I was spending a little bit of time looking through a book on book conservation the other day.  I had caught up my book mending at the library and was learning more about some of the book terminology when I ran across a section of the book with some photographs of some rare books.  They were incredible and they became the inspiration for this post.

You would think these would be easy enough to find.  Google “rare books” and Voila!  Umm, wrong.  It took hours to get these and most of them end up coming from a great website called AbeBooks.  If you have the slightest interest in books, I highly recommend heading on over there to have a look at their stuff.

1.

Shakespeare, William. Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare.

2.

Brass Bookbinding Dies

3.

Copper King James Bible

4.

Siffur Avodat (metal-turquoise)

5.

March, Daniel. Our Father’s House, or the Unwritten Word

6.

The Haggadah Szyk Roth (metal)

7.

Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) The French revolution : a history.

8.

Gospels, New Testament Scriptures (Gilt over Sharkskin)

9.

Personal History David Copperfield - Dickens

10. And just for fun…

Fetish Masterpieces, Erotic Fantasy Photography (Yep, that's rubber!)

Most of these covers are found in a post over at AbeBooks.  If you would like to see more, the post is here.

Also, be sure and head over to my guest post at Jan Geronimo’s Writing to Exhale.