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I am currently around 1500 books, I started with buying up all the books I used to check out from my library when I was young and then exploded into whatever I was interested in old or new! Space is the largest hurdle for me, Money used to be a problem, but I have found ways to make my hunt cheaper over time and have even gotten lucky with signed author copies from goodwill's or discount book outlets.
I grew up poor on the eastside of Long Beach and then it west side of San Bernardino. I’m Cambodian/lao American male, so needless to say reading is my guilty pleasure. Isn’t that crazy. Now I’m older, out of the hood, and I started to embrace things that make me happy. Pro wrestling, yo-yos, and books. So I look for books from my childhood. I’m currently on the search for all the old goosebumps, but only through 2nd hand stores. I just started a few months ago and I’m up to 200+ books with notable titles too. From Hannibal to water for elephants to push. I read them too. I’m working on building a library in my loft with my wife. Can’t wait!!
Another collection you can do is pop up books. I only own one book at the moment but it sparked my love do pop up books particularly by Robert Sabuda. The books are just works of art and I happen to find roberts book on the little mermaid at a second hand bookshop and couldn’t leave it behind when I opened it to find detailed pop up’s the size of my head. If you are interested in pop up books I really recommend checking this guy out because he is a paper genius who even replicated one of Leonardo Davincs invention a paper robot that can draw.
I truly enjoyed your video (as well as others on your channel). One thing that occurred to me that you didn't mention is how one's collecting parameters can be very fluid and everchanging over time. Personally speaking, I have changed preferences for certain types of books in my collection, while maintaining others. For example, some authors I collect 1st Edition Hardcovers; other authors, I collect their works, sometimes multiple editions or particular formats. Ex: There are trade paperback editions of all the James Bond books, as well as trade paperback editions of all the Neil Gaiman books. With these I am not as concerned with them being 1st Edition as I am about them being in pristine condition. Some authors are either so prolific or have such a vast body of work that I simply want to collect any edition I can find, such as with Ray Bradbury or Richard Matheson. Again . . . thank you for the entertaining video. Looking forward to the rest of your Collecting Series.
I've been collecting a few categories for a while now, but hadn't really considered myself a book collector (despite having a solid hardwood bookcase dedicated to part of my collection in my hobby room for about the last 30 or so years). Your tip of collecting your passion is really the basis I've followed. I have a reasonable collection of books about trains, roughly focused around books about the railroads that operated in Southern California, because I was raised there. This collection hasn't grown very fast because I mostly bought books that helped me as reference materials for my model railroading. But there is a good selection of coffee table books in there as well that are just collections of pretty train pictures. The next biggest part of my collection really got started a couple years ago when the photography organization where I've been a member was giving away a bunch of books out of the organization library to more tightly curate the organization's collection. Since I'd been collecting Kodak cameras, I picked up all of the Kodak reference material, and now I'm working more seriously on finding all of the technical guides that Kodak published over the years, as well as the hobbyist how-to books they also published. My favorite piece so far is a book that Kodak published in the early 1930s for hobbyist photographers. I'm considering also building up a binder full of the advertisements that Kodak put in various magazines. The youngest part of my collection is books about my family history. This has become more important to me as I became a grandparent. I have a couple reprints of published genealogies that connect into my family lines. Now I'm looking to add county histories that mention people in my family, and since my grandfather worked as an animator for Disney for a short time in the 1940s (and we had other family members who were "ink and paint girls" in that era), I'm adding a section covering that history too.
I love the sound of your Kodak collection. And your family history sounds fascinating! My father grew up in SoCal and is the same age as Disneyland. I would love to learn more about your family members who worked for Disney!
Another gem of a video - with the baby I got a bit behind on all your content - so I’m now enjoying the rabbit hole. I started my book collecting by acquiring all the books of my fave authors (Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Brunella Gasperini, Dino Buzzati, Joseph Roth) I could put my paws on. Then it evolved into upgrading book condition and acquiring multiple copies of the favorite book. By now I’m looking for first editions at estate sales (I find books are overlooked in my area).
I collect old books, and from there, I specifically have classics (I have a collection of Dickens novels that I haven't been able to research fully yet, and a 6 volume edition of The Illiad as translated by Alexander Pope from 1720), and children's books (I'm actively trying to build a collection of old Oz books). This video just makes me want to collect more!
After watching this video, I immediately went on Ebay and found a book whose title is my name. My great-aunt Marie gave me a vintage copy of "Invincible Louisa" when I was a child. Many years later I lost it. Now I am waiting for a very clean 1935 edition to arrive in the mail. Thanks for being a positive influence!
