Books I found [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

AlexWyattMommy

11-11-2009, 03:29 PM

Oh my Goodness!!

I found a 1936 original copy of Gone With The Wind. :eek:

Where on earth do I go to see if it worth anything?

Oh, and does anyone play piano or really into music? I have a whole series - like almost 20 books of the 1962 The International Library of Music. These are full of scores of music.

Rebecca - I found a 1929 New Geography Book. :lmao: It looks well used, but I think you can open it and not break the spine.

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 03:52 PM

Keep the Gone With the Wind..

Let me look around and see if I can find any links for pricing.. :)

KEEP THAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 03:56 PM

Here is this site that gave some rough pricing...

http://www.quigleysbooks.com/gww.html

This article talks about how to identify an authenic one...
http://www.ehow.com/how_5323929_identify-st-edition-gone-wind.html

BernardandMissBianca

11-11-2009, 04:20 PM

DH's Grandma was Margaret Mitchell's hair dresser, Keep that book!!!!!

Awesome find! Did you go to a book sale?

We went through books that the school librarian pulled from the shelves 20+ years ago (donated them to the town library sale). I found two Formula 1 books and asked the librarian if we could have them and she said yes. Came home and googled them, they are worth $150 a piece!

AlexWyattMommy

11-11-2009, 04:31 PM

My DH had an auction addiction. He would be gone most weekend mornings. To make up for it, he would bring me home books. I :love: books. But he was bringing home these REALLY old books. Books I'm too afraid to even open because I may brake the spines.

Like I have a book from 1877 that looks awesome. Most are from the early 1900s.

He was just buying them by the box full, so we never knew what he would bring home.

1917 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
1893 Myths of Greece and Rome
1856 Mrs. Brownings Poems

Are the ones I just picked out today. And I have tons of books to go through.

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 04:33 PM

Let me know if you find any genealogy ones.. :)
Family Bibles could be in there too!!!

AlexWyattMommy

11-11-2009, 04:38 PM

I love research.

My Gone With The Wind is actually a second edition. The first was MAY 1936 and mine is JUNE 1936. Plus NO dust jacket. Means it may be worth $20-$200 dollars.

:lmao: Guess my kiddos aren't going to college off these books after all.

AlexWyattMommy

11-11-2009, 04:40 PM

Let me know if you find any genealogy ones.. :)
Family Bibles could be in there too!!!

I do have two family Bibles. They are NOT in great condition and are stinkin' huge! I haven't looked through them to see who the family tree is or even if there is one inside. They are in the middle bottom. :rotfl2: They were too big be anything but anchor ones.

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 04:44 PM

I've got a list of names..and lots of families that were in the OHIO area!!!! ;)
Let me know when you get to them!!!!

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 04:45 PM

BernardandMissBianca

11-11-2009, 04:46 PM

My mom is a big book collector too. She has some from the early 1700's to the early 1900's.

sounds like you've got some great finds.

AlexWyattMommy

11-11-2009, 05:12 PM

They could be great finds if I could find some place to take them and sell them.

I am so NOT doing the ebay or on-line selling myself. It's too hard if you can't see the book in person. Somebody will think I didn't represent well enough for them and want their money back AND keep my book. :headache:

PrincessNancy96

11-11-2009, 05:16 PM

I hear ya! I wouldn't sell on line either.. too much headache for me...

I wonder if there are any book stores that would sell them in the Cincy or Dayton (Columbus) area???

PinballFamily

11-11-2009, 06:13 PM

AYM - love that GWTW book! I had one copy (I think it was like the September 1936 printing and no DJ either) and it was so enjoyable to read the book. In some ways, VERY different from the movie...interesting! I sold it on ebay at some point years ago and more than made my $$$ back.

Z2H has had great success selling used books on Amazon - it seems much easier and much more straightforward than ebay - maybe somewhat more appealing for you? I'm sure she'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Good luck making your way through the stacks!

lovingthemouse

11-11-2009, 08:32 PM

If you are inclined to go online - there is an incredible book store in Portland, Oregon called Powell's Books - known throughout the US. They do buy rare books. I visited the store 5 yrs ago when i went to a conference in Portland, and was fascinated to see that the size of it is equal to 1 huge city block. It might be worth contacting them if you're looking for value, or even a sale.

joyah

11-11-2009, 09:36 PM

AWM those books are worth something. If you find some you just don't want PM me a list I'm sure dad would love some of those. dh has a cousin somewhere in OH if i could find the damn address book. at auction they bring nothing but if you can find the right buyer...... have fun nothing better than a good search for the elusive gold book.

AlexWyattMommy

11-12-2009, 06:26 AM

It's true. They don't bring much at auction. DH was giving $5-$10 a box for the books. Some boxes had more books than others - 5-15.

I just started to box up the old library books. I can tell because they their little white tags on the spine with their Dewey Decimal code on them. :thumbsup2

Need to go get more boxes. :thumbsup2

morgansmom2000

11-12-2009, 06:42 AM

Wow, Ann! Even if it's not a first edition, what an amazing find!

Macca1111

11-15-2009, 04:51 AM

I'm not a piano player, but those music books sound really awesome. I've saved many a score from the recycle bin here at the university just because they're too cool. I also comb the Friends of the Library booksales here because plenty of people donate old music to the library and it mostly can't be used. I spent I think $3 last time and came away with 10 records and 8 pieces of sheet music. Even if I don't use them, sometimes they're too cool to let go.

AlexWyattMommy

11-17-2009, 01:08 PM

I feel that way about all the books. They are too cool to let go. Surely someone somewhere needs this information. :confused3

I did get out PN96's books today and joyah's books.

Need to wait for DH to come and see if Rebecca's box is under 70 pounds. :rotfl2: I can't lift it and step on the scale.

One of your books, Rebecca, is copyrighted 1864. There are few that are between 1890-1910. :thumbsup2

If anyone happens to make a killing on the books, all I ask is that you send me a souvenir from WDW. :thumbsup2

AlexWyattMommy

11-18-2009, 03:49 PM

:woohoo: I got the last box out today.

Rebecca, you have 40 pounds of books heading your way. :thumbsup2

PrincessNancy96

11-18-2009, 04:19 PM

Rebecca,
you better higher a moving crew to help get that box in!!! :)

rlovew

11-18-2009, 05:03 PM

Wow- no I am sure my guys can move it inside for me. I ship myself a box at least that heavy each summer after the book conference I go to with mom.

Rebecca

joyah

11-21-2009, 11:16 PM

eargerly awaiting their arrival. I still haven't made it to the po for your stuff I will do that this week. I'm apperantely having a pity party these last few days I'm hoping that it's over now and I can get back on track.

AlexWyattMommy

11-22-2009, 09:49 AM

Your box and Rebecca's box were way heavier than Nan's box. It will probably take the full two weeks to get there. The USPS media system isn't the most expedient.

joyah

11-22-2009, 11:46 AM

as long as it makes it by xmas considering tom and I don't do much for each other this will be perfect.
Like you I thought I'd saved your adress in the book and couldn't ind it went looking cause I knew I still had the box and he'd flattened it for recycle this week! thank god I went looking this am.