Thought I would ask here you never know, Im looking for old books leather bound, rustic, anything cool looking I have 10' of shelves that I need to fill up, I have been searching yard sales here in AZ with no luck when I lived back East I ran into them all the time, Thanks for any and all help.

I yard sale 6 hours a day on summer weekends. Starting soon so I will keep my eye for them.

Watch your local small auction house. I see them come up all the time at mine.

Good luck with your search.... The look of an old book residing on the shelf is just a great look.... Do a little reading on old books and "mites" and "mold" some have found that with he addition of old books to their shelves ....... Skin irritation and other symptoms..
Regards

Thank you! I have been keeping an eye out my mom has an antique shop also it's just that everything is to new out here, not much history past the 50's.

Thanks for the tip! It's so dry and hot out here I bet whatever was living in the books would die off pretty soon, do you think I should leave them in the garage to dry out first, or could that make them brittle?

I don't have an answer... Some say freezing them but I just don't know for certain

afastcar if your still around and see this, contact Michael Yon he is a war correspondent, been to more than 80 countries, he spends lots of time in local libraries reading OLD BOOKS. He has quite a collection. I bet he can provide tips to locating rare books. Walk into a library located in a 3rd world country, offer to buy books no one ever reads. Inspect the building before entering and observe the condition of the building inside, look for deficiencies, use for a bargaining chip. "Looks like your going to need a roof soon, maybe we can make a deal"

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Michael+Yon&t=brave&ia=web

I keep tabs on him for what is really happening in the world. He predicted the blowing up of the Nordstream pipeline long before anyone else realized it was a target, he even pinpointed where it would be blown up on a map. He has increditable foresight.
https://michaelyon.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Yon