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Years ago, I started collecting 19th century science books (I was too poor to afford older ones). I quit when I started a family and one shelf of them survives. I still love to take one down now and then. They have a great look, feel, and smell. And I find that reading an 1850's text on chemistry to be both interesting and entertaining. Some scientists were able to learn a great deal with pretty meager tools. Anyway, I was never into first editions. But I suspect many of us here are real book lovers and you're bound to find some more collectors about.
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