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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 03:16 AM Original message |
what is your oldest book? |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've got a couple of old ones... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. that is cool.... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. A Welsh Collection Of Bunyan, 1865 |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. wow, that sounds like it is a beautiful book.... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. My western. Oh, do you mean one I didn't write myself? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. no, that is an honest answer...and funny,too!! How about sharing |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. The first page? I can do that. Here it is: |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. oh goody!!! I really like that Injun Joe!!! Jim Horn sounds like |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I'm so glad you like it, Sweety... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. excellent.....a politician left speechless!!! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. ROFL! Yes'm, and it's just the type of humor Texans use most... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Homicide Investigation. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. cool.... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's for research. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. planning on killing someone? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You're now an accessory. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. oh yeah...I could SOO help you with that TV series.... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Sorry, it's a one-man operation. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. are you saying I am a man? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Sorry, "person." |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. The Bible my grandparents gave me in 1976 |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Buffy...that is what I like about you....the fact that you |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
65. What can I say? |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. 1790. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. WOW...I think we will have to declare you the winner... |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I love old books... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I love books, too |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have some antique books but I have no idea their worth.. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. here is a link with a picture of the book... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. it looks beautiful...thanks for posting the link and for |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. your welcome...I have others...the sweetest thing about them |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. oh yes, I like that aspect of looking at old books, too |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. the bases were loaded .... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. annual edition of National Geographic from 1918 |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. boomerangs....I guess that was High Tech for 1918... |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. My oldest is from 1801. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. OMG....you have quite the collection!!! What fun it is too find such |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. I have a geology book from the 1880s. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. was it given to you? Did you find it in the attic? Some dusty old |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. It was given to my by my now deceased geology professor. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. 1790-something Cookbook |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. and WHAT exactly is "Syllabub under the Cow" |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I'll try to copy it out and post it. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. that would be wonderful...I bet other folks out there are |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. Syllabub under the Cow |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. probably a couple original issues of some sherlock holmes stories |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. How wonderful...what great gifts books make!!! |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Genesis of Lincoln |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. sounds like you have a WONDERFUL uncle!!! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. 1628. A Historie of the Kings of England. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Oh my.....looks like tjwmason will have to settle for 2nd place |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. My wife's father was from England and he collected antique books. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. how loving and thoughtful of you...and I am sure the money will |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. I have a 1st edition of Mark Twain's "Roughing It" |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. The blue one with the real numbers, ... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. A mid-nineteenth century German bible |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have a book of collected farm songs and poems that dates from |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. eh, probably only from the '50s or '60s, I'd guess... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. I collect old books, especially Palmer Cox books |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have an old picture book of dinosaurs |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have a biography of James G. Blaine |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. 1669 |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. Georgia Scenes, 1835 |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. I had to google that... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. His uncle ... |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. A few... |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. Yes, sir. |
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NJ Democrats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. I have a Mark Twain set from around 1900 |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. I have those, too |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. I have a LARGE collection of James Whitcomb Riley |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I pick up Riley books... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. I have a book of poetry from the mid 1800s, but I don't remember |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
67. A Little Rock phone book from 1995. |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
68. After consulting with mrsgwbsamoron, the oldest we can find: 1841 |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. anyone curious about book values.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
71. I have several textbooks from the 1920's.. They are so funny |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
72. Loci Communes by Phillip Melancthon 1536 |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
73. It Can't Happen Here |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't have any old books |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
77. I had to climb up to the top of my parent's bookshelf to find the book |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
79. we have a torah given to hubby by a hebrew couple when he was... |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
80. I have an original copy of "Alice In Wonderland" |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
81. Bound copy of Harpers Weekly 1868 |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
83. "It's Up to the Women" - Eleanor Roosevelt |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. 1859 - history of the city of new york |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
85. I have one from the 1840s I think |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
86. 1536 |
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