Look at these.
Look at the covers on them.
I've got another one here.
Look, this one is a bit more more modern on the back.
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I prefer Nestle.
Nestle is my favourite.
This, I can't find a date in it.
It's old.
I've got one by year or two.
It's got 1898 written in this one, right?
It's a bit worse for wear, right?
Now, one of our volunteers picked up a book, 50p, paid for it in one of the other shops, right?
It had 18 something in it, so he brought it in for me to look at.
And I said to him, I couldn't find it anyway.
I could find modern editions of it, and the modern editions were really expensive.
But I was like, I wouldn't sell that book under 200 to 300 pounds.
So I said, go for the antique first.
Get it priced like, see what they say.
That's the one that's after my bloody 300 pound lamp all the time, right?
For 75 quid, right?
Went over there, he offered him two quid for it.
And look at this one.
That is the cover.
Look, it's like a manuscript.
Look, it's like, look, there's no spine.
I can't see anything on it.
I don't know where these are coming from.
They were in a box up there, they were.
I can't hold them up for me.
With all the expensive books.
Can't find nothing, so I'm going to have to have a look at the press.
When the press was established and things like that.
But I mean, this is like, you know, I really should have gloves on.
Maybe I'm stinking, but perhaps I should have gloves on Who killed Mrs Thompson?
Who's who in the Thompson case?
Is this really the life?
Famous crimes?
Yeah, it is.
Wow.
The trial opens.
Oh, I'm invested now.
I'm going to have to read the old story now.
I'm invested in this.
Oh my god, they exhumed her.
I'm reading it now.
Oh my god.
Was it mood?
Oh, I'm invested.
I'm going to have to read this.
Oh my god.
Dr Harvey Cripper.
Look at the pages.
I haven't got the light on yet because of the...
Oh, look at the pages.
Remember when you used to get books like that?
We're invested now.
We're going to have to read this one.
Get to the end of it.
Wow.
I wonder if it's on YouTube.
Oh, this is brilliant, man.
I would have loved anything like this.
You know, this would have been rescued because anybody, any other shop would have gone bin that straight in the bin.
Bind it straight off.
That would have gone.
That would have gone straight in the recycling.
Well, it probably wouldn't have made recycling.
I got one year, I got a salvage.
Got something growing on it.
Who is he?
And has he got a date?
1938.
Has he got infants on it or...
I don't know.
Tales of Modern China.
Well, I'll try and put something on it.
And sometimes these old covers, like I cleaned these, these blue ones.
I can't remember where these are from.
And all the blue came off on me because it's the print.
The old print on the box.
I'll see if I can spray something on this and salvage it in there.
You know, you'd be surprised how many people buy the books.
We're really lucky with a vintage box because, you know, people are buying them and, you know, it's giving them another life.
Whereas most places would just bin these off, I can tell you now.
They'd say they're too dusty, they're too dirty.
Nobody's going to buy them.
And I mean, they're antiques.
They're fantastic, aren't they?
Absolute fantastic items.
I don't know if I've shown you that one.
Dick Chester.
Oh, he was a bit broke, Dick was.
Oh, I've seen better days of new Dick.
Right.
Dick Chester.
Again, he's another woman.
Stop reading it now, I'll have to read the whole thing.
I've got a nice Bible as well over there.
I'm in good condition.
The Trial of the Axe.
This is an old one.
What date was this?
1913, this one.
Brilliant.
So I'm going to spray this now with a bit of our solution and see if we can save this book and give it a new home.
And then help out the family with nappies or whatever in the process.
