antique Illustrated Hardcover George Routledge
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1884 Coward Or Hero? Victorian Antique Illustrated Hardcover George Routledge

Bid on a lot of antique books at auction just to get this one. I love the Victorian style and the illustration is awesome. The color still holds up really well. Ill hate to see this one go.

u/soggywaffles812 — 1 day ago

Found these at a thrift store thought you guys might find it interesting!

I was at a thrift store a little while ago and I found these books. I'm hoping to get these to someone who can preserve them or at least have them protected for future use. But in the meantime I figured I'd share them here because they're pretty interesting! (Not sure if that's actually what this subreddit is for, but you know)

u/Vulkhard_Muller — 1 day ago

Stephen King novel that we can't figure out what the title is??

I am trying to help my husband identify what he believes is a King novel that he read in the 90's and the only thing he remembers about it is the lead character is a girl and something about being force fed gasoline?? We have been looking everywhere and have come up empty...it is driving us crazy! Lol! HELP!? Thanks in Advance 😁

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u/Low_Grapefruit1593 — 2 days ago

The Standard Book of Recipes and Housewives Guide 1901

Found this at a local thrift store, has all of the pages tho most are falling out. Has JFKs assassination date written in the front.

u/Ancient-Nothing13 — 2 days ago
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The ingoldsby legends

I found this book on a pallet full of old books used as props in photo shoots to promote new oka direct Ltd furniture. It's dated 1881 or 1883 I think.

u/jaymh666 — 3 days ago

Can someone give info

Found this vintage penguin classics Canterbury tales at my local goodwill for .99 we read some of this in my English class and I thought for under a dollar I’d buy it since it’s vintage, I believe it’s from the 1960s

u/No-Top5493 — 2 days ago
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I got this book lately and it’s from around 1940-1950. How do I best store, preserve and handle this? I’m new here lol

u/Dense-Enthusiasm7940 — 4 days ago

1984

I was recently given a copy of 1984 from my aunt who knows I love this book. I know it’s not in great shape but was wondering how best to store it? Also curious if it has any value? (Not looking to sell)

u/Mpennerbball — 4 days ago
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Looking to sell 19th century hardcovers

Hey all! Delete this if it isn't allowed, but I'm cleaning out the family storage unit and found a box of books from the late 1800s-early 1900's range. Because they're not major titles or mint condition I'm having a hard time selling them, and was wondering if anyone here would be interested in buying any as I'm clearing the space out and can't hold on to all of them. Starting price per book is $12, and I'm open to negotiations!

u/puppy_lamp — 3 days ago
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Old Bible

Found this while cleaning out my parents’ house, was cool to look through. If anyone has any context on where it might have come from or what the age might would love the help.

u/red-itor — 5 days ago

Does anyone know anything about this WWI-era book?

I picked up this old shipping guide from 1915 (published in Chicago in Dec 1914) at a used bookstore yesterday. It predates the United States’ entry into WWI but is from after Japan entered the war. Does anyone know anything about it? Does it have any value? It’s chock full of old ads and timetables as well as two different fold-out maps.

Other than a few minor signs of wear on the cover, it’s in remarkable condition given its age.

u/walterdavidemma — 4 days ago

Questions about an old Bible!

Hi!

This is my first post in this subreddit, so apologies in advance if there’s any mistakes. I recently inherited an old Bible from my Grandmother, and was wondering if anyone can please advise on the following topics:

  1. The book is not in the best of conditions, and I’d like to clean it up a little. I was wondering how I could do this safely and without further damaging it.
  2. What is the best way to store something like this to prevent any further damage?
  3. If anyone might know the date/any further information on this Bible I’d be very grateful to know. (All the info I know is what’s on the cover page, it’s roughly 10x14 inches if it helps!)

Thank you in advance! :)

u/k1tty_cat666 — 5 days ago

1894 Princeton University Yearbook!

I don’t know anybody who really cares about this type of thing the way I do so I thought I’d share it here- the statistics are so cool to me!! Along with all the documents and letters it’s just so cool and I thought I’d show it off^

u/Gloomuraiiiiii — 6 days ago

Any idea on the identities or value of these books?

I found these in a box of books in my German classroom given to my teacher by an old janitor who was retiring. She let me take them since she didn’t know what to do with the box and I thought they were cool. But for the sake of my collectors mind I still have struggled to identify them and I’m curious of their value. One of them I’m pretty sure was given a new backing but the other I’m not sure. Besides the first pages, all of their pages are intact.

u/M0TH3U5 — 4 days ago