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Title: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: qochoc on April 10, 2012, 10:22:28 PM

Found this at the salvation army yesterday evening

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Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 10, 2012, 10:51:34 PM

Holy cats! You lucky to get your hands on that! Most of them put the good stuff up for auction on their Web site. That is quite a neat find! They must not have looked beyond the cover. Congratulations!

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 10, 2012, 11:00:50 PM

WHOA! I think you just scored the thrift store find of the decade! Are you sitting down? Have a look at this:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1308105402&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dsemaine%2Bsainte%26x%3D69%26y%3D14 (http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1308105402&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dsemaine%2Bsainte%26x%3D69%26y%3D14)

Looks like congratulations are in order!  ;D I'm going to recommend that you take this to a reputable rare book dealer to get it examined and appraised. Don't fully open it flat and try to handle it as little as possible.

Salvation Army?!! Did you really say Salvation Army?!!!!

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: hosman321 on April 10, 2012, 11:33:49 PM

WOW! Why can't I find amazing stuff like that at thrift stores?! I've got to know, how much did you pay for it? I agree, you should get it appraised by a reputable old book dealer to see if yours is worth as much as the one on abe books. WAY COOL!

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: qochoc on April 11, 2012, 06:48:44 AM

Yes I done some online research and I'll let everyone know what I find out.  I'm definitely going to take it to a book dealer. I was surprised that is was at the salvation army for $32

Jim

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: greenacres on April 11, 2012, 07:22:02 AM

Congradulations! It's like winning the lottery,  ;D

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 11, 2012, 11:59:37 AM

Let us know what the appraiser says. We will be holding our breath and crossing our fingers for you! So exciting!!!

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: qochoc on April 11, 2012, 10:58:59 PM

I went to Powell's books in Portland this evening and the appraiser  felt the book was worth around $600 and possibly more. I have a list of antique book dealers in the area to get a better appraisal.

Jim

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: greenacres on April 12, 2012, 08:24:00 AM

Still a good find.

Title: Re: 1719 Prayer book find
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 12, 2012, 11:59:57 AM

Great! That's a good return on your $32 investment, that is for sure! Keep us posted.