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Great book finds
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:04 pm
by Nam Vet
Not sure if I ever posted this before, if not these are 3 great old books I found in a bookstore a few years back.
The Old Santa Fe Trail still has all the gold gilded top pages. Great find for $100.00 for all 3. Thinking the bookstore owner.
must have made a mistake when pricing each book. His loss my gain!
Inman was the author of The Old Santa Fe Trail. Sorry there not in order, my bad.
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:18 pm
by JEBar
interesting find .... I wasn't familiar with any of them
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:46 am
by daytime dave
I'm with Jim on this one. I appreciate older books in good condition, but would have no idea on the value of books.
Congrats on finding a good deal.
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:33 pm
by Nam Vet
Looked up the prices all 3 tops $350.00. Still a great deal at $100.00.
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:50 am
by daytime dave
That's awesome. I only have one book I wish I had kept from my parents place. I looked for it, but suspect it was thrown out many years before. It was stored in a small barn that was torn down about 10 years before they passed. It was a book about the first century of the United States. I think it was called Our First Century. It was a neat, thick book. I had read it once. I'm not sure of it's worth, but it was one I'd like to have kept.
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:35 am
by Nam Vet
daytime dave wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:50 am
That's awesome. I only have one book I wish I had kept from my parents place. I looked for it, but suspect it was thrown out many years before. It was stored in a small barn that was torn down about 10 years before they passed. It was a book about the first century of the United States. I think it was called Our First Century. It was a neat, thick book. I had read it once. I'm not sure of it's worth, but it was one I'd like to have kept.
Dave, it's still available if interested.
R M Devens - First Century - Used - AbeBookshttps://
www.abebooks.com › title › First-Century › author
Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One Hundred Great and Memorable Events of Perpetual Interest In The History of Our Country ...
$125.00
Re: Great book finds
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:34 pm
by daytime dave
Very neat. Thanks. I'll look into it. Ours had a greyish blue cover. I'll see what I find.