Old Books.

[misslj_author]

If you're like me at all, you'll like old, rare and/or antiquarian books. This big book of Stephenson's Quotations has been in my family (mother's side) since the 1950s. I love it. It has so many weird and wonderful quotes, and so I've taken some photos to share it with you. As ever, click on the thumbnail images to see the full size photo.

I doubt it's worth anything--it's not a first edition and it's not in mint condition. But it is chock-full of bits of wisdom from everywhere you can think of, and in its time, it's also been a flower press, as you'll see in one of the photos!

Comments

[ohhhlife.livejournal.com]

wow! what a monster of a book! Very cool :)

[misslj-author.livejournal.com]

It really is a monster of a book. An awesome monster of a book!

[angharad-gam.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love old books too. We have a 1950's encyclopaedia that used to belong to my father. It predates the moon landings so reading it can be a bit odd! My parents have an 18th century book. I can't quite remember the title but it is terribly boring - pithy sayings of the King of Prussia or something ridiculous like that.

[misslj-author.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Mum's got a two volume encyclopedia of things for new wives that has just about everything you can think of in it, including mechanics, knitting, cooking, planting, medicine and more. They're from the 1930s.