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r/OldBooks

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OldBooks is a place where any antique book enthusiast can show off their collection, ask about book markets, get info about other books, their own, etc.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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to r/OldBooks by aladdingdong
1 month ago
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20 Fables - Monaco
in Monaco, Monaco
to r/OldBooks by aladdingdong
1 month ago
Preview thumbnail for The Arabian Nights - Retold by Housman image
The Arabian Nights - Retold by Housman
to r/OldBooks by Flamberge89
1 week ago
Preview thumbnail for Would you get these repaired or keep them original? First English translation of Dante's Divina Commedia, printed 1802, The Strand, London image
Would you get these repaired or keep them original? First English translation of Dante's Divina Commedia, printed 1802, The Strand, London
to r/OldBooks by Educational_Bed_6608
1 week ago
Preview thumbnail for Any idea how old this could be?? image
Any idea how old this could be??
to r/OldBooks by Weird_East_5837
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for So many details in this. Could be a very valuable resource for an oddball OEM restoration project. Could be in better condition. image
So many details in this. Could be a very valuable resource for an oddball OEM restoration project. Could be in better condition.
to r/OldBooks by Weird_East_5837
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Came across a chest full of Antique books when we moved into our current home years ago and it is finally time to sit down and look through them. This is the first handful!! Pretty overwhelming TBH image
Came across a chest full of Antique books when we moved into our current home years ago and it is finally time to sit down and look through them. This is the first handful!! Pretty overwhelming TBH
to r/OldBooks by Diesel-powered-92
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Can anyone tell me a rough year of publishing? image
Can anyone tell me a rough year of publishing?
to r/OldBooks by Weird_East_5837
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Found a lot of old books in the garage When we purchased our current home . Finally getting around to going through them. image
Found a lot of old books in the garage When we purchased our current home . Finally getting around to going through them.
to r/OldBooks by Nolon
6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for I think it's the oldest book I own. 1886 image
I think it's the oldest book I own. 1886
to r/OldBooks by sugaring_research
7 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Does anybody have this book for sale? image
Does anybody have this book for sale?
to r/OldBooks by BeginningLychee6490
11 months ago
Preview thumbnail for What’s this book’s value image
What’s this book’s value
to r/OldBooks by Nirvana1209
1 year ago
Preview thumbnail for Happy Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️ Captain D.P. Conyngham ‘The Irish Brigade and it’s Campaigns’ (1869) image
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️ Captain D.P. Conyngham ‘The Irish Brigade and it’s Campaigns’ (1869)
to r/OldBooks by ApprehensiveIce7746
1 year ago
Looking for a book
to r/OldBooks by NoSeriouslyImSerious
6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Can Someone Help Identify This Book? image
Can Someone Help Identify This Book?
to r/OldBooks by corporealcreature
3 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The Chevalier and The Countess De Charny By Alexander Dumas image
The Chevalier and The Countess De Charny By Alexander Dumas
in Delaware
to r/OldBooks by phluffyphilomath
1 year ago
Preview thumbnail for Waverly Novels by Sir Walter Scott & Sea Wolf by Jack London image
Waverly Novels by Sir Walter Scott & Sea Wolf by Jack London
in London, UK
to r/OldBooks by whyhasgradeabondedus
1 week ago
Preview thumbnail for recently picked this up from a local antique book shop for $4. How'd I do? image
recently picked this up from a local antique book shop for $4. How'd I do?
to r/OldBooks by whyhasgradeabondedus
1 week ago
Preview thumbnail for I thought you all would enjoy my Réalités collection, there are 5 more that I couldn't include due to space limitations, the dates range from January 1955 - June 1957. image
I thought you all would enjoy my Réalités collection, there are 5 more that I couldn't include due to space limitations, the dates range from January 1955 - June 1957.
to r/OldBooks by whyhasgradeabondedus
1 week ago
Preview thumbnail for Found this at a goodwill the other day I don't think it's anything super special but I thought it was interesting. image
Found this at a goodwill the other day I don't think it's anything super special but I thought it was interesting.
to r/OldBooks by goatsickle
7 months ago
Preview thumbnail for History of Women's Suffrage Volume II - question about printing image
History of Women's Suffrage Volume II - question about printing
to r/OldBooks by redheadnerdrage
7 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Picked up these books at my moms. They were my great great great and great great grandmothers books. Only one is dated (that I can find, and in my great great great grandmothers writing) with Oct 15, 1898. image
Picked up these books at my moms. They were my great great great and great great grandmothers books. Only one is dated (that I can find, and in my great great great grandmothers writing) with Oct 15, 1898.
to r/OldBooks by horrorhandler
7 months ago
Emergence by Cynthia Macadams