kit lecter 🦇👹Thought I'd share some of the vintage/antique book finds from the last ~6 months. ​
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Left to right, top to bottom:
In a glass darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu from 1948 — I had been looking for a vintage copy of Carmilla with no luck until I realised it had originally been published in a short stories collection. It's a blue clothbound under the paper slipcover.
Consult Me — undated but from at least 1904 going by the inscription inside. The entry on how to ride a bicycle is hilariously unhelpful.
Modern Cookery by Eliza Acton from 1851 — the spine is missing so will need to do a repair job, otherwise in really good condition for its age.
The Best Way Book 3 — undated but this was originally published sometime around WWI possibly 1915. I now have all three Edwardian volumes in my collection!
Dracula by Bram Stoker — undated but most probably from 40s or 50s as per some research. I had been looking for a 'pocket sized hardback' clothbound edition for a long while now. And this one was also within my budget (most antique/vintage editions of the book go for at least a couple hundred quids at the cheapest).
Now, the only book I am actively looking for is a 'pocket sized hardback' clothbound edition of Frankenstein. It has the same issue as Dracula. It's gonna be a luck thing to find one. ​
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#LowSpoonsHistorian #History #AntiqueBooks #VintageBooks #BookLover #BooksOfTheFediverse #Dracula #ModernCookery #BestWayBook #ConsultMe #InAGlassDarkly #SheridanLeFanu #ElizaActon #BramStoker #SocialHistory #HistoryFromBelow
​Left to right, top to bottom:
In a glass darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu from 1948 — I had been looking for a vintage copy of Carmilla with no luck until I realised it had originally been published in a short stories collection. It's a blue clothbound under the paper slipcover.
Consult Me — undated but from at least 1904 going by the inscription inside. The entry on how to ride a bicycle is hilariously unhelpful.
Modern Cookery by Eliza Acton from 1851 — the spine is missing so will need to do a repair job, otherwise in really good condition for its age.
The Best Way Book 3 — undated but this was originally published sometime around WWI possibly 1915. I now have all three Edwardian volumes in my collection!
Dracula by Bram Stoker — undated but most probably from 40s or 50s as per some research. I had been looking for a 'pocket sized hardback' clothbound edition for a long while now. And this one was also within my budget (most antique/vintage editions of the book go for at least a couple hundred quids at the cheapest).
Now, the only book I am actively looking for is a 'pocket sized hardback' clothbound edition of Frankenstein. It has the same issue as Dracula. It's gonna be a luck thing to find one. ​
​#LowSpoonsHistorian #History #AntiqueBooks #VintageBooks #BookLover #BooksOfTheFediverse #Dracula #ModernCookery #BestWayBook #ConsultMe #InAGlassDarkly #SheridanLeFanu #ElizaActon #BramStoker #SocialHistory #HistoryFromBelow
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James 🌈💜
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