I'm an old retired farmer who got sent to a special reading program to catch up with my classmates at age 7. Been obsessed ever since. My collection is in storage and now in old age it is difficult to find interested people of like mind. So many potentially very rare books just sitting in storage!
you will hopefully leave them for a relative that can appreciate them... would be a shame if they wound up in the hands of someone who doesn't know their value.
One of the great experiences in life is a Find ... a treasure someone had and didn't value. I was in a Virginia bookshop whose owner specialized in pulp fiction. Behind the counter, was some 'old junk' that didn't make it to the shelves. Old leatherbounds whose covers were splitting at the hinges. So I asked, "How much for those?" The answer: "How about $5 a volume?" They were Gladstone's three-volume set of Dryden's Virgil (1709) with the prime minister's bookplates and annotations!
Probably the rarest book I have is an edition of Bacon's Essays of 1882 (which was a schoolprize at Maidstone Grammar School). What makes it rare is that it has notes to the essays compiled by the famous Dr Whately which are just stunning to read. Plus an amazing leather binding.
I once read a copy of "The Bruce Trilogy", which was a book about the life and events of Robert The Bruce, one of the first kings of Scotland. I enquired at an independent bookstore in northern New Hampshire; within the week, I received a call that "We've found 3 copies still available in North America, would you like us to order it for you?"
And sometimes even the experts make mistakes. I bought a set of five books listed as having discolored fore edges. It turned out that the fore edges were "discolored" because each had a fore edge painting.
I have a collection of Shoghi Effendi books of the Baha'i inscribed Saffa and Vafffa Kinney the dawn breakers 1932 marked only 150 made and signed by Shoghi Effendi is It valuable
I'm an old retired farmer who got sent to a special reading program to catch up with my classmates at age 7. Been obsessed ever since. My collection is in storage and now in old age it is difficult to find interested people of like mind. So many potentially very rare books just sitting in storage!
I hope you are checking up on their condition time to time for lords sake😢
Oh yes!@@knottynate6876
you will hopefully leave them for a relative that can appreciate them... would be a shame if they wound up in the hands of someone who doesn't know their value.
Sell them!
One of the great experiences in life is a Find ... a treasure someone had and didn't value. I was in a Virginia bookshop whose owner specialized in pulp fiction. Behind the counter, was some 'old junk' that didn't make it to the shelves. Old leatherbounds whose covers were splitting at the hinges. So I asked, "How much for those?" The answer: "How about $5 a volume?" They were Gladstone's three-volume set of Dryden's Virgil (1709) with the prime minister's bookplates and annotations!
Oh wow! How much were those worth?
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Probably the rarest book I have is an edition of Bacon's Essays of 1882 (which was a schoolprize at Maidstone Grammar School). What makes it rare is that it has notes to the essays compiled by the famous Dr Whately which are just stunning to read. Plus an amazing leather binding.
Very interesting! Well worth watching,
Totally fascinating interview! Thank you. G Ire
Thanks for taking the time to check it out. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words
Excellent interview - good questions, and precise, knowledgeable, informative answers! And that's pretty RARE on UA-cam ;-)
We all now it's Necronomicon :) Eheh good video, very interesting and very informative
I once read a copy of "The Bruce Trilogy", which was a book about the life and events of Robert The Bruce, one of the first kings of Scotland. I enquired at an independent bookstore in northern New Hampshire; within the week, I received a call that "We've found 3 copies still available in North America, would you like us to order it for you?"
Great interview.
This guy seems very trustworthy
A great conversation on a topic I am fascinated by. Thank you.
Thanks for checking it out. It’s such a fascinating look at both history and the present
And sometimes even the experts make mistakes. I bought a set of five books listed as having discolored fore edges. It turned out that the fore edges were "discolored" because each had a fore edge painting.
Looking for a rare recently published book? Try to get your hands on just about any special/limited edition Warhammer book!
I have a collection of Shoghi Effendi books of the Baha'i inscribed Saffa and Vafffa Kinney the dawn breakers 1932 marked only 150 made and signed by Shoghi Effendi is It valuable
And more
I also have a week on Wall Street 1841 signed or inscribed by one who knows and the history of Connecticut 1796 by Benjamin trumble
Found them in a collapsed barn converted to a library abandoned 1967 and found in 1980
I sincerely hope someone has come along side you to help you rehome or relocate your books where they can be enjoyed.
Whose books?
The difference between the eloquent vocabulary of Tom and the "stuff" the interviewer let out is worlds apart.
Me no understand what you mean. You think me no speak well
I have a rare book could you help me 😢 I wanna know the price it worth
Tamerlane by Poe
No need for curse words. Dah
I wondered if someone would notice that
Of all the words that were said in nearly 90mins, you had to comment on the handful you didn’t like, and nothing else. Dah
It was so out of character for this gentlemen! I had to listen again, in case I misunderstood...
I thought: "$h!t!, did he just say $h!t?"
IMHO