paloma91
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posted on May 31, 2006 10:06:02 PM
It came with a box of other books circa lver late 1800's to very early 1900's
The title of this one is:
A Child's Hstory of England By Charles Dickens Under the title, on the title page it lists "New Edition" (Whatever that means) The publisher (I think) is the company or people at the bottom of the title page but isn't marked as publisher, just a name instead like this:
BOSTON:
ESTES AND LAURIAT
299-355 WASHINGTON STREET
What the heck? Any clues??? Ideas??
I even have a business law book from 1908! This will be fun!
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irked
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posted on May 31, 2006 10:08:13 PM
wow sounds interesting for sure. What condition is the book in.
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LtRay
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posted on May 31, 2006 10:10:16 PM
I'm not an expert, but I would suspect that a true first edition Dickens would have been printed in London. You may have the first USA edition. I'll check my fav book site and get back to you in a bit.
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LtRay
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posted on May 31, 2006 10:14:55 PM
Sorry for the bad news Dickens by ESTES AND LAURIAT
Biblio.com is great site for IDing old books
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paloma91
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posted on May 31, 2006 10:15:04 PM
I found the date (I think) there is one justlike it here 1883 http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=65555071&src=frg4
Ray, you beat me to it. Well, first edition US. Not bad. There are alot of old books like that at my house now. I have atleast 5 boxes full! WHOOPPEE and records too.
[ edited by paloma91 on May 31, 2006 10:17 PM ]
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roadsmith
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posted on June 1, 2006 10:57:45 AM
Paloma: My go-to book site for questions like yours is AddAll. In this case, I'd have typed in Dickens, with title of book, hardback, clicked on first edition. What would have come up is the London edition. Voila. It's a very easy site to get quick answers, and you get an idea how many (thousands!) of identical copies there may be of your item.
But the asking prices are unrealistic, most of the time. Amazon or Ebay will be much lower, but you don't sit on your inventory for months or years.
1st American Edition of a Dickens book should be worth a nice amount. I envy you, having access to all those books.
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sthoemke
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posted on June 1, 2006 11:26:31 AM
It's still problably a high value book, but I don't think a 1st edtion would state "new edition".
I agree with ltray, a 1st edition should be most likely published in England.
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classicrock000
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posted on June 1, 2006 11:38:21 AM
paloma91
posted on May 31, 2006 10:15:04 PM
I have atleast 5 boxes full of WHOOPPEE and records too!
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paloma91
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posted on June 1, 2006 05:39:47 PM
Here's another one. 2 complete sets. One that looks like it has been used alot and the other looks almost brand new. Are you ready for this! the title is " How to make Mission furniture" published date: 1908. There are 4 volumes in each set. So way back then people were making their own. I know my friend's husband used these to create their masterpiece diningroom set in the 40's. I think this belonged to his father. It is so much fun going through these.
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LtRay
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posted on June 1, 2006 05:54:16 PM
Paloma, now you might be talking gold!
Who wrote them? I would suspect mission people would love them. Especially if they are published by Roycroft.
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paloma91
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posted on June 1, 2006 06:08:36 PM
I found his father's name written on the back page in pencil. So I know where these books came from.
This is what it says:
Mission Furniture
How to make it
part One
Popular Mechanics Handbooks
CHICAGO
POPULAR MECHANICS CO
On the inside page it reads
Copyrighted, 1909
by M.H. WINDSOR
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I just looked on bibio.com and there is someone selling a set of 3! and another selling a reprint. HA! I have a set of 4
[ edited by paloma91 on Jun 1, 2006 06:26 PM ]
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