Happy New Year! I wonder what books 2013 holds! I enjoy everything about old books: hunting for them, inhaling the smell of leather and studying them: their covers, publishers, inscriptions, signs of aging, and knowing that I am holding something that was on this earth in a different century. I don’t necessarily need to read … Continue reading I Love Old Books! (Part 3)
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I Love Old Books! (Part 2)
Ever since the Crossroads Used Book Sale, I’ve been enjoying my new old books and writing about why they are such a delight to me. I treasure them also because I believe these books were far more precious in their day than a book is now, simply because of the relative scarcity of books and … Continue reading I Love Old Books! (Part 2)
I Love Old Books!
As I mentioned in a previous post, my strategy when tackling huge used book sales is to go to the old books first. But I wonder what is it that makes the old books such a delight to me? It was my parents who instilled in me a love for old things that stand the … Continue reading I Love Old Books!
In Heaven
Surrounded by treasures from the used book sales...... The above were published in 1905, 1922, 1921 and 1920, respectively. The book below was published in 1923 or earlier (only have an inscription to go by). This reader was published in 1897. The 3 above were published in 1912. All of them gems!!!
Warm weather means book sales are sprouting up
With the temperatures rising—finally!—the rummage sales are blossoming all over town, and my favorites are the huge city-wide used book sales. What could be better than 100,000 used books all in one place at bargain prices?! I don’t have to actually need any books to get excited about these, I just like being there to … Continue reading Warm weather means book sales are sprouting up
