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What's the oldest book you own?
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<blockquote data-quote="Warden_of_the_Storm" data-source="post: 77101361" data-attributes="member: 381462"><p>I've been undertaking some research so I can do my own Medieval Fantasy story, and I've recently bought some books to read. One subject proved hard to find good quality books for, and that was the subject of Kiev Rūs, which is a period of Medieval Russian history, and... boy let me tell you, it is hard to find good quality and cheap books on that subject.</p><p>And in the process, I ended up going to a website called World of Books and buying a book titled "The Culture of Kiev Rūs" by Academician B.D. Grecov. Not had time to read it yet because of post-work stuff, but I have to say, it is lovely to look at:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ddeda40996a064e750521eae0e7331b2/7609efdf3168a86f-de/s640x960/63a8a614c1a5de5c655413d38ee4f6f6ac20e22e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/adbe20dda5335eebd5d448ecdc7b7b0b/ff627cd91bcb005e-ab/s640x960/4a5c5ff9ff0d80c9fadb257e9742d4905405d5cf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But I had no idea of WHEN this book was published until after I bought it.</p><p></p><p>It was published in 1947. Grekov didn't first publish the book until 1944, so this is likely one of THE first English editions of the book. Which makes it THE oldest book I own.</p><p></p><p>So I have to wonder... does anyone else own a really old book, or a first edition book?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warden_of_the_Storm, post: 77101361, member: 381462"] I've been undertaking some research so I can do my own Medieval Fantasy story, and I've recently bought some books to read. One subject proved hard to find good quality books for, and that was the subject of Kiev Rūs, which is a period of Medieval Russian history, and... boy let me tell you, it is hard to find good quality and cheap books on that subject. And in the process, I ended up going to a website called World of Books and buying a book titled "The Culture of Kiev Rūs" by Academician B.D. Grecov. Not had time to read it yet because of post-work stuff, but I have to say, it is lovely to look at: [IMG]https://64.media.tumblr.com/ddeda40996a064e750521eae0e7331b2/7609efdf3168a86f-de/s640x960/63a8a614c1a5de5c655413d38ee4f6f6ac20e22e.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://64.media.tumblr.com/adbe20dda5335eebd5d448ecdc7b7b0b/ff627cd91bcb005e-ab/s640x960/4a5c5ff9ff0d80c9fadb257e9742d4905405d5cf.jpg[/IMG] But I had no idea of WHEN this book was published until after I bought it. It was published in 1947. Grekov didn't first publish the book until 1944, so this is likely one of THE first English editions of the book. Which makes it THE oldest book I own. So I have to wonder... does anyone else own a really old book, or a first edition book? [/QUOTE]
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