Old Yeller was my favorite as a child and a few years back I decided to get a 1st ed. and followed shortly thereafter with Savage Sam. Today I have nearly 100 books about dogs and have discovered authors I never knew that wrote multiple books about them. I also like reading about wolves and the canine/human connection and have acquired several in the nonfiction category as well.
While this is so bad for my current book buying ban(😅oops), I found this video so so helpful. You always make such lovely and informative videos. thank you!
I collect children book anthologies (folk and fairytales) and music books (hardback with notated music). I do have two copies of a series only because I love the original covers, but it's mass market paperback and OLD so I have another that I can read.
As soon as I saw your video pop up, I thought "oh, I must mention the mythbusting book collecting vid by Rebecca Romney", but of course you've already seen it. 🙂 I've got quite the Virginia Woolf collection at this point - about 45 books either by VW (including letters etc), or biographies, etc, extending into Bloomsbury-circle related books. My dream would be to own a first edition signed (yeah, not gonna happen) copy of The Waves published by The Hogarth Press, as it's my favourite book of all time. I'd also love a first edition Hogarth Press copy of Jacob's Room, because it was the first of VW's works that she truly felt was in her own voice, and the first of her works to be published by The Hogarth Press, which was established and run by Virginia and Leonard Woolf. I also very much go for historical fiction books that heavily feature the natural sciences (botany, zoology etc), particularly if they're Australian.
I like these ideas. I used to have some Folio books when I was a teen and loved them. So nice. Now I'm into personal development books and was wondering about getting some of my favorites in 1st editions. I looked one up and can't seem to find anything on it. Are first editions still a thing for new books these days?
@@therealjohnnyb2151 First editions definitely are a “thing,” but the collectibility factor very much depends on the book. If you haven’t already, definitely check out parts 2 and 3 of this series - part 2 specifically discusses first editions and part 3 discusses how to search for books to buy. 🤓
Your alluding to that Rebecca Romney video (I had relished it during the lockdowns) felt just the right gush of denotive pluralism. I am a reader of books, which invariably implies a pejorative of the two (another pejorative that ties alongside it is the use of lending libraries) that reading entails acquiring reading material. Tied alongside that is my being selective as regards editions, often in the dialectical context of the rest of my library. That, therefore, is why I think of myself as a collector, not a mere acquirer, of books. Any acquisition save for deliberately acquired is a luxury I do have but do not enjoy, what with the domestic distributors and sellers largely regarding condition marginally as a minor qualm (damaged headcaps, chipped edges of boards, worn-off text blocks et al) and what with import duties being erratic at best. In retrospect, this deliberate hunt and peck for laurels for my bookcase feels substantively more of use for systolic perpetuity of the collection than randomly buying reading material would have.
This was an interesting take on various types of book collections. I had not considered some of those such as the "fake" books which are featured in other books or in movies. Collections by publishers can be satisfying, such as Folio Society books or Beehive Books. They look beautiful on the shelf and are also great to read. If you are an Oprah fan, collect Oprah's Book Club editions.
Hi Jess just found your channel. I have been looking for a book for a long time, its Acorns and Aerials by Margaret Baker. It is a book that brings some good memories from my childhood, I didn't have many. Anyway can you help? Thank you.
Looks like a rare book indeed! I can’t find a copy currently, but I’d periodically check bookfinder.com (see my part 3 video). Sorry I can’t be of more help at the moment!
@@SquirrellyNerdyJess Thank you for your quick response. The book isn't of great value not that I'm aware of but I have looked everywhere, with no luck.
I didn't know about the MinaLima Harry Potter books, but now want to add them to the four HP books I already have illustrated by Jim Kay! You've also given me ideas for a couple of other books I've recently listened to and might now get for their covers 😊
Prisoner of Azkaban is currently available for pre-order as well! And if you order through Minalima’s website, you can get copies signed by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima for basically the same price.
Thank you for responding to me. I really just want an expansive collection at minimal cost so I am thinking either e-books are the way to go or paperbacks and then buying hardcovers and first editons of the ones that mean the most to me.@@SquirrellyNerdyJess
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I am currently around 1500 books, I started with buying up all the books I used to check out from my library when I was young and then exploded into whatever I was interested in old or new! Space is the largest hurdle for me, Money used to be a problem, but I have found ways to make my hunt cheaper over time and have even gotten lucky with signed author copies from goodwill's or discount book outlets.
I grew up poor on the eastside of Long Beach and then it west side of San Bernardino. I’m Cambodian/lao American male, so needless to say reading is my guilty pleasure. Isn’t that crazy. Now I’m older, out of the hood, and I started to embrace things that make me happy. Pro wrestling, yo-yos, and books. So I look for books from my childhood. I’m currently on the search for all the old goosebumps, but only through 2nd hand stores. I just started a few months ago and I’m up to 200+ books with notable titles too. From Hannibal to water for elephants to push. I read them too. I’m working on building a library in my loft with my wife. Can’t wait!!
