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Aurjay:
Or at least his 1st edition of The Origin of Species could have been. Recently it  was found sitting on a bookshelf sitting above a guest toilet in England. Makes me wonder whats the rarest or most expensive book you people have. Mine is a 1901 copy of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry. Its a collection of all her poetry in a very nice leather bound volume. Love it even if i never ever read it for fear of damaging it.

JD:
I've mentioned this before, but I have a Hebrew Bible from 1793. It's in superb quality too.

Inlander:
The oldest book I have is an pocket edition of Matthew Arnold's poetry, published in 1900; however I only paid A$10 for it at a local second-hand bookshop so obviously it's not very valuable.

I'm still rather amazed that it was so cheap, actually. It's in good condition and it features a beautiful illustrated title-page which is in perfect condition.

a pack of wolves:
I've got an illustrated volume one of Dante's inferno with some fantastic engravings from around 1900. It's in nowhere near mint condition so I doubt it's worth much at all but it's a really lovely volume, it's folio size (I think) so you really get the most from the engravings.


--- Quote from: Zombiedude on 29 Nov 2009, 19:47 ---I've mentioned this before, but I have a Hebrew Bible from 1793. It's in superb quality too.

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Nice. What's it like?

Scandanavian War Machine:
oldest? Probably something by Tolkien (can you guess what?).

Most valuable? Probably the 8 or 9 James Bond books I have, which may or may not be first editions, I'm not sure. I found them stacked with a bunch of yearbooks in a junk store when I was in highschool, borrowed the money from my parents, and went back to buy them the next day. I spent maybe 30 or 40 bucks on them and a little checking around leads me to believe I could get much more than that for just one of the books (Casino Royale, in particular as it's the first). They are in great condition but have no slip covers. In fact, I doubt they've ever even been read, judging by the spines.

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