I love John Steinbeck. Here is my collection of first edition novels by him that I have.9yr ⋅ Turd_roller ⋅ r/rarebooks
1904 First edition Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Two Bad Mice in paper cover. Never seen paper cover before. Anyone have any info or value?5yr ⋅ nate8334 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Visited Biblioteca Angelica in Rome. Home to the 9th century Codex Angelicus and centuries of rare collections!7yr ⋅ 1nvisiblepenguin ⋅ r/rarebooks
I found the book. It's super small and it doesn't contain a publish date. Can anyone help me out?5yr ⋅ FDRhadcrazymoves ⋅ r/rarebooks
Can anyone tell me more about this edition of Fellowship of the Ring? I’m on a desperate search to find it’s sequels!5yr ⋅ SlightlyPossessed ⋅ r/rarebooks
Riiiiight - the laziest attempt at a fake signature. On a friggin Centennial Edition.5yr ⋅ likelyculprit ⋅ r/rarebooks
Apologies if this isnt the right place for this. I have no clue what this is or if its rare i just happened to find it in a storage unit. Gallery in comments7yr ⋅ my_liver_hurts82 ⋅ r/rarebooks
The Wandering Jew By, Eugene Sue. I have no clue as to what year this is from. Anybody have any info? Thanks! https://imgur.com/M1oKx5y6yr ⋅ gngrsmrf ⋅ r/rarebooks
Is anyone able to provide any valuation or information on this book? I've never came across Shakespeare spelt this way.6yr ⋅ Badu152 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Got this for my brother and now I really want to collect for myself but not sure where to start.6yr ⋅ timrstl ⋅ r/rarebooks
I can find information on other books of this Companion Library series by not this Peter and Wendy volume? Any info would be appreciated.6yr ⋅ attguy89 ⋅ r/rarebooks
I need help translating this dedication in the book Revolt in the desert 19275yr ⋅ IroquoisPliskeen ⋅ r/rarebooks
I literally just saved this from a skip, letters of Juan Gris translated by Douglas Cooper (signed). Only 300 printed.8yr ⋅ Roryrooster ⋅ r/rarebooks
I found this book and it's written in Latin. Author is David Pareus I believe. Anyone have any info on this book's origin/print date?8yr ⋅ frodolives7 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Found this book in a rotting old thrift store in VA. Maybe the only book that wasn’t ripped a part.6yr ⋅ illegalsmile27 ⋅ r/rarebooks
No one can find me the leather original for sale except mine. With official card. Cost me $25006yr ⋅ umwhothatguy ⋅ r/rarebooks
I have an old Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass in the original leather cover...9yr ⋅ Thehellwolf ⋅ r/rarebooks
A Complete Guide of Military Knowledge, Volume 2. I've managed to find minimal information on this book. Does anyone here have anymore information on it or how rare it is?6yr ⋅ krazykid933 ⋅ r/rarebooks
I've had this books for awhile and I am curious who are the people of names that are listed here: Fulgentio Cuniliati and B. Jacobi Salominii. Also the place of Collegio SS. Rosarii Venetiarum (Venice).6yr ⋅ georgiy_01 ⋅ r/rarebooks
The Oxford Shakespeare. No idea of what year this could be from. Any info?6yr ⋅ gngrsmrf ⋅ r/rarebooks
First edition Beatrix Potter (1903). Can someone tell me what it's worth?7yr ⋅ VendettaSA ⋅ r/rarebooks
Old, crumbling, possibly handwritten Arabic book. Subject? Age? Origin? More photos linked. [x-post from r/antiques]7yr ⋅ nonlocal_hobo ⋅ r/rarebooks
Is this valuable at all? Complete set of encyclopedia britannicas 11th edition(1910). A few volumes pictured for reference. Any insight is appreciated!!6yr ⋅ montag60 ⋅ r/rarebooks
First time poster. Got this from my grandfather, no publishing date inside. Can anyone help identify?6yr ⋅ xdrewP ⋅ r/rarebooks
Lux in Tenebris, copyright 1893. I got this from a free table at my college. I cant find any information on it online anywhere, so I posted to r/antiques and was directed here. This book is about the Waldenses, no idea who they are. Can anyone help me? (Worth etc.) Thanks in advance!!5yr ⋅ mylamerunescape ⋅ r/rarebooks
Please help me identify this early edition of Tale of Two Cities I found in my basement. Someone cut out the date of publication. I am so curious about any info you have, any insight at all would be appreciated. Here's a collage, imgur posted below so you can see bigger pics.6yr ⋅ cleanupurshittodd ⋅ r/rarebooks
Does anyone know anything about this book? It’s from the text of Clark and Wright, is American edition, and was published by New York’s Thomas Y Crowell & Co. at no. 13 Astor Place. I find books similar online, but not with this cover!6yr ⋅ powerpi314 ⋅ r/rarebooks
I found this in an old box at my house. It’s dated 1888 in pen on the back cover along with a sentence I couldn’t make out. The authors are John Fleetwood (who so could find nothing about) and Philip Doddridge (1702-1751). Anyone know more about the authors or book?6yr ⋅ Gamayunn ⋅ r/rarebooks
'Edmond Dantes' The Sequel To Alexander Dumas' Celebrated Work of The Count of Monte Cristo!7yr ⋅ manpace ⋅ r/rarebooks