Another collection you can do is pop up books.
I only own one book at the moment but it sparked my love do pop up books particularly by Robert Sabuda. The books are just works of art and I happen to find roberts book on the little mermaid at a second hand bookshop and couldn’t leave it behind when I opened it to find detailed pop up’s the size of my head. If you are interested in pop up books I really recommend checking this guy out because he is a paper genius who even replicated one of Leonardo Davincs invention a paper robot that can draw.
I truly enjoyed your video (as well as others on your channel). One thing that occurred to me that you didn't mention is how one's collecting parameters can be very fluid and everchanging over time. Personally speaking, I have changed preferences for certain types of books in my collection, while maintaining others. For example, some authors I collect 1st Edition Hardcovers; other authors, I collect their works, sometimes multiple editions or particular formats. Ex: There are trade paperback editions of all the James Bond books, as well as trade paperback editions of all the Neil Gaiman books. With these I am not as concerned with them being 1st Edition as I am about them being in pristine condition. Some authors are either so prolific or have such a vast body of work that I simply want to collect any edition I can find, such as with Ray Bradbury or Richard Matheson. Again . . . thank you for the entertaining video. Looking forward to the rest of your Collecting Series.
Exactly! There are no rules! 🤓
I've been collecting a few categories for a while now, but hadn't really considered myself a book collector (despite having a solid hardwood bookcase dedicated to part of my collection in my hobby room for about the last 30 or so years). Your tip of collecting your passion is really the basis I've followed.
I have a reasonable collection of books about trains, roughly focused around books about the railroads that operated in Southern California, because I was raised there. This collection hasn't grown very fast because I mostly bought books that helped me as reference materials for my model railroading. But there is a good selection of coffee table books in there as well that are just collections of pretty train pictures.
The next biggest part of my collection really got started a couple years ago when the photography organization where I've been a member was giving away a bunch of books out of the organization library to more tightly curate the organization's collection. Since I'd been collecting Kodak cameras, I picked up all of the Kodak reference material, and now I'm working more seriously on finding all of the technical guides that Kodak published over the years, as well as the hobbyist how-to books they also published. My favorite piece so far is a book that Kodak published in the early 1930s for hobbyist photographers. I'm considering also building up a binder full of the advertisements that Kodak put in various magazines.
The youngest part of my collection is books about my family history. This has become more important to me as I became a grandparent. I have a couple reprints of published genealogies that connect into my family lines. Now I'm looking to add county histories that mention people in my family, and since my grandfather worked as an animator for Disney for a short time in the 1940s (and we had other family members who were "ink and paint girls" in that era), I'm adding a section covering that history too.
I love the sound of your Kodak collection. And your family history sounds fascinating! My father grew up in SoCal and is the same age as Disneyland. I would love to learn more about your family members who worked for Disney!
Another gem of a video - with the baby I got a bit behind on all your content - so I’m now enjoying the rabbit hole. I started my book collecting by acquiring all the books of my fave authors (Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Brunella Gasperini, Dino Buzzati, Joseph Roth) I could put my paws on. Then it evolved into upgrading book condition and acquiring multiple copies of the favorite book. By now I’m looking for first editions at estate sales (I find books are overlooked in my area).
I collect old books, and from there, I specifically have classics (I have a collection of Dickens novels that I haven't been able to research fully yet, and a 6 volume edition of The Illiad as translated by Alexander Pope from 1720), and children's books (I'm actively trying to build a collection of old Oz books).
This video just makes me want to collect more!
the squirrel has come to teach us her ways
"The hidden ways of the squirrel" does seem like a lovely title for a children's mystery book or something of the sort! 😅
Simply amazing!!! Thank you for your wonderful book video ideas.
This video is magnificent! Thank you! Now I need to happily binge them all. This is seriously one of my favorite Bookish videos ever. ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️
After watching this video, I immediately went on Ebay and found a book whose title is my name. My great-aunt Marie gave me a vintage copy of "Invincible Louisa" when I was a child. Many years later I lost it. Now I am waiting for a very clean 1935 edition to arrive in the mail. Thanks for being a positive influence!
Or... Authors who share the same name as you? I'm guessing you have a copy of Little Women (or her other works) by Louisa May Alcott? :)
Old Yeller was my favorite as a child and a few years back I decided to get a 1st ed. and followed shortly thereafter with Savage Sam. Today I have nearly 100 books about dogs and have discovered authors I never knew that wrote multiple books about them. I also like reading about wolves and the canine/human connection and have acquired several in the nonfiction category as well.
While this is so bad for my current book buying ban(😅oops), I found this video so so helpful. You always make such lovely and informative videos. thank you!
