Anyone collect old books?

[dlhenderson]

I always save images that "pilfer" from other designs. It's just kind of interesting. Here are two sub-par rips of the Teason piece.

 

[typhooforme]

Never.encountered.those.before--VERY.interesting!...and.yes,.sub-par!

[Bonomo]

Had my eye on an 1890 edition of The Man Who Laughs at The Drama Bookstore in NYC for a long time. Finally picked it up. It is mine, all mine.

[Illoman]

Had my eye on an 1890 edition of The Man Who Laughs at The Drama Bookstore in NYC for a long time. Finally picked it up. It is mine, all mine.

Congrats! Now post a pic!!! I'd love to see that one!

[Scatter]

I just wanted to drop a note here...If anybody visits Florida in the very top of the state next to i-95 in Saint Augustine there are 4 old houses that are book stores. I went into two of them and it is like being in an old Haunted house you go to every hallway and find every book imaginable very old and newer. What is funny they are very cheap. They were selling pulp mag for $4.00 each...they had 1000's. I got a few 1970's detective $1.00 each. Here is the good news this was last November..THE BOOKS STORES ARE STILL THERE!!! Another important thing to mention, a friend of mine that sells books on line both new and old gets his books for FREE by going to the local Library every month when they have book sales. Here is how it works you buy a paper bag for say $4.00 or so then any amount of books you can fit in the bag becomes yours...BUT THE GREAT THING IS IF YOU WAIT TILL 4 OR 5:PM WHEN ITS OVER ANYTHING THAT LEFT IS FREE!!! I was recently at one of these book fairs and was shocked when the dump trucks were picking up 37 2x3 foot boxes filled with books and old vhs tapes and crushed them before my eyes. Remember this were the left over books people did not take. I GOT IN HUGE TROUBLE AS MY WIFE WAS YELLING AT ME FOR LOADING MY VAN WITH 247 BOOKS!!! All I kept hearing as I went home was" you are not bringing that S_ _T into the house, how much more stuff are you going to fit in here?" The thing that hurt the most was seeing all that being thrown out, and the fact that it happens twice a year.  I wish more people would start their own book stores and pick up their free books and sell them to make a profit. It is a Sin to see all these things go to waste. One of the books I got was a 1950's mystery book that was selling online for $59.00...I got it for FREE! Go to your local Library and ask them when is their next book sale fair...DON"T TELL THEM ANYTHING OF WHAT YOU KNOW! Just wait towards the end and you will see when the say ok all books are FREE! They don't say anything in the beginning because they are trying to raise money. That is the reason for the Fair in the first place. Go out and get your Free books. Remember Library only sell their old stuff. I got 23 books on Robots the cost would be about $300 if I bought them online...You know how much I paid FREE!!! HE! HE!

Yeah, they do that here too Eddie............sadly, most of what's left are romance novels 

[Scatter]

Congrats! Now post a pic!!! I'd love to see that one!

Me too!!

[Bonomo]

I'l try, could someone tell me again how I do that?

[Bonomo]

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Well, in the mean time this should work

[Bonomo]

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[Illoman]

Excellent! It looks like it's in pretty decent shape considering it's age!

[Bonomo]

Yes it is in really good shape. Got it for $19.99 too, it was a no brainer

[Scatter]

WOW!! Great find!

[ChrisW]

What a great volume for your collection - congrats!

[typhooforme]

That's.a.beauty,.Bonomo--marbled.boards!

[Ghoul]

I Collect Old (1800's-1930's)  Masonic & Rosicrucian  Books Encyclopedias, Monitors & Pamphlets.  Theosophical Society, Odd- fellows  Etc.  Anything By Max Heindel, C.W. Leadbeater, Annie Besant, Alice Baily,   H.P. Blavatsky Or Manly P. Hall.   Also  Old Flying Saucer Books From The 1950's.  Mythology, History,  & Religion.   Also Anything That Looks Interesting.  Picked Up A Old Copy Of Edgar Rice Burroughs "Gods Of Mars"  Today....  Love Old Books!