books growing old with me One of the perks of getting older is that I suddenly own lots of antiquarian books, although I am almost sure they were new just a few years ago. For instance, I still have a few books from my preschool childhood which are now antiquarian treasures. I think the oldest one may be the Wolkenschaf (cloud sheep): or possibly the green parrot: (which takes on an entirely new meaning now that there are feral green parrots in many cities in Germany and in the UK). and then the three more mechanical ones, on the tram, the plane and the crane: and finally the educational ones: That pseudochronological ordering is purely subjective by how deeply buried I feel my associated memories are. Don't want to spoil it by checking actual publication dates. But may reread the book some time. I took the photos ten years ago probably to share them on my bookish blog on tumblr and just rediscovered them by accident looking for something else. PS We put on the green stars to mark the books as German language books for our preschool children growing up bilingually.

strangely my #ChildrensBooks are looking quite #antiquarian now. when did that happen? proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/books-growing-ol... #oldbooks #memories #reading

Incredibly rare Tolkien book selling for £65,000 in antique shop The book, Songs For The Philologists by J.R.R. Tolkien, is one of just 15 copies in existence - and is now in the ownership of a Wallingford antiquarian.

Rare #Tolkien #book selling for £65,000
Songs For The Philologists, which contains 13 poems written in the 1920s, is in the hands of an #antiquarian in #Wallingford

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IT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

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LA BIBLIA 1794 VULGATA LATINA 5v SPANISH Bindings 173 ENGRAVED PLATES CARNICERO

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LA BIBLIA 1794 VULGATA LATINA 5v SPANISH Bindings 173 ENGRAVED PLATES CARNICERO

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ADELE JANVIER 1831 LES MALHEURS Du PAUVRE Illustrated AUBRY Fine Binding

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MEMOIRS COLMAN FAMILY 1841 THEATRE PLAYWRIGHTS George DRAMA 2v PEAKE

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ON THE HYPAETHRON of GREEK TEMPLES 1861 FALKENER Archaeology DAEDALUS History

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VIEWS GREAT BRITAIN 1830 WESTALL Engravings MOULE 1st ARCHITECTURE Finden

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LADY'S MAGAZINE 1805 FASHION MUSIC HANDEL BOTANY NELSON TALES PLANTS Engravings

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JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE 1836 CULPRIT FAY Poems AMERICAN FLAG Fairy HUDSON RIVER

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THE STUARTS 1902 BINDINGS ILLUSTRATED LTD DE LUXE 2v FOSTER Folio SIGNED History

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POCKET SIZE 'SOMBRE' STYLE ORNATE BINDING 1843 BIBLE COMMON PRAYER PSALMS

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CICERO 1724 OPERA 4v VERBURG Engravings PHILOSOPHY De Officiis ORATIONES Roman

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EDINBURGH MAGAZINE 1789 FRANKLIN ADDRESS AMERICA SLAVE TRADE CHINA EXPEDITIONS

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LADY'S MAGAZINE 1802 FASHION ZOOLOGY ESSAYS FOREIGN NEWS TALES POETRY Plates

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SCOTTISH PORTRAITS 1903 CAW 2v LTD EDN Signed JAPANESE VELLUM Fine Bindings

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TABLEAU TITRE POIDS VALEUR MONNAIES COMMERCE 1827 DARIER Plates COINS WEIGHTS

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TRAVELS IN THE EAST 1839 LAMARTINE 1st SYRIA LEBANON PALESTINE TURKEY

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THE STUARTS 1902 BINDINGS ILLUSTRATED LTD DE LUXE 2v FOSTER Folio SIGNED History

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QUEENS of ENGLAND 1856 STRICKLAND Engravings BIOGRAPHIES History PORTRAITS

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20+ powerful historic images of queer & feminist resistance In the 1980s and early ’90s, New York served as an epicenter of activism and community organizing as an entire generation faced the...

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Origin | Interest | Match

New, antiquarian book auctions, starting tonight from 8pm

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IT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

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Some of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)

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OLD EDINBURGH 1879 DRUMMOND 97 Lithographs ELEPHANT FOLIO Ltd Edn Scotland

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LITERARY TRIAL VORTIGERN AND ROWENA! c1798 DUDLEY Forgery IRELAND Shakespeare

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A little early 18thC pocket edition of Dryden's Satires of Juvenal & Persius, with engravings.

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HISTORY TAUNTON 1822 SOMERSET Toulmin

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LIFE of SIR JOHN FALSTAFF 1858 CRUIKSHANK Biography SHAKESPEARE Brough HUMOUR

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