Aren't they beautiful?
Recently a good friend's grandfather passed away. She and her family are in the process of sorting through belongings. Last week they asked if I would like to give some books a new home, and I gladly accepted the offer. If there is one thing Eleanor and I are good at, it is providing a loving home for our favorite kind of treasure.
I found some interesting Christian non-fiction, such as books on daily life in Biblical times, etc - and a Covenant Church hymnal (the red one!). I also found children's books on Vikings, animals, Sweden, and the Medieval World for Eleanor.
There are a few extra special finds I want to highlight on their own. They are simply too precious for me to keep the news to myself, or make them share a Stacking the Shelves post with mere mortals.
Note: Rest assured I let my friend and her mother know exactly what treasures I had found, and I looked up prices comparable editions were selling for online so they knew what the value might be.
Without further ado...
1949 edition
Happy Reading,
Sarah
O...M...G...! What WONDERFUL books!! I LOVE that kind of thing. What an amazing set of gifts!
ReplyDeleteRIGHT?!?! I was in shock when I came across them. I hugged Damned so very, very tightly. I am so thankful I was given this opportunity, and wonderful, wonderful gift.
DeleteTreasure, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI am still in awe. They are sitting very neatly in a stack beside me on my desk. I stare at them a lot.
DeleteWhat a find! I love that vintage Twenty thousand Leagues. I found an old Robin Hood a few years back on vacation ands begged the store owner (it was a display) to sell it to me- thankfully they did.
ReplyDeleteSometimes children's books (even older ones, even if they're somewhat outdated) have a magical way of just invigorating kids' imaginations.
Josephus I've never read.
I love old finds like this! At Half Price Books a couple years ago I found the complete four-book set of Thomas Costain's 'A History of the Plantagenets'. It was only $35, but to me it is priceless!
DeleteWOW!! REAL BOOKS!! hardly ever see those any more. congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was practically in tears. I am looking forward to seeing what else I can find. I am grateful to be the new keeper of these books.
DeleteHow wonderful. And yes, what a treasure. Even if they didn't want to books, they could have sold them, so it's such an honour to be asked whether you wanted them. I have some vintage books from my parents, not as valuable but I treasure them just as much.
ReplyDeleteChildren's book about Sweden also sounds great.
Exactly! The books themselves are what is valuable, the monetary is nothing. A couple years ago I found the complete set of Thomas Costain's "A History of the Plantagenets' for $35 at Half Price Books. Priceless to me, though!
DeleteExactly. I always say that about any book.
DeleteI feel that was especially about these though, given how I have received them.
DeleteDefinitely. I totally understand.
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