There are a couple books we found in my grandpas garage that were published in the 1860s or 70s but they were pretty much rotting. So the oldest one I can say for sure is a copy of Hamlet from 1902
1953…it’s my favourite fairytale to this day. It’s written in verse and flows so beautifully that I memorised almost the entire first half. It belonged to my uncle, then my mom and now it’s mine and it’s one of my greatest treasures.
It seems this is interpreted as oldest print edition, does oldest publication count? I have some Aristotle and Socrates that is quite old. I need to read the Pelopennesian War at some point, I think the original publication date on that is very old.
I have a Bible from 1903 and a book called The Life Of Jesus Christ about the same time.
@Bethany who is The life of Christ by? There is one by Farrar who is a relative of my husbands!
Rev. O.C.S. Wallace and I just looked and it’s 1893
@Bethany thank you!
George MacDonald 1871
That’s my oldest poetry anyway
The Life and Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte (1847)
a German bible 1892
A 3 volume set of Washington and the American Republic (1870)
1886 does how much does it worth
I have a first edition copy of Peter Pan from 1911.
A copy of Robinson Crusoe from 1720
Wow
1907 ?
How much it costs 1986 copy
A religious book (it’s written in Latin, and since I don’t read the language I am not sure exactly what it is about) from 1652
Here is a picture with the date in Roman Numerals M.DC.LII
I have the whole set of Poes cameo books from 1904.
History of a regiment in the Civil War, dated in the 1860’s I think.
There are a couple books we found in my grandpas garage that were published in the 1860s or 70s but they were pretty much rotting. So the oldest one I can say for sure is a copy of Hamlet from 1902
Had an old family Bible from 1798-burned in a fire at my Grandmothers home. Big loss.
1953…it’s my favourite fairytale to this day. It’s written in verse and flows so beautifully that I memorised almost the entire first half. It belonged to my uncle, then my mom and now it’s mine and it’s one of my greatest treasures.
I have an original print of Little Women from 1868 and an original first edition print family heirloom of Black Beauty from 1877 ❤️
Here are my two favorites Life of Jesus 1893 and Tale of Two Cities 1915 (not pictured are my old Bibles which I also love)
An 1899 copy of Rudyard Kipling’s Barrack Room Ballads…I was told it is a rare pirated copy
1824 family Bible
Complete works of Poe 1902. My favorite possession!
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I have this original “pocket” book which is tiny. With the memoir.
I have 2 first editions of Zane Grey novels
I have a bible from 1500s
@Bettina Wow!
A religious book, written in Latin, that has no date, but someone wrote, on the inside cover, “ex libris Constatine Jonnesville, 1774”.
It seems this is interpreted as oldest print edition, does oldest publication count? I have some Aristotle and Socrates that is quite old. I need to read the Pelopennesian War at some point, I think the original publication date on that is very old.
I have to look up a few, they don’t have years in them, but the oldest I know is Pope’s Poetical Works from 1859
How much does it worth if you want to sell it
I don’t know. I don’t plan to sell it
the worth of a book is seldom it’s price
That too.
@Dorothy I have one that I want to sell 1886 does it worth 5k or less
I don’t know. Look it up on the internet.
Depends on what it is and condition etc but few get that kind of $
I have a collection of Charles Dickens books that were all printed between 1894-1903. ❤️
A monograph of fossil birds of Kansas from 1880.
I have a Portuguese Epic printed in 1900!