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MAY 12 PROMPT: Rare Books

This 1885 Allegheny Edition of Theodore Roosevelt‘s Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains I think qualifies as a rare book. It was originally my great-grandfather‘s, I believe. My grandfather told me his father had hunted with Teddy a time or two, but “a bit of a bigot, he is(Teddy).” Continued 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

#oldcoolbooks #rarebooks #princeps #firsteditions#theodoreroosevelt

Doubling up on #oldcoolbooks with two books by a favorite author. The tagged book is a First Edition (#princeps) and my childhood paperback of Blue Mystery has #yellowedpages.

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My old cool books are short on princeps or first editions. With my old & vintage cookbooks, some possibly are, but have limited copyright information & some are first editions but not first printings. This Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook is both a first edition, published in 1967 (the edition tagged in the database is 1976) & it's also a first printing. It's in really good condition too & was a steal from Powell's at $10.💙

#princeps Here is my first edition of The Exorcist. It was my Meme's. She apparently bought it on a whim and then stayed up all night reading it. Unfortunately I have know idea where the cover is 🖤
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#OldCoolBooks #day6 #Princeps I‘m a sucker for ancient history, have been since I read about Rome & Egypt in school. There‘s some great books out there including the tagged book, Eagle In The Snow, about Roman General Paulinus Gaius Maximas & his exploits in Britannia, but Rome was a visual place, so I had to include my two favourite movies, Centurion with Michael Fassbender about the 9th Legion & the Picts & Gladiator, Russell Crowe‘s best work.

#OldCoolBooks #Princeps Published in 1913 , It is a autobiographical novel if you will, of Jack London and alcoholism.I remember seeking it out because, I don‘t think it was in print at the time.In those pre internet days before you could find every book on the planet in minutes.Plus , you gotta love a book that uses the term “dipsomaniac” in the first chapter.🍸🍺🥃🍷Cheers!But in moderation please.

This is probably my oldest first edition. From 1915. #princeps
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In taking a closer look at the books I picked up at the Northfield Book Fair, I do believe this is a first illustrated edition! #OldCoolBooks #Princeps @Linsy

Thanks to @bookriot‘s guide, I just figured out that I have a #princeps (#firstedition) that is (barely) more than 100 year‘s old!!! 😱 It‘s from 1915. Squeeee! 🎉

Here‘s the article, written by @Amanda: https://bookriot.com/2012/11/08/the-beginners-guide-to-identifying-first-edition...

If you‘d like to join in, find my first #OldCoolBooks post for details about the #challenge and #giveaway.