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What is the oldest published book you owned?

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Rae

A book of poetry given to my great great great gramma for Christmas 1869

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Celeste

I have some that were my Grandfathers..Im guessing from the 20’s-30’s

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Robert

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Kari

1960s Lord of the Rings box set. If I own anything older, I’m not aware of it.

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Debbie

Apparently I have a vintage Cinderella book that was published in 1953.

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Jessie

1834…its is a some sort of German medical book…Idk much else because I don’t speak German.

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Candace

A book published in 1932 cant remember the title off hand but it was printed and bound in New York and a 1913 copy crime and punishment

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Michelle

1800s

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Karen

1795 or a 1800 cookbook dont know name of it as its packed away

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Chris

Either a history of the US Civil War published in Feb 1865 in which it predicts that the South will win the war, or a 1st edition of Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You.

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Catherine

I have my great great grandfather’s Bible that was his constant companion during the Civil War. Thank you to my cousin, @Stephen. ❤️

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Gina

A dictionary from the 1870’s

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Fee

Lady Blanche Farm/Queen Anne’s Lace
by Frances Parkinson Keyes 1952 The Royal Box by Frances Parkinson Keyes 1954

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Aimee

I have a Wuthering Heights from 1943 and a David Copperfield from 1937 and many books from the 1950’s i have a entire bookshelf dedicated to classics

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Larry

Set of Sir Walter Scott from late 1800s.

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Aczar

I think the To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Charles

Life With Father by Clarence Day

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Philip

Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland.

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Bente

The Bible – mine is from 1889 and in German.

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Karen

I have a 1903 edition of D.L. Moody’s Anecdotes and Illustrations, “Fully Illustrated from Gustave Dore.” Moody was a popular evangelist it seems.

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Shannon

1920s

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Kathleen

Bible?

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Sandra

1895 illustrated flower fairies

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Jeff

Got some first edition geology books.

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Ashley

1845

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