Friday, 11 February 2011

Getting Giddy over 100-year-old books! OMG!

I know I'm not scheduled to post today, but I just HAD to share this with you! My father sent me some REALLY old poetry books from Australia, a couple are 100 years old! Check these out! I'm so excited. I don't know why, but they feel like treasure! They smell amazing and a couple are leather bound and squishy between my fingers. Yum!





Do you ever get giddy over antique books?


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  1. Liz P11 February 2011 at 14:01

    Ooo very cool! I love old books. My grandmother always had a bookcase filled with antique leather-bound books. My favorite thing about them was the smell. :)

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  2. L. Diane Wolfe11 February 2011 at 14:19

    Now that's something for your collection! I have the original editions of Bambi and Bambi's Children. I'm almost afraid to touch them!

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh11 February 2011 at 14:31

    Cool! Never thought of books as squishy though.

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  4. Vicki Rocho11 February 2011 at 14:51

    I LOVE old books. My parents used to have an old atlas (1800's) that showed a lot of Western U.S. as territories.

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  5. Laura Pauling11 February 2011 at 15:01

    I love old books, esp. the smell. I can't help but pick them up and flip through them - gently.

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  6. Sierra Gardner11 February 2011 at 15:09

    My roommate went to England recently and brought me back a first edition pocket sized Thomas Hardy book of poetry. I almost cried. And I'm pretty sure I squealed a little. Old books are awesome!

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  7. Surya Sunder Dey11 February 2011 at 16:04

    Getting giddy is about right. The first thing I'd do when I get a really, REALLY old book is smell it. :-)

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  8. S.A. Larsenッ11 February 2011 at 16:09

    Seriously, I would be way giddy, too! I love old books. Whenever we go antiquing, that's what I look for!

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  9. Jules11 February 2011 at 16:30

    Actually yes. I prefer old books. Last night I saw on a PBS show (Antique Road Show) a 100 year old book that was worth 100,000 US dollars. Maybe you do have some treasure there :)
    Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

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  10. Cherie Reich11 February 2011 at 16:36

    So awesome! I love antique books. I've bought some that were old before just to own them.

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  11. Hart Johnson11 February 2011 at 18:16

    SQUEEEEE! I ADORE old books! I have three boxes full of books from my grandpa because I am the only nut in the family--some are classics: A Tom Sawyer printed in 1899--a couple old Robert Louis Stevenson books, but some are oddball things... I have a public health reference book from 1910 that is fairly hysterical.

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  12. DL Hammons11 February 2011 at 18:38

    I could see my self getting excited (I don't do giddy) over the right book. :)

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  13. Karen Jones Gowen11 February 2011 at 18:52

    Oh yes I get giddy over old books. I love love love them. These are beautiful. Works of art. Enjoy your treasures!

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  14. Matthew MacNish11 February 2011 at 19:00

    Priceless. Literally.

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  15. Glynis Peters 11 February 2011 at 19:02

    How wonderful! I love old books. Enjoy yours.

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  16. Mara McBain11 February 2011 at 19:05

    I love the feel and smell of old books. I read a book called The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major when I was a kid. It is an Indiana classic published in 1908 I believe. A couple years ago I found an old copy through a website that specialized in antique books and I was just over the moon giddy! Books are priceless.

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  17. Colene Murphy11 February 2011 at 19:39

    They're beautiful!!! I LOVE old books. There is a shop down town that, from the outside, looks like it could fit maybe a hundred books, but when you go in it turns into this huge MAZE of old leather, ancient, antique, beautiful books. On floor to ceiling shelves, stacked all over the floor. Clustered so close two people can't walk side-by-side in it. It's heaven.

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  18. Shannon O'Donnell11 February 2011 at 19:59

    How could a TRUE book lover NOT get giddy over 100 year old books?! How fun, Jessica! :-)

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  19. Raquel Byrnes11 February 2011 at 21:50

    I ABSOLUTELY get giddy over old books. I collect them. My husband gave me an 1894 copy of Rudyard Kipling's the 2nd Jungle Book and I went bonkers.

    So jealous! Happy reading!
    Edge of Your Seat Romance

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  20. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 21:51

    My heart skipped a beat. Those are beautiful.

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  21. Jill Kemerer11 February 2011 at 23:26

    My dad would bring home a case of old books now and then. I loved everything about them. There's something mysterious and exciting about an old book! Yours look like treasures!

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  22. Sherrie Petersen12 February 2011 at 00:29

    I have one leather bound collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales from the 1800s that I will never give up. I love it :)

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  23. February Grace12 February 2011 at 01:27

    Oooo, I am drooling over the Gordon book. Did you ever notice that there's a picture of part of the monument to him in Melbourne on my blog? My best friend took the picture, and I love the quote so much. Those are AMAZING, what treasure!

    ~bru

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  24. Deniz Bevan12 February 2011 at 05:54

    Heck, I'm drooling over *your* old books! I love the smell of old glue and ink. And if there's poetry involved...

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  25. LTM12 February 2011 at 06:50

    Oh! What a GREAT DAD!!! Sending you ancient poetry like that!

    I actually inherited several antique family books, and my absolute FAVORITE thing is to go through and read the notes my great-great whatever wrote in the margins.

    Oh, and they smell really good, too. Like history. :D good stuff~ xoxo <3

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  26. Christopher12 February 2011 at 11:18

    I almost exclusively read old books. I lovvvvvvvvvve them. I'm all about the old used, sorta funny smelling books. They just make me happy.

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  27. Karen Lange13 February 2011 at 00:23

    What a great find! My husband has a collection of old books. It's really interesting to imagine who read them and all that good stuff.
    Have a great weekend,
    Karen

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  28. Jayne13 February 2011 at 03:13

    Yes, yes! All the time. Very giddy. ;)

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  29. broken biro13 February 2011 at 17:54

    Giddy? Moi?

    All the bloody time! Every fifth book I see - which would be alright if I didn't work in a library!

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  30. Talli Roland13 February 2011 at 19:25

    I love that they are soft and squishy! There's an antique bookshop just down the street from us. I love it!

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  31. Chris Phillips14 February 2011 at 01:17

    I got a bunch from a used books store once to make some hollowed out books for a few friends, nothing classic, but old biographies in leatherbound hardcover. If I buy a classic to read though I look for ones like that.

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  32. Lisa Galek15 February 2011 at 18:55

    Those are gorgeous! Lucky you! I love old books!

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