German bible from 1641. We just got this today and are looking for help. Hardly know what questions to ask. Live in SF Bay Area book people I should take it to?6yr ⋅ mightierash ⋅ r/rarebooks
Need help with a value.....the book has a record and is printed twice inside. 1975 reprint. But there are two full stories bound in this one book. Any help is appreciated.6yr ⋅ katek1111 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Just got them, Charles Mills' History of the Crusades in two volumes, 18289yr ⋅ ShroomBandit ⋅ r/rarebooks
Notes found from previous owner in a 1960 edition of Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon7yr ⋅ balloongirl27 ⋅ r/rarebooks
It seems to meet all of the requirements of a 1st edition except for the cover itself, can't find this exact one anywhere. Has the misprint on page 281 line 38 bite not bight. Any ideas?7yr ⋅ Jrmcgarry ⋅ r/rarebooks
Help identifying signature cut from both volumes of my 1777 David Hume, Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. Looks similar to a John Hancock signature, but does anyone know someone who might be willing to look with multispectral to see if ink rubbed off on the adjacent pages? Top images vol 16yr ⋅ fisherames ⋅ r/rarebooks
Outer space propulsion by nuclear energy - Was given to me when I worked at Los Alamos8yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/rarebooks
Looking for the first edition of this wonderful piece of work by Sir John Eccles. Does anyone have a clue where to find this first release?6yr ⋅ BlazedSheepz ⋅ r/rarebooks
I came across this old book at Goodwill today but can't find much about it. Can anyone give me any information on it?7yr ⋅ inimrepus ⋅ r/rarebooks
Found this copy of The three musketeers but i was unable to find any simillar ones online , any help?6yr ⋅ Shizalo ⋅ r/rarebooks
Can anyone tell me more about this edition of The Stand by Stephen King?7yr ⋅ bostonbruins922 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Found this book (The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, published by the Easton Press) in a small book store, I'm wondering how much it's worth.7yr ⋅ Stop_Forrest_Stop ⋅ r/rarebooks
Can someone help me find more information about this book my aunt has from 16577yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/rarebooks
Found this in an old St Nicholas book. The first poem featuring Edward the Bear (aka Winnie-the-Pooh).9yr ⋅ capincus ⋅ r/rarebooks
Lion on the Hearth 1961 1st / 1st Harper Row. Haven't seen for sale or listed anywhere or listed. Does uniqueness = value.6yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/rarebooks
Found this Stuart Little First Edition, bad shape but was wondering if it was worth anything?7yr ⋅ JWpants ⋅ r/rarebooks
Recent find. It appears to be a Catholic book published in 1701, any ideas what its about or value?9yr ⋅ Poppins882049 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Trying to determine if this really is a 1st edition (US) of The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Hardcover with Sleeve)...not super rare obviously since I'm sure it's not 1st print?, but would like to verify edition status. (new to rare and antiquarian books) Thanks in advance!7yr ⋅ to-whatever-end ⋅ r/rarebooks
I found this in a second hand store. From what I can determine it is a Funeral Sermon for King Luis 1, printed in Mexico, 1725. Any other insight as to rarity or value would be great!9yr ⋅ Poppins882049 ⋅ r/rarebooks
Does anyone know anything about this 1957 How The Grinch Stole Christmas? Can't find another copy like it anywhere online.9yr ⋅ 31theories ⋅ r/rarebooks
Edgar Allan Poe, The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Only 100 Ever Published (1901) [ OC]7yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/rarebooks
Cake Day Collection: All this talk about 'Fine Bindings', thought I would show my Colection of American Bindings (prev. posted to /r/bookcollecting); many more pics and albums in the comments10yr ⋅ strychnineman ⋅ r/rarebooks
Yesterday's Flea Market Find: A Rare Lothar Meggendorfer Movable Book in .gif Form! [ca.1890]10yr ⋅ full-cycled ⋅ r/rarebooks
Hi there I have this book 'Wives and daughters' by Elizabeth Gaskell and I cant seem to find this exact one anywhere. Does anybody know whether its an original, what year it's from or it's value?6yr ⋅ gknights ⋅ r/rarebooks
I volunteer at a nonprofit bookstore and found these chilling in the basement.9yr ⋅ th3tempes ⋅ r/rarebooks
Alice in Wonderland, McLoughlin Bros. Can anyone tell me anything about it?11yr ⋅ Hotdogdance ⋅ r/rarebooks
First Edition The Backwoods Boy or How a Young Railsplitter Became President by Horatio Alger10yr ⋅ superandy ⋅ r/rarebooks
Oxford Miniature Shakespeare I found in a box of old records. Trying to get some more info.11yr ⋅ erniereyesjrjr ⋅ r/rarebooks
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? Ignatian Spiritual Exercises (1663). Explanation in comments.11yr ⋅ BadkyDrawnGuitar ⋅ r/rarebooks
My friend just found this book in her mother's basement. I can't find much about its value (if any) on the 'net. Any ideas?11yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/rarebooks
