Been collecting rare books for a while and just found this forum. I'll post some other books later too. Mostly literature but I was a history major in college and I love British history. So I'm starting to look for more historical books and documents now too.

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History of Middle Earth complete set of 1st/1st (first publisher for each volume). Unfinished tales and Silmarillions 1st/1st, the right one being signed by Christopher Tolkien on special bookplate with title and release date on it.

Look for some book repair shops. Also anyone have a guesstimation cost for reafixings covers?

There’s a small reddish stain next to the leaves though and i’m trying to figure out whether I should try and rub it off. Does anyone have any tips for that? It’s a valuable book so i’m a bit hesitant to do anything to it that might affect its value. Thanks!

Hello! I am looking for the first addition of either of Strike's Total Synthesis books. I have TS2 downloaded, but I would love to add a softcover copy to my collection. Thanks for any help! 🐝🐝

Somebody posted that they had this, and almost immediately deleted their post. I thought of Pietro Aretino but it's actually Leonardo Aretino or Bruni:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Bruni

So, back 2012 I bought a hardcover copy of The Slab.

When I removed the sleeve over the book I realize the cover had the title of the previous book, which was Coalition's end.the inner page carry the right title: The Slab.

I completly forgot about it, until I got the book out of a storage box after 12 years.

While speaking with a buddy he confirmed that his copy wasn't like that.

So I decided that maybe I should add to the Gears Of War Wiki that the 1st edition of The Slab had some misprint on the cover. But I honnestly can't say that on the wiki, since there is no way for me to confirm it there was few or many of them.

Can any of you help me out to figure if it was a common problem or how to do research on the subject.

I did post on the gears of war fandom site asking if anyone else had the same error and I have yet got an answer.

I did a private short video to show the cover....if it can help somehow. https://youtube.com/shorts/Rm7445IeOWE?si=vBHNkbYU06LaOlDU

Thanks!

I use old battered books for craft projects; I love the character they provide. My sources include local library used book sale, local thrift stores, and discards from friends. Recently while at the local Salvation Army store I noticed a young woman scanning/photographing the inside page(s) of old books with her phone and selecting two for purchase. Does an app exist to determine value of old books? I don't want to become a collector or reseller I merely want to avoid destroying books of value.

Its called elements and theories of architecture by julien guadet and i cant seem to find any of its 4 volumes in english anywhere online