bonzoi Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 My Oldest book in my collection is "High Fidelity by Nick Hornby". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailed Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Mine is Black Beauty by Ann Sewell, and is a 1940's copy. Lou x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maedeh Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My oldest book is Uncle Tom's cabin.It was my mum's!When she was a child she has read it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My oldest book is Uncle Tom's cabin.It was my mum's!When she was a child she has read it! That's a beautiful story. Have you read it Maedeh? What did you think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsgood Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I used to have this near mint condition, beautiful little copy of Ben Hur published on rice paper from late 1890s and was so proud of it. But then, about 20ish years ago I got a new puppy and had made up one of the rooms into a puppy room for when we were at work. I was smart enough to put the book on the very top shelf and keep anything she could theoretically grab out of reach. However, I didn't take into account that a fast growing, large breed dog would soon get big enough to body slam a heavy bookshelf, knocking down all those tasty hunks of paper. Dozens of books came down that day, but being a dog of exceptionally good taste, she only ate poor Ben. Gnawed on a few really cheap novels, but apparently only Ben Hur was yummy enough to consume. She did leave a couple small chunks of the cover so I could identify the remains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 What an awful story, Wordsgood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsgood Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Well, I did eventually forgive her. And she certainly taught me that what not to leave anywhere near growing puppies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maedeh Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 That's a beautiful story. Have you read it Maedeh? What did you think of it? I've read it.I agree with you.It's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovereading Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I walked past a charity shop recently and saw a set of encyclopaedias from 1884 for �100 I was tempted, partly because I think it would be interesting to flick through an encyclopaedia from that era, and partly because of the look and feel of the old books. This got me thinking - what's the oldest book in your collection? I don't mean oldest in terms of the earliest one to be written, but the actual oldest edition/publication. :-) mine is On the Road by Jack Kerouac. There are few more I have. But this is the oldest one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 My first copy of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is quite old, 23 years old to be precise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsgood Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Weave, I have clothes older than that! My first copy of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is quite old, 23 years old to be precise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander the Great Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 My oldest book is an Everyman's Library Edition of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. It's from 1930, making it 82 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangolin Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I have a copy of The Ingoldsby Legends from 1907. It's probably the oldest thing in my house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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