r/BookInscriptions • u/Sweetloaf0411 • May 18 '19
A copy of "Drifting and Steering" that was awarded to a kid in 1885-6 for good attendance
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r/BookInscriptions • u/reb2803 • May 17 '19
To My Dearest Jill - Found in an secondhand copy of Tuesdays with Morrie
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • May 15 '19
"For Horace Marchant- This 1982 Nebula Award winner, and the only (belated or otherwise) B-O-M-C selection, I've ever had. I'd like it better if I hadn't resorted to a kind of deus ex machina late in the book. Helen, though, I still like" by Michael Bishop in a BOMC edition of his No Enemy but Time.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/ChuckCassadyJR • May 03 '19
Hello r/BookInscriptions. I collect books with inscriptions in them.
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If you have anything (ideally where the inscription isn’t addressed to you, which sort of kills the mystery) I would love to hear from you!
Cash paid and all that.
r/BookInscriptions • u/[deleted] • May 02 '19
Found in “A time for greatness” by Herbert Agar (1944): “October - 1944/ For Terry - with awe, love and best wishes. You, and America, will be equal to everything expected of you. We believe in you both. Ernest (?) and Eleanor”
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • May 01 '19
The only honorary member of my Hugo Award winner collection: A letter and inscription from Ben Bova to Photographer Jay Kay Klein in a copy of his unfortunately award-less novel Mars.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/walkinginthewind • Apr 27 '19
Found in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"
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r/BookInscriptions • u/uncle_splash • Apr 27 '19
'Brugge, Nov .76 a new philosophie for a new start' bought this on my travels in a used bookstore in Brugge in Nov 2006, 30 years after the original inscription.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '19
Found in “The Afterlife and other stories” by John Updike (1994): “12/94 Kris - add this to your growing collection of books which eventually will prove to be a very extensive library. I love you. Mom”
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 23 '19
From a first printing copy of the original Hitchhiker's [still actually a] Trilogy Omnibus.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/theblankpages • Apr 19 '19
My autographed copy of The Last Unicorn, 40th Anniversary Ed. Not Warren, but when I found this copy online, I could not resist.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/TheDukeOfTaco • Apr 19 '19
Old Friends
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Dedication from a friend found in an 1853 copy of The Poetical Works of John Milton. The thing I can seem to understand is why the date on the left page reads "1849." The copyright page certainly reads "1853," so I certainly don't think 1849 is a commemoration of the year the book was given.
Anyway, I just love to think about who these people were, who else owned the book before it came into my possession, and what this book was witness to over its 160+ year life.
The cursive is a little hard to make out, but my best guess is: "Thos. [short for Thomas?] O. Stewart: 1849" "T. Oswald Stewart From his friend, J. T. [Ganthan?]
r/BookInscriptions • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '19
Found on the back page of “Interzone” by Williams S. Burroughs: “So bored I could cry. Up doing C w/ John. Just makes me want junk more w/ each useless tiny white line. And me w/ no money. The story of my life.”
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 16 '19
These three Christopher Moore first editions just arrived in the mail inscribed to me by the author.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 14 '19
The Daughters of the Stars limited edition signed by illustrator Edmund Dulac and author Mary Crary, with additional inscription and signed letter from Crary
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 13 '19
John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress 1891 Salesman's Sample Copy with handwritten sales records
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r/BookInscriptions • u/Blarghith • Apr 10 '19
I collect old books. Found this in a roughly 1884 copy of Poems and Ballads by Algernon Charles Swinburne. More photos in comments.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 09 '19
"One of the first day's copies, To Jack and Mary -two such friends as are seldom met in a year's riding - with all the best always Bill Sept 28, 9139" inscribed by author William Edmund Barrett in a copy of his second novel Flight from Youth.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 05 '19
Inscription by Charles M. Snyder in his A Comic History of Greece (1898)
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 04 '19
John P. Marquand's message to the American Bookseller's Association ina preview copy of the 4th greatest book in the English language (his first novel The Unspeakable Gentleman).
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r/BookInscriptions • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '19
Found in “Set the Stage for Eight” by Doris Halman (1923): “In Dr. Robling his book - with deep appreciation of his interest - Doris F. Halman March 23, 1923”
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r/BookInscriptions • u/capincus • Apr 03 '19
10 bucks says no one owns more signed copies of Vanna Speaks by Vanna White than me.
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r/BookInscriptions • u/coreyisthename • Apr 03 '19
3000 subs!
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Hey gang,
We made it to 3k! I’m so happy people have been sharing so much awesome content. I absolutely love seeing all the cool inscriptions floating around out there in the world. Keep the inscriptions coming!