What are some books that have impacted you the most?

Post Reply New Topic

But did you drop a Victorian, early-edition Villette onto your toes, or just banish it into a missing box of dust and stale air for all eternity?

*Vintage books make great wedding gifts.*

They are wrapped in brown paper, which will stop any foxing.

Seeing as they are probably worth 7 grand if I find the missing edition, they would make an excellent wedding gift

I think mine are 1901. Will check.

I drool on your non-foxes.

I don't see a publication date inside but it's inscribed as XMas 1902 ^

Oh wait Duh. 1901.

It's the JM Dent Temple Edition, seemingly from this set, although I only have Villette .

https://www.rookebooks.com/1901-02-the- ... he-brontes

If the whole set is valued at £150, I can only imagine yours is First edition by Smith & Elder (1853), or a very early edition thereafter.

Gulp.

Find that box and I'll take it off your hands for a good price. Serious.

Last edited by IsabellaLinton on 27 Mar 2023, 5:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I can't remember the age of mine , deffo Victorian but not first editions (1850ish I think) and not worth 7 grand although I've seen people ask that. The books are in good company though, they are in a box with a load of signed books, a first edition signed copy of Cheiro's Palmistry for All and a special wedding presentation copy of a book which I won't name.

I have no idea where the box is, it could be in 1 of 3 places ( 2 of them not in my house). And if I get my hands on them you can have first refusal but don't hold your breath as I have boxes not opened from houses I have moved from 2 houses ago .

There should be a meme for teasing-by-books.

Sigh.

Did you buy it on auction?

I'm sure it's well-preserved. I'm just joshing you about the dust.

I hope you make a mint off it one day.

Deal. No need to search though.
Just let it age. You can write an IOUFR instead.

Couldn't find a relevant meme and not feeling creative enough to make one.

I got them from a charity shop for buttons.

I think my other post is evidence of IOUFR , make sure you screenshot and blackmail

Specifically, the Bible.

More generally, books on science, science-fiction, and role-playing games.

^ Screenshot taken, printed, and PM'ed to myself.

Maybe I'll even put it on my hard drive in case my computer gets hacked, or something to that effect.

↑ Does that mean you approve?

^ I'm sure Isabella does approve of your reading material, but I believe her post was aimed at me, and you nipped in just before she replied.

California Blue by David Klass

The Impact Zone by Ray Maloney

Monster by Kody Scott, "Sanyika Shakur"

Sons of Darkness, Sons of Light by John A. Williams

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers



These all books I read in my youth, but

Yeah, something like that.

The Bible, Fnord?
Which version?

A massive work and a real page turner, especially once you get into it.

I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but I found it had a very dry, dark kind of humour in it at times.