I collect children book anthologies (folk and fairytales) and music books (hardback with notated music). I do have two copies of a series only because I love the original covers, but it's mass market paperback and OLD so I have another that I can read.
I discovered your channel through this video. I am also a book collector of modest income. 😎📚👍
As soon as I saw your video pop up, I thought "oh, I must mention the mythbusting book collecting vid by Rebecca Romney", but of course you've already seen it. 🙂 I've got quite the Virginia Woolf collection at this point - about 45 books either by VW (including letters etc), or biographies, etc, extending into Bloomsbury-circle related books. My dream would be to own a first edition signed (yeah, not gonna happen) copy of The Waves published by The Hogarth Press, as it's my favourite book of all time. I'd also love a first edition Hogarth Press copy of Jacob's Room, because it was the first of VW's works that she truly felt was in her own voice, and the first of her works to be published by The Hogarth Press, which was established and run by Virginia and Leonard Woolf. I also very much go for historical fiction books that heavily feature the natural sciences (botany, zoology etc), particularly if they're Australian.
I like these ideas. I used to have some Folio books when I was a teen and loved them. So nice. Now I'm into personal development books and was wondering about getting some of my favorites in 1st editions. I looked one up and can't seem to find anything on it. Are first editions still a thing for new books these days?
@@therealjohnnyb2151 First editions definitely are a “thing,” but the collectibility factor very much depends on the book. If you haven’t already, definitely check out parts 2 and 3 of this series - part 2 specifically discusses first editions and part 3 discusses how to search for books to buy. 🤓
I love some of these collection ideas!!! Love this video, thanks ❤
Your alluding to that Rebecca Romney video (I had relished it during the lockdowns) felt just the right gush of denotive pluralism. I am a reader of books, which invariably implies a pejorative of the two (another pejorative that ties alongside it is the use of lending libraries) that reading entails acquiring reading material. Tied alongside that is my being selective as regards editions, often in the dialectical context of the rest of my library. That, therefore, is why I think of myself as a collector, not a mere acquirer, of books. Any acquisition save for deliberately acquired is a luxury I do have but do not enjoy, what with the domestic distributors and sellers largely regarding condition marginally as a minor qualm (damaged headcaps, chipped edges of boards, worn-off text blocks et al) and what with import duties being erratic at best. In retrospect, this deliberate hunt and peck for laurels for my bookcase feels substantively more of use for systolic perpetuity of the collection than randomly buying reading material would have.
This was an interesting take on various types of book collections. I had not considered some of those such as the "fake" books which are featured in other books or in movies. Collections by publishers can be satisfying, such as Folio Society books or Beehive Books. They look beautiful on the shelf and are also great to read. If you are an Oprah fan, collect Oprah's Book Club editions.
Yes, of course, publishers! I forgot to include that, although I alluded to it a bit with my Penguin Books collection I suppose. Thank you.
Great video. Thanks. Very helpful
I love the music in your videos.
Thank you! Check out Daniel Hines on Spotify and RUclips!
just found your channel! Love your content fellow book worm :)
Great video! I’ve been collecting cat books for years :) fiction and non fiction :)
Do you attempt to or have plans to read every book that you collect?
Plans? Yes. Will it actually happen? Who knows!
I only asked to show my wife that I am not the only one who buys faster than I read lol@@SquirrellyNerdyJess
Enjoyed the video. 🌻
Amazing video!!!
Hi Jess just found your channel. I have been looking for a book for a long time, its Acorns and Aerials by Margaret Baker. It is a book that brings some good memories from my childhood, I didn't have many. Anyway can you help? Thank you.
Looks like a rare book indeed! I can’t find a copy currently, but I’d periodically check bookfinder.com (see my part 3 video). Sorry I can’t be of more help at the moment!
@@SquirrellyNerdyJess Thank you for your quick response. The book isn't of great value not that I'm aware of but I have looked everywhere, with no luck.
Sucked into... a bagel 🍩 lol
I didn't know about the MinaLima Harry Potter books, but now want to add them to the four HP books I already have illustrated by Jim Kay! You've also given me ideas for a couple of other books I've recently listened to and might now get for their covers 😊
Prisoner of Azkaban is currently available for pre-order as well! And if you order through Minalima’s website, you can get copies signed by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima for basically the same price.
I've been on their site and dropped down a MinaLima rabbit hole! The various books look beautiful!
What is your opinion of collecting paperbacks? Good idea or no?
I support any type of book collecting! As far as a “good idea,” though, what are you looking to get out of such a collection?
Thank you for responding to me. I really just want an expansive collection at minimal cost so I am thinking either e-books are the way to go or paperbacks and then buying hardcovers and first editons of the ones that mean the most to me.@@SquirrellyNerdyJess