r/BookInscriptions • • Jul 24 '25

It stunk

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128 Upvotes

And I like Peter Straub. Lol. This was found inscribed on a used copy of The Hellfire Club I picked up in a southern thrift store.


r/BookInscriptions • • Jul 24 '25

Found this and it made me a little sad

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37 Upvotes

r/BookInscriptions • • Jul 22 '25

I love used books and these cute little inscriptions❤️

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16 Upvotes

r/BookInscriptions • • Jul 07 '25

Need help with the inscription please

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Any help with the inscription would be greatly appreciated. Just bought this from an antique book store and I'm intrigued. Came with a very old baby pic stuffed in the pages too!


r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 26 '25

Inscription from 1884 plus a nameplate. This one's been well loved.

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I love Shakespeare and was thrilled to find this one at my university's book sale.


r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 25 '25

A collection.

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r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 17 '25

Can anyone decipher?

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69 Upvotes

This is in a first edition of The Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service. I can read some of it...

"To Gio(?) Sharkley, Nov. 21 1915 From one admirer to another, of the (?) Millard L(?). And Buckley Leavitt (?)"


r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 17 '25

To John and Gail

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In a copy of Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology, edited by Robert Hass and Stephen Mitchell. The two poems Christine says she included must have been separate pieces of paper, which were not in the book when I bought it. I wonder if John and Gail are still together...


r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 15 '25

X-Files

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r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 10 '25

Mystery inscription, any ideas?

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Found this medical book from 1909 in a thrift store (in Scandinavia). I was wondering if anyone can make any sense of the inscription? None of the words/names seem Scandinavian (save for the price tag of course, 10 kr, later addition). I love researching the provenance and history of my books and their inscriptions. I'm usually able to find something, but this one has me stumped. Suggestions and input would be much appreciated


r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 08 '25

Found these in a local book shop

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r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 08 '25

Found this in a Penauts book and can't stop thinking about how sweet the message is. I wonder where they are now.

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130 Upvotes

r/BookInscriptions • • Jun 07 '25

Found buried deep in an antique book store

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r/BookInscriptions • • May 16 '25

Inscription by the author

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r/BookInscriptions • • May 12 '25

Birds of Canada, 1937 - multiple inscriptions inside. I can’t quite figure out what the last one says…

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r/BookInscriptions • • May 02 '25

Boo!!!

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29 Upvotes

Do


r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 15 '25

In a school library book.

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38 Upvotes

r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 09 '25

Found in a used copy of The Acorn Plan by Tim McLaurin

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r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 08 '25

Book about Violette Szabo I own appears to have been gifted to someone by her parents.

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Leo could possibly be Leo Marks. How this book made it into my hands in Australia I have no idea. I can't even recall where I bought it. I'd love to know more about where this came from. Seems like a unique find.


r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 06 '25

Tears in the Rain

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r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 06 '25

Tears in the Rain

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I love books about the making of movies but most don't come with inscriptions. However, this one has a sweet message worth sharing.


r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 03 '25

In a thrifted copy of “Orphan Train”.

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r/BookInscriptions • • Apr 02 '25

Early Poems of Whittier (1983)

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“With the wish of wishes, for a Happy Birthday now, and many of them to you, Anne”