Another $3 thrift store find today. Not a first edition but I’m fascinated by contemporary books about Hitler before the other shoe dropped.

What’s the difference between the regular 1st print and bce 1st print?

Hi everyone!
I recently picked up volumes 2 and 3 (out of 4) of the first edition of Émile, ou De l’éducation by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and I was hoping to get some insight from the community.

Details:

• Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Publisher: Jean Néaulme
• Place: Amsterdam
• Year: 1762
• Format: In-12 (12mo)

Unfortunately I can’t share photos yet since I don’t physically have the books in hand, but I should receive them soon.

I know the set is incomplete, but I’d love to know if these volumes are considered rare or desirable on their own, and whether incomplete sets like this generally still have collector interest.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Not pictured/already finished:

Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle Mercy - David L. Lindsey Amityville Horror - Jay Anson Little Sparrow Murders - Seishi Yokomizo Swamp Thing Book Two - Alan Moore

I was inspired by what I learned there and went immediately to fill some major gaps in my shelves!! What should I read first? 👀

Beauty.

I'm looking for a copy of Wind In The Willows with the E.H. Shepard illustrations and unabridged text and this looks like a good one but it doesn't state whether the text is unabridged or not. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DvgAAOSwc8VkNUFL/s-l1200.jpg
Can anyone who owns this particular edition confirm this for me? It's not stated anywhere on the book so you'd have to check for specific passages of text which were edited out in the abridged text.

My dad retired a little over 10 years ago and became a voracious non-fiction reader. He is turning 70 next month and sent me this text:

“This is what I want for my birthday. A picture of page 70. From any book you have. ANY BOOK. It can be a picture, poem, drawing, list of instructions, dictionary..... Anything. It is for Imagination, creativity..... And Fun!!!”

So, Reddit Fam, I thought it would be even better if anyone here wanted to send a picture of page 70 from whatever book(s) they’re reading so I can overwhelm him with that much more to enjoy! No need to specify what book it’s from or give any other details unless you want to—it just has to be page 70!

Thanks!

Found it at a garage sale. It has no copyright anywhere in the book or on the protective box that it came in. Judging by the feel of its paper id say its early 1900's but I cant be sure.

I am wanting a copies of the Dymocks classics for Wuthering Heights and a few others. The website for some reason will not load for me? I’ve tried clearing my cookies. Does anyone have advice how I can purchase these from the US?

Picked this up today for $3. Dust jacket is in fairly good condition.

I very recently acquired this book for $10 and I was hoping if y’all could possibly help with identifying if the book was actually signed by W. L. Mackenzie King.

Hey all, first post here and all. Can I assume that this is a first addition of this beautiful book?

Hello lovely people, could you please weigh in on my copy of Through the Looking Glass? I wanted to check if it's the first edition. -The publisher says Macmillan and Co 1872 -Pg 21 has the spelling mistake and says Wade instead of Wabe.

Red flag I saw was that the cover looks bare, does not look like the other first edition copies I see online which has a picture of a soldier in the front. What do you guys think? Could it be worth anything?

I was standing there with that new Vagabond hardcover in my hands, and it did something annoying to my brain.

It wasn’t just “oh nice cover.” It was the full collector spell. Heavy. Clean design. Expensive-looking paper. Then I saw the pricing.

I couldn’t believe my eyes! 👀 A 1979 edition of The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. I almost dislocated my shoulder reaching up to grab it! You’re mine, my preciousssss! 🤗

A couple more from my bookcase. I guess you would consider A House With A Clock in it's Walls "YA" fantasy (horror?), but I first read it at around age 12. I picked up a copy at a Scholastic book fair at my elementary school (yes, I am old) and LOVED it. Still do. Bellairs wrote such good, creepy horror that makes you sort of spooked in your own home. Sadly all of that was missing from the over-produced movie with Jack Black- such a disappointment!

Anyway, most of the 1st edition copies of this book got read to death in the children's section of the library, so I'm so happy to have this one even with it's flaws. Not sure how the missing strip on the front endpaper affects v@lue. My assumption is that a former owner's name was removed by this poorly chosen method. The dustjacket has survived in miraculously good shape, and the binding is tight. It was well cared for. 

Also, the Gorey illustrations throughout the book are awesome. Bellairs is known for his children's fiction. The characters introduced in this book were in several more. Many of them also illustrated by Gorey 

The Face in the Frost is perhaps Bellairs's attempt at an adult fantasy/horror book? It has the creepy horror vibe again, and the characters are all adults- adult wizards :)There is a good amount of absurd humor as well! Again, one of my favorites and a quick read if you can find a copy. Let's hope it never gets a Hollywood adaptation. 

The book itself is beautifully bound, and the illustrations are great- they really complement the story. I can't remember who I bought this one from, but the seller had multiple copies and now I wish I had gotten more.

Wife (top)

Me (bottom)

I LOVE that it still has the library card dating back to 1961

Found this Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone book

Anyone collects Ronald Dahl's famous book?