Big Dusty Tome/Book

Kotenk

Where can I find a big dusty tome, like this?



I've tried searching ebay and I got so many results I feel like my search needs refinement. Is there something I should be looking/typing in particular?

Ideally I'd love something blank, but something already filled/printed is fine.

Hevach

Head to a Christian supply store and see if they have a bible with concordance (Some of the old ones call it a concordion). Preferably a Catholic version since there's extra books and ones with a concordance often include a missal as well. They're goddamn huge, often leather bound, and they don't have much cover text. If you're up for some do it yourself, you can add some cardboard and contact paper to the cover to make it look heavier, and making paper look aged can be as easy as strategic coffee spills.

Added bonus, they usually have a built in ribbon marker like the one in the picture.

Darkewolfe

http://www.instructables.com/id/Harry-Potter-style-Hogwarts-Library-Spellbooks/

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Forbe!

There aren't many commercially made leather books like that. Your best bet is to look for them second hand at book stores and the like.

Are you looking for something to write in, or simply a display piece? If you want a blank one, you are going to need to get in touch with a book binder/book artist, and this is where things can get semi expensive.

Edit:

Also, check out Etsy.

Kotenk

Darkewolfe wrote: »

http://www.instructables.com/id/Harry-Potter-style-Hogwarts-Library-Spellbooks/

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Very neat and something I'd definitely consider as a final result, but I really need the book first either way.

Cultural Geek Girl

It will help if you let us know what purpose the book is going to have. Just a note: if it's for a costume those buggers get HEAVY. I once did an Endless group with some friends, and the guy who was Destiny eventually acquired a book with large portions hollowed out because it was getting to be a huge hassle to carry around a book that giant with all its pages still intact.

Forbe!

Also, this plug may be inappropriate, but I do make books.

adytum

http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/rare/

Their store in NYC has a ton of books just like that, and it appears they sell them online as well.

But the ones online all seem to be pricey. There are cheaper ones available in the store.

Improvolone

Call every used book store near you and ask for the biggest oldest ugliest thing they have.

Raneados

a lot of thrift stores, used book stores, and libraries will often have big honking books they'll just sell you

shouldn't take that long to find something if you're not interested in the contents

Darkewolfe

That link I posted suggested that to really get that look the book had to be water damaged some time in the past. It recommends checking landfills. That would probably make for a highly entertaining day.

amateurhour

Any antique store is going to have a ton of those books.

I got a gift for a groomsman who's also a doctor from there. It's a annual medical procedure updates book from like 1879 and it's awesome.

wogi

amateurhour wrote: »

Any antique store is going to have a ton of those books.

This, sir. This. They will line the walls, and they will be cheap.

MushroomStick

I randomed across this today and thought of this thread.

MetroidZoid

My wife needed a big-ass old looking book for something once.

I think she got a dictionary that had a fake-leather cover. Granted, it didn't have the fancy binding, but it was big and heavy. Anyways, she got it at Good Will / Salvation Army, sandpapered the shit outta it, and apparently worked fine. Some kind of play thing.