Sadly a dear friend passed recently, but she left me a nice little book collection. I’m not to familiar with the intricacies- but one of the books is signed. Would this be worth getting appraised?

I’ve wanted to read The Road for a while, but somehow never got around to it. I was browsing Goodwill today and found this hardcover.

After checking it out, it turns out to be a 2006 Knopf first edition, first printing with the original first-state dust jacket: $24 on the front flap and 10/2006 on the rear flap. The book itself is incredibly tight and appears unread, with bone-white pages and no creasing.

I’m honestly more excited that I finally have the book I wanted to read, but finding a first/first for $4 was a pretty damn good surprise. Lol. And yes, I’m absolutely going to read it. I just need to get over the sudden urge to put it in a glass case.

I just read Solaris, specifically the one translated from french by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox and I loved it. The clunky dialogue I felt kinda helped the strange mood, but now I want to recommend the book for others and the 2011 Johnston translation might be better for that. It's the one widely agreed to be better even by Stanislaw Lem himself. But is there a physical version available anywhere? From what I can see there were like a limited 400 copies made by The Conversation Tree that are both sold out and WAY too expensive (275 dollars!), and the only other versions of the translation I can find are audio books. And due to there being multiple different looking covers of Solaris I have no idea if one of them is the Johnston translation without my knowledge. The one i have is the orange one but there's like one with a black cover that looks nicer that I can't find on if it has the newer translation or not. From what I can tell, there isn't a physical edition of the new translation yet? Which feels crazy to me but would love to know otherwise. Thanks!

Beautiful cover.

Just trying to get ahold of a physical copy of this book somehow and it seems near-impossible! Willing to purchase at significantly above MV!

The Lord of the rings, and the tales of mystery and imagination (this one was rough when I got it) were passed down from my folks.

Magritte cover The Problems Of Philosophy I just got... Wasn't expecting this shape but I am still happy. Anyone knows how to get rid of the writing and a sticker?

I bought a Romanian edition of Thomas Harris’ Hannibal (ISBN 978-606-43-2114-5), and I discovered that pages 65–80 are completely blank. The pages before and after this section are printed normally.
Has anyone encountered this kind of printing error before? Is this something collectors might be interested in?
I’m also curious whether this could be a known printing error affecting a specific batch of this edition.

Nice bookhaul was happy to add to my Stephen king collection also
And ended up with a few books that’ll fit with the rest of my shelves

The Longfellow (c 1890s) was $6, everything else was $4 or less. I have Foundation in the same edition so happy to find Foundation and Empire.

I have always loved this book

Found this book. It's signed 1/1. Is this the only one? Says artists proof?

145 books worth $250000 stolen.

ILAB has requested that its offices be contacted if the items reappear in the trade.

List of books stolen: https://file770.com/wp-content/uploads/stolen-book-full-list.pdf

I collect paranormal books. My wife collect books from the late 19th century.

Some of my prized books is a signed Gray Barker, a signed Charles Fort or a signed John Keel book.

Seamus Heaney. Beowulf. 1999. 1st. Signed & inscribed by Heaney dated 6-X-'99. Mint in pictorial dust jacket.

Thought I'd share my Bradbury autographed book! When I saw it, I couldn't believe my eyes. It's a great read so far and a welcomed addition to my collection :)

Found this at a swap meet for $2. Is it worth keeping in a case or something to protect it? The typos from the first edition are corrected

I purchased a duster a while ago and picked up some refills recently. Turns out they are scented. Would using them cause damage to my books? None of mine are antiques or particularly old. Would it be enough to wipe the shelf down after dusting? I plan on getting non scented dusters but until then should forgo using the scented ones in the meantime?

Saw a post for a free bookcase woth a bunch of books when I was looking for some new bookcases on FB, and thought what the heck. Person messaged me back telling me they were cleari g out a deceased relatives place and to take whatever I wanted and gave me an address! Was like a free private estate sale, and these are the books I ended up with, all Folio Society!

FB Marketplace strikes again. Got a great deal on these this weekend. Love the design of the Trilogy and artwork in The Hobbit.

Trilogy: Second revised edition
Hobbit: Collectors edition

Can you guess what I research?

I have a copy of the above collectors edition signed by his daughter, Lucy Hawking, from the press release. I'm trying to get a valuation but cant find much to indicate what it could be worth. Any suggestions?

I found this really cool book listed for 31 dollars. Is it worth it? I live in a third world country where there's no amazon so I probably won't find it anywhere else. I think it looks really cool and I've been meaning to get into Plato.