Good Old Books

09/24/2026

I found this book yesterday... Touche Ross TEMPO 25th Anniversary Biography Hardcover - Art by COLOS. Interesting that a financial business would utilize such experimental illustration tho it was early '70s.

07/27/2026

I found a vellum bound german language compilation of books from the 30 year war Bing helped me organize it:

Chronological List of Works in Your Sammelband (1625–1646)

1. 1625 — Nicolaus Hardkopffius (Hamburg)
Vorrede und Predigt
Printed in Hamburg, 30 November 1625.
Includes a woodcut printer’s device.

2. 1627 — Nicolaus Hasebroek (Hamburg)
Ehr und Trost der Christlichen Prediger und Lehrer
Printed by Michael Hering, Hamburg, 1627.

3. 1628 — Nicolaus Blarer (Limburg)
Ehren und Trost der Christlichen Prediger und Lehrer
Printed in Limburg, 1628.
Red–black printing with ornate border.

4. 1633 — Samuel Butschky (Leipzig/Breslau)
Des 1630. Hunger und Kummer Jahres Gedanckmahl
Printed at the author’s expense, Leipzig, 1633.
Includes the Latin dedicatory epistle by Jacobus Martini.
Two‑color printing.

5. 1646 — Jacob Groshen (Hamburg)
Christliche Predigt auff den Leichnam Hylmichen an Tärcken
Printed by Heinrich Würffen, Hamburg, 15 July 1646.
Includes large resurrection woodcut vignette.

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🕯️ What this chronology reveals
Your volume spans 21 years, covering the most devastating phases of the Thirty Years’ War:

- 1625–1628: Plague years, clerical persecution, civic unrest
- 1633: Famine and economic collapse in Silesia
- 1646: Post‑war death, mourning, and spiritual reconstruction

This is exactly the kind of devotional anthology a 17th‑century Lutheran pastor or educated layperson would assemble to survive spiritually through famine, plague, and war.

It’s not random — it’s a curated spiritual survival library.

07/06/2026

05/03/2026

Leuchtkugeln 1848 5 volumes of revolutionary german cartoons, satire.

06/20/2025

Had a fun(ny) happening yesterday. I awoke and browsed my phone for microsoft reward points so i could play game pass for free on my xbox (another free enslavement endeavor) anyway i read of a book that stephen king wrote about a kid that shoots up a school called Rage, and king was happy that it no longer is in print. Ironically, i found the last appearance of it in an omnibus edition, a collection of richard bachman, king's pseudonym at (ironically) the local seminary used book room.

08/09/2024

Later printing but gilt edged top, and same binding as the first edition.

08/09/2024

Signed!

07/07/2024

05/04/2024

Found this in an old bible, 1834.

03/20/2023

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/do-i-own-too-many-books/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organicpartner&utm_campaign=atlasobscura

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.