Antique Book(s)

[BantyChooks]

Oh I'm cheap, and only keep what I really want to own, and protect. I've spent more than $15. Mostly I spend $1-2 each at the library sale. Those are my oldest texts.

Really? You've found some at book sales? I haven't had any luck with those sources.

 

[WthrLady]

We have an annual book sale that the library puts on. I have huge success there.

 

[WthrLady]

http://foundationforlcl.org/book-sale/

Table after table. Boxes heaped underneath. Most ppl want the new stuff..... runs for three days. Heaven!

 

[jrjoplin]

I’ve found quite a few at library sales but usually not that old mostly around the 1920s or newer. Every once and awhile you’ll find something older but it’s rare. I do well at estate sales and auctions. Boxes of books for a couple of bucks, there’s a lot of trash but the odd treasure makes it worth it. I limit my collection to homesteading, housekeeping, and cookbooks (though I don’t try many of the recipes). Poultry books are always a treat to come across.

 

[WthrLady]

last trip I got a 1892 Brave Little Quakeress!

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I for the most part find mine at thrift stores or occasionally tucked in a flea market booth and they're struggling to sell it so they're under $10. Just picked up a few weeks ago:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Blue-F...-1st-Edition-1902-Good-Condition/114052162875

However with lack of interest and the cover condition I will be keeping it, as to be honest it was beautiful to read parts of it- a great work. I listed high so that if it didn't sell, I wouldn't be hurt to keep it
I was particularly fascinated that it had the stamp of the book store it was bought from- the store being open the year this book was published (1902).

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@WthrLady - I'd love to go to that book sale

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Not considered an antique, but nonetheless (even without the complete set) I still picked this book up yesterday because of the amazing amount of art, poetry, and nursery rhymes within: