Found this on the street in a box of books. I grabbed as many books as I could... this is a bible from 1866. It’s not valuable but now I don’t know what to do with it!3yr ⋅ hedgehogketchup ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscribed in the book Pale Fire from Vladimir Nabokov (found at a Goodwill)3yr ⋅ mywordswillgowithyou ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
These three Christopher Moore first editions just arrived in the mail inscribed to me by the author.5yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found this at work. Can’t read it, but thought it was interesting to have included a photo. If you can translate, i’d love to know what it says!4yr ⋅ GrimlyPrimly ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
My girlfriend got comedian Norm Macdonald to write an inscription in my copy of his book. He did not disappoint.6yr ⋅ IdiotPresents ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription inside an antique book...I thought it was a print until I found the “Penman’s” signature hidden in the feather. Dated March, 16th 18905yr ⋅ 22brew ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Can anyone find anything out about this person? This is inside an expensive limited edition copy of three musketeers. Only 1000 were made. I am curious who would write on a book that they paid so much. Even over 100 years ago.5yr ⋅ 31theories ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
In 1985, a mother gave this first edition Stephen King novella to her son. Tonight, my mother gave it to me.5yr ⋅ davis98 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
It’s tradition for my debate club’s members to leave an inscribed book upon graduation. We have a whole library. Let me know if you want to see more5yr ⋅ flannyo ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
“To dad, Christmas, 1976, Bud.” - found in a first edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slapstick’5yr ⋅ fuck-off-its-mondo ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
A family tree of Sumerian deities, who were also reptile aliens who created humanity from apes to mine gold for them. This book is a hoot.5yr ⋅ queen_of_queans ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
To Susan- Thanks for your neat letter and I hope your guy will be home safe from the Mideast soon- meantime, here are some stories you mayn't have read--and check out Dan Simmons! He's great! Stephen King November 7, 1990. -in Night Visions 5 w/ stories by King, Simmons & George R.R. Martin.5yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Was told you'd appreciate this long inscription I found in a second hand copy of The Origin of Species.6yr ⋅ UnenlightenedBuddha ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
A surprise A paperback copy of The Giver I inherited from a previous teacher5yr ⋅ mistermajik2000 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
[found] Inscription that I found in a copy of Brideshead Revisited at a local Goodwill6yr ⋅ Jade_GL ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
My roommate let me borrow this book after some weird dreams...5yr ⋅ doubledang666 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
“Is your next period vacant? If it is, I want to speak to you. Got something to tell you.” - found in a General Science textbook from 1892.6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S Eliot - for Jamie on their 15th birthday6yr ⋅ jedikitty ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found in “Money, power and sex (a self-help guide for all ages)” by Robert L. Steed (1985): “For Jo Lynn - this solid evidence of your husband’s low opinion of your literary taste Ben Steel 4/86”5yr ⋅ ogdenxxx ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found on the back page of “Interzone” by Williams S. Burroughs: “So bored I could cry. Up doing C w/ John. Just makes me want junk more w/ each useless tiny white line. And me w/ no money. The story of my life.”5yr ⋅ ogdenxxx ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription in a 19th century German “New Testament and Psalms” picked up at a flea market in Murren, Switzerland5yr ⋅ Schmetterling_22 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Not a hand written inscription, but an inscription nonetheless6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Unconventional for this sub, but I like this one. It’s like they started writing the title and then realized that the page already had the title on it 😂5yr ⋅ Sloanosaurus-Nick ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Not too sure if this counts as an inscription but someone was keeping track of their John Grisham reading5yr ⋅ isle_say ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
To Mike- The dockis trijony! Max Brooks a gibberish inscription in a first edition copy of Brooks's World War Z5yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
This weird, hard-to-read message I found in a hotel bible in OKC, seems to be about someone pleading guilty to something?5yr ⋅ LiltingEchoes ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
To Dear Ronnie- Who keeps me in leather!! With love & luck Jackie (Collins)6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
i opened a book i left at my mom’s place years ago and found a piece of receipt paper with a girl’s number i asked for three years ago, does this count?5yr ⋅ fuck-off-its-mondo ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Any ideas what this means? Found in my second hand Irish Poetry book.5yr ⋅ cowparsley ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription in a copy of the Deerslayer. (X-posted in a couple other subs)6yr ⋅ Moto_Vagabond ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Gift inscriptions inside a translation of The Egyptian Book of the Dead5yr ⋅ khakipantsofsex ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
[found] In a children’s picture book I found at a library book sale. A gift from your favorite cousin.6yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inside the book The Ox-Bow Incident I picked up in a box marked “free”.5yr ⋅ mistermajik2000 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Vaguely unsettling inscription by Aussie rules player Brendan Fevola in a copy of his autobiography5yr ⋅ khakipantsofsex ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
No other writing in this used children's book. This is the inscription.6yr ⋅ manicpixienightmar3 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Someone suggested you would like this! Anyone knows some more about this phenomenon?5yr ⋅ Anselien ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Bought this book in Camden Market, looks like someone got it for Christmas over 100 years ago6yr ⋅ charleymations ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Pilgrim’s Progress from before 1890. Difficult to read but beautiful.5yr ⋅ callmeshamelesss ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
A Christmas inscription in ‘Headlong Hall’ by Thomas Love Peacock, 1891 edition.5yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
The Poetical Works of John Milton 1884: I can't fully decipher inscription6yr ⋅ jojoba22 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
For Joy & Anna two friends who I see too seldom. I sincerely hope you enjoy this Southern Gothic World War Two Baseball Novel. Love, Michael [Bishop] in his book Brittle Innings, winner of the 1995 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Poem inside 1912 copy of Ramona by Helen Jackson (transcribed in comments)5yr ⋅ mistermajik2000 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
The Ruling Passion signed by Henry van Dyke in 1905 and then by his son Tertius 43 years later.6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription from narcissistic billionaire wife to her fraudster husband’s criminal partner Hari Dillon. Featured on American Greed! Bizarre book and a bizarre story. Found this in a thrift store and bought it because it was signed. I had no idea until researching years later!!!5yr ⋅ hedwaterboy ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Notes of a mid 1980s sorority girl in The Sound and the Fury6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
a book about palm reading; it was published in the 1950s, so i assume inscription was made around then. a brief internet search of the address brought up an article from the 1980s which called it a “murder building”!6yr ⋅ katpotatoes ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Hand written instructions from the librarian found in Marjorie's Three Gifts - 18776yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription from British MP David James to Captain Bob Sheppard about their Antarctic expedition in WWII Operation Tabarin6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found in a bin at Goodwill. I’m not familiar with Cyrillic languages, but the one single English sentence written is VERY intriguing... anyone here know what the rest of it says?6yr ⋅ ennuiismymiddlename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Ralph Steadman uses very few words to create a unique book inscription6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Christmas message from a brother to his twin sister in “The Call of the Cumberlands - 19166yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
[Found] a Christmas note from 1892 in “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table”6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Illegible inscription from the 1890s. Can anyone read it? I forgot to record the books title, unfortunately.6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
“Wishing you a very pleasant trip east,” written in the middle of the Second World War. I wonder if “trip east” could be a euphemism for deployment. - April 27, 19446yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
A travel itinerary in my 1905 Baedeker guide for Belgium and Holland. More info in comment.6yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found in a 1917 schoolbook. Found the grandchildren of this young poet.6yr ⋅ PickleweaselNaeNae ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription from Speaker of the House Robert C. Winthrop to his cousin Colonel William Winthrop (known as the Blackstone of US military law) on a copy of Robert's speech at the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Drawing of a chandelier in the same 1905 Baedeker guide for Belgium and Holland as yesterday’s post.6yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Found in an Uncle Tom's Cabin abridged book. Drawing dated November 18, 19486yr ⋅ PickleweaselNaeNae ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription found in “Arabian Nights”: “Compliments of Mamie E. Brown(?) to Ernest Wedemeyer. May 1898” The post-it was written to my great grandmother Beata Dettenwanger.6yr ⋅ ditchwitch92 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
[found] in the back of a biblical dictionary from early 1800s | Noting the death of 85 year old George Anderson in 1829 |6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
One of my favourite inscriptions from one of my favourite writers.6yr ⋅ Bluebucketandspade35 ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription from Upton Sinclair to the Reverend Clinton J. Taft, with whom he formed the California branch of the ACLU, in a first edition copy of his novel Boston6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Graham Jackson's signature is my favorite (this one's in a biography of his good friend FDR)6yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Inscription in a biblical dictionary from 1815. There are other little notes from 1828 and 1855.6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
Was told by the r/FoundPaper folks that I should post this here :)6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
[found] In my copy of ‘Vacation Days in Greece’ by Rufus Richardson. Published by Scribner’s 1903. ‘Prof C.E.Lord from Joseph C Sibley, Jr. Christmas 19046yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
In my copy of ‘Round England in an 8£ Car’ by Terence Horsley, published by Nicholson & Watson, 1932 . “Given by the Tribune for prize winning letter of John D Davis”6yr ⋅ spell-czech ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
An interesting note from 1979 in a book of Modigliani's artwork.6yr ⋅ coreyisthename ⋅ r/BookInscriptions
