1719 Prayer book find

[qochoc]

Found this at the salvation army yesterday evening

[talesofthesevenseas]

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!

[talesofthesevenseas]

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

Looks like congratulations are in order!   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?!!!!

[hosman321]

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!

[qochoc]

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

[greenacres]

Congradulations! It's like winning the lottery, 

[talesofthesevenseas]

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

[qochoc]

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

[greenacres]

Still a good find.

[talesofthesevenseas]

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