Seriously though, I think I know what you mean. On the rare occasions that I get out some of my antique books (which seems weird to say, but I don't know what else to call books that are over 100 years old), they definitely have that distinct "old print" smell to them.
I don't read them that often anymore because if I leave them out then the kiddos get them, and my 1898 editions of Irish fiction are NOT coloring books.








