Anyone collect old books?

[ChrisW]

Here's a real eye-roller!


Hard to believe anyone took Adamsky seriously... I found this at a book sale and it was a must-have.

[bluerosekiller]

I guess we all have our own idea of what "old books' are
For me, my passion is vintage horror paperbacks. Especially from the '60s to about the mid '70s. I just LOVE 'em.
With a special sub-category of interest being movie tie-ins.
I've been collecting these for many years & adore the excitement of discovering one that I don't already have.
Yet another thing that makes a book EXTRA special to me is if it's one that was featured for sale by the Captain Company in the back pages of FAMOUS MONSTERS & the other warren mags of the day.

As for hard cover books, I have quite a few of those as well. But, my earliest is my first edition of King's THE STAND. With that being the beginning of my SK first editions collection that runs right up to present.

Jim

[bluerosekiller]

Now, THAT'S what I'm talking about Mr. Henderson!
Damn, but those are lovely.

[bluerosekiller]

Wow, these I love as well.
I don't collect a whole lot of  vintage sci fi paperbacks, but THESE I would drf pick up as I was a huge fan of the show as a kid. Also, pretty much anything with monsters or alien invaders I get as well.

Jim

[bluerosekiller]

Found these while cleaning my studio today....

ARRRGH!
Being a bibliophile for my entire life, I still own about 98% of all the books I've ever obtained. And, at 50, that's a LOT of books.
And, back in '75 - '76 I colled & read the entire VAMPIRELLA series of paperbacks. Unfortunately, it's among those that somehow slipped through the cracks. Being one of my first important lessons about NEVER lending out books that you really care about.

Jim

[dlhenderson]

Anther threesome, grouped by subject matter. 

[dlhenderson]

Here's a real eye-roller!


Hard to believe anyone took Adamsky seriously... I found this at a book sale and it was a must-have.

Oh and that's "non-fiction", right?
Like Flying Saucers Serious Business. LOL

[ChrisW]

A few hard covers...
The book "Planet of the Apes" is VERY different from the movie...


This is a treasure, found it at a library book sale...

[ChrisW]

Along the line of old books, when I was around 9 my father gave me a collection of books  that HE read as a boy. They were serials with the protagonists Jerry Todd, Poppy Ott and Trigger Berg. The author was Edward Lee using the pseudonym Leo Edwards. Most were light mysteries, chock full of homespun humor. The illustrations were by Bert Salg, done in a scratchy pen and ink. In spite of the age difference (the books being written in the 30s and my reading them in the 60s) I thoroughly enjoyed the gang's adventures.The books we read were lost in a flood, but he replaced and expanded the collection years afterwards. I still have those books here in my studio.

[dlhenderson]

That's a cool story about your Dad sharing his books with you. And that SWTWC is a treasure for sure. I'd never seen that cover...

[dlhenderson]

Somehow I missed #3. :/

[dlhenderson]

Going through my stacks I discovered that I had two copies of SWTWC with slightly altered cover designs.

[horror1o1]

A few hard covers...
The book "Planet of the Apes" is VERY different from the movie...


This is a treasure, found it at a library book sale...

I love the "SOmething Wicked this Way Comes" cover. I'm a huge fan of the movie but never have read the book.

[dlhenderson]

The book is approximately a thousand times better than the movie.

[horror1o1]

The book is approximately a thousand times better than the movie.

Ya i need to read it. I do like the movie a lot though. I grew up with it.