I’ve seen many folio Doré volumes over my 26 years of collecting books, but I’ve never seen bindings like these. Each volume measures 15 × 12 inches and is bound in full red Morocco leather, with marbled endpapers and gilt edges. The set weighs about 45 pounds.

The text blocks are nice and tight. The pages have light tanning but no foxing, and there’s minimal shelf wear. The bindings are simply stunning—I couldn’t resist acquiring the set!

I’ve been researching it and looking for comparable examples, but so far I haven’t found anything similar. I’ve included a photo of the title page from one of the volumes.

There’s no publication date, which was common for Cassell, Petter & Galpin Doré Bibles from this era.

I’d be grateful for any information. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I picked this up from my recent visit to Boston. I got this from Brattle Book Shop and had a wonderful time inside. I'm overjoyed because I'm a big fan of Frost, but I have no clue if I overpaid or not.

Hello all,

This is a fragment of an old manuscript that was recovered from the binding of a 17th century book. I am curious about the calligraphy, hoping it might give clues as to time/place of origin

Found this book at a flea market

Got this for $2 from my alma mater's library book sales. (Sorry about photo quality. I live in a dark room.)

Need help identifying this hold book and its history

So walking through a HomeGoods and I found this sitting on the shelf. Any ideas on this?

so i went to my university's book fair today, and they had a bunch of used books, some from a few decades ago some like 100 or maybe more yrs old.

do germs and viruses and diseases from those period stay on those books? how dirty should I consider them? I touched them, probably breathed in particles i think, and even bought one from the 80s (i think).

idk am i overthinking it? do I just treat them like any other books? what about the one I bought, how do I treat it? are the objects that it touched dirty? or what about the books around it that it was touching at the book fair that are probably older?

Don’t know much about this book or historical time period. Any help?

The spine is a bit messed up, but I'm still considering getting this one

From my personal collection.

The missing paint on the front is where the thrift store had stuck the price tag 🥲

Just found a book in my collection and wanted to share, that is all. I received it in this condition, it is missing pages 49-64. Not of the religious sort but I think it’s cool

This book had no publication date, in the book or on Google. I’ve narrowed it down to 1946-47 (ignoring a mention of Danzig). This has been the most fun I’ve had trying to date a book but if anyone has tips on how to do it I’d love to learn.

Eleanor was my favorite Roosevelt. The book originally sold for $5.95. Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, NEW YORK.

Hello all! I recently aquired this imo super cool ass book, I have almost 0 info about it. I THINK it's a first edition? There is also a patch job on the spine. Is this like historical or rare would this be better suited in a museum or with a collector? I think it's EXTREMELY cool however if someone would appreciate it more or if it belongs in a museum I think it should go there.
Any info welcome!
Thank you!!

Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. I included some of the pages for artificial respiration. Amazing that securing the tongue with a hatpin, clean wire or knitting needle through the tongue was even an option.