Some of my old books.

Here are some photos of some of my old books. If there are any that stand out or some that might look a little special I'd love to know.

There is a lot of history in these old books. I love the illustrations.

 

Can't see all the titles but nothing jumps out. You can check dealers' asking prices here if you're curious.

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Debora

 

Thanks for the link.

I've just been reading The Sunday Strand book its full of so much like that book has everything from ads to many other things, I'm just blown away by it, its like going back in time. I've had that book for a while but never opened it. Some of the photos of people in that book have such haunted looking faces.

 

The Strand was a periodical (like a magazine or weekly newspaper.) Your "book" is a compilation of issues, reprinted and then bound. You should be able to tell what period if covered. Usually a year's worth.

 

It's fun to read some of the old books. I have some, and a few years ago decided to read as many as I could. I had bought most of them just for the covers or illustrations. Many of them were fun to read, with a few clunkers.

 

The book was printed in 1906.

 

Absolutely, one of the books I like is one called Friends Of The Farm which is from the 19th century and I like the bit where it says "we'd be lost without a horse" and it tells you about how important it is to repair and maintain the carriages. The old books are so well written not like today.

I also found a bit of Victorian wall paper in one of the books which may have been laced with arsenic.

 

Hi,
I remember that I had Disney wall paper from the 1950s that was laced with banned insecticide to kill mosquitoes.
greg

 

I like looking books up on bookfinder.com. They pull info from all book sale lites. Easy to use as well.

 

That is handy. Thanks for making me aware.

Debora

 

I recognize the name Heber as a woman poet. Since there were not as many women poets before the 20th Century, that might have some value.

 

The Heber volume may be poems by Reginald.

Debora

 

That's correct. The volume I have is for Hemans, Heber and Pollok, and I hadn't seen it for a long time and forgot that the woman poet was Hemans.

 

I’ll take the British Butterflies book! Does it have lovely illustrations? Just curious.