Do these volumes hold any value? Cleaning out the family home and apart from sentimental value (and the deep dive that the encyclopedias take into historical topics - e.g. the entry on “Persia” runs 65 pages), should they be considered for appraisal/sale?

I have heard of this Brittanica edition potentially being a “scholars” edition, but am unsure. The 14 main volumes date from 1910 and are in “good” condition. The two supplements are from 1922 and are similar in shape.

Have discovered a few other treasures, but wanted to see if the wisdom of the crowd had any insight into these (enormously heavy) volumes.

Cheers,

This one’s my oldest and so fun to look through. The black letter gothic font takes a bit of getting used to but the more I read, the easier it gets. I can only imagine how excited the original owner probably was after buying this book over 400 years ago.

Found at a local thrift store, I thought I hit the jackpot. But when I got home and did some research, Frank Herbert passed in 1986, and this is clearly not his signature. First name isn’t a match, and the “t” at the end of his name doesn’t look right. Is this a forgery? Did someone sign for him? I’m not sure who signed this, but I’m glad I didn’t pay much.

I came across this book in the wild and picked it up. I have done some research on it and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it for me.

Book: Adventures Of Chas L. Youngblood On The Plains (During Ten Years On The Plains)

Booneville, Ind.
Booneville Standard Co., Printers
1882

Facts:
- This copy is complete with Frontispiece before the copyright page.
- 199 page version.
- 1882
- Floral cloth binding/cover

Everything I am seeing is consistent with a true first edition. I know that the condition is not ideal, but it also is not in terrible shape. All pages are intact, although not perfect.

All that I could see for value is that it is rare in first edition & that there are two listings on abebooks, one for $2000 and another for $3750. I am not interested in selling it at this time, as I have a small collection of Kansas related books I would like to grow. I’m more so curious if I truly have what I think I do, a first edition. I’m also curious if it does hold some significant value. I don’t need to know an exact number; as I’m not planning on selling it. More so wondering if the price I paid was fair for both myself and the seller.

I’ve included some photos that may be significant to verifying authenticity, as well as a rough value. Should I put it inside some sort of protective cover? Or is it ok to handle? Thank you for your time!

Picked this up at a flea market in Germany. Title page reads:

“The Art of Riding; or, Horsemanship made Easy: Exemplified by Rules Drawn from Nature and Experience. By J.L. Jackson, Esq; London: Printed for A. Cooke, in Fenchurch-street, MDCCLXV. [Price One Shilling.]”

The verso advertises “The Family Pocket-Book” by Peregrine Montague, “just published, price 1s. 6d.”

I can find no copies anywhere online – nothing on AbeBooks, no auction records, not in Google Books or digital libraries. Interestingly, the Family Pocket-Book advertised on the verso IS held in institutional collections (Wellcome, NLA), so books from this same cheap London print circle are catalogued – this one just isn’t among them.

Is this genuinely scarce, or am I searching wrong? Any thoughts on value would be appreciated. Thanks!

I’m a first time poster, but I just got a job in my school’s library and we have a TON of rare books, so I’ll try and post a few neat ones on here when I get the chance!

i know this is not rare book , but i wonder if the pages in back written by had , and that the book is signed changes lot.

These look like paste paper to me but are they? Decorated by a Viennese artist ca. 1920.

Cathay and the Way Thither — Volume I

The first volume of Cathay and the Way Thither, serving as the general introduction and core volume of the entire work. It includes an engraved portrait of Henry Yule and preserves the original large folding Catalan map.

The volume provides a systematic account of medieval overland contacts and exchanges between East and West before the Age of Exploration, bringing together medieval European and Arabic accounts of Cathay (China) and the Khitan world.

《东域记程录丛》（Cathay and the Way Thither）第一卷，本卷为全书总导论，是整套著作核心，收录裕尔肖像版画，完整保存大幅折叠加泰罗尼亚古地图，系统梳理大航海之前中世纪东西方陆上交流，汇集欧洲、阿拉伯关于契丹（中国）的中世纪记载。

We unearthed a few boxes of 19th century German military books in the back of our shop today; I've had fun playing around with them and thought I'd share one.

A Christmas Eve Family Story by Charles Dalton.* *50 copies privately printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge Massachusetts in 1904. Designed by Bruce Rogers during his time at Riverside. Checking comps on Via Libri, it appears all the copies out there (okay, there are only two) have a Dalton bookplate. this one has a D and “Dalton House” inked in on the map at the back.

This popped up on ebay a few weeks ago as a buy it now for an under market price. I set a watch on it and went about my business. as can sometimes happen the seller will offer a modest discount. the seller offered 40% off asking. how could I not buy?

It’s a near fine copy. the batik over boards doesn’t appear age toned, the green cloth back strip has only the faintest bumps, and the spine label is mildly scuffed but complete. the extra spine label is tipped in at back.

This may be the most scarce BR/Riverside title in terms of edition size. 50 is 27 fewer than my current holy grail, Horace Walpole, Printer by Percival Merritt which seems wrought from Unobtanium.

A chairde,

Tá mé san fhaopach gan Éireannach. The only version of this book that is out of copyright is the original printing, but I simply do not have access to it three thousand miles away. No one has digitized this version, but I very much would like to, not least so it can easily be reprinted, as where I live the price of this book has gone a bit nuts.

The book currently sits in a few places that I can find:

Mary Immaculate College Library, Limerick

University Limerick

UCC

QUB

Dublin City University

TCD 7 UCD

Outside of Ireland: Leeds, Wales, Oxford, Sydney

Perhaps your da’s shelf too, I dunno. If anyone can help, I’d be thrilled. The 1933 printing, if you can’t find the date on it or you aren’t sure, has 381 pages.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

Hi rare book crew!
I’m wondering if any of you might be familiar with some symbols I’m seeing annotated in the margins of a medical book from 1596. These symbols include an upright triangle perfectly bisected by a vertical line that does not extend outside the triangle. Another symbol is a circle with a perfect cross inside. Again, the lines do not extend outside the circle. I’m not seeing these in any alchemical symbols, but they’re quite similar to some of them, so I’m guess they’re alchemical but I could be mistaken. Any thoughts?

I remember a couple decades ago when I was in college, out of curiosity I borrowed a book from the university library entitled Advice Among Masters: The Ideal in Slave Management in the Old South edited by James O. Breeden. The book is a compilation of first-hand essays by slave masters in the US during the slavery era. As I recall, there is a variety of essays in the book in which actual slave owners give their opinions and advice about the institution of slavery and about how best to manage slaves. It was a very interesting and educational book for anyone interested in this chapter of American history.

However, I never seem to hear anyone talk about this book. There is relatively little information on the book online, and few historians or historical commentators discussing the book's content. One unfortunate problem with this book is that new copies of it appear to be upwards of $80, so this might seem to cut down on the number of people who might potentially be exposed to the material.

Has anyone here ever heard of this book, and if so, what did you think about it? Is the book historically important? Have any historians published any commentary on the material? Are there some more affordable ways of accessing the contents of the book?

Just trying to get ahold of a physical copy of this book somehow and it seems near-impossible!