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27th October 2009, 08:18 PM
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Reps: 3,101,825,598,494,030 (power: 3,101,825,598,497) | | Originally Posted by Avatar  The oldest books I own are 2 bibles. One from 1855 the other from 1872.
If you like old Bibles then check out GreatSite.com You will be drooling inside of two minutes. |
27th October 2009, 08:27 PM
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Reps: 1,017,882,919,370,317,952 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Shephatiah If you like old Bibles then check out GreatSite.com You will be drooling inside of two minutes.
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30th October 2009, 10:33 AM
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Reps: 6,756,643,773,531,785,216 (power: 6,756,643,773,531,804) | | | I like finding good books. I mostly like to collect them to read, but I do have a few which are real novelties that are stored away in plastic.
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14th November 2009, 03:10 AM
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22nd April 2010, 06:50 AM
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Reps: 3,101,825,598,494,030 (power: 3,101,825,598,497) | | Originally Posted by Babel Fish Does anyone here collect rare/antiquitarian books? I've started doing this recently, mainly so I would stop spending my money on coffee and other things that I can live without. I just bought a couple Easton Press books (their not rare but they are very nice editions) and 1903 copy of some of Poe's work.
--- I like old books. I have:
1) 1856 Popular History of English Bible Translation by Conant
2) 1890? A Child's History of England by Dickens It was given to my great-grandfather as a child in 1890.
3) 1871 Bunyan's Complete Works
4) 1883 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 1900 pages long. It's Big!
5) 1859 Orator's Own Book
6) Goethe's Faust in English Verse I can't remember the date. It's in the 1800's
7) An old ledger from 1837-1850 detailing a town's transactions
8) Hurlbut's Story of the Bible 1904
9) 1924 Machinery's Handbook 6th edition
10)1982 first edition of Pilgrim A biography of William Brewster.
-- I was in a book shop one day to buy the 1883 Dictionary and came across this old herb book from 1710. The front cover was off but still there. I thought maybe I could get it for fifty dollars or so and when I mentioned it to the owner he said "That's two thousand dollars!"
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5th August 2010, 08:32 PM
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Reps: 18,446,744,073,709,560 (power: 18,446,744,073,711) | | | I collect only my favorite books. They range to different categories.
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29th August 2010, 08:23 PM
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Reps: 48,004,576,652,610 (power: 48,004,576,654) | | | I have thought about collecting books. Bibles would definitely be of interest. All I have are books I have read from the last 25 years and keep around. The only ones I consider even remotely collectible are my Piers Anthony books. |
4th January 2011, 08:09 AM
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Reps: 10 (power: 0) | | | Check out pirages.com He is a dealer that has many books that cost over $10,000. They go back to the 16th Century. |
16th January 2011, 12:57 AM
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Reps: 9,223,372,203,408,396 (power: 9,223,372,203,414) | | | I collect books, and I'm running out of room. Maybe one day I can afford to buy a house and I could have one room as a library. | | |
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