/r/BookCollecting
The definitive source for established book collectors or those who would like to start collecting themselves. A place to show off your collection or share tips on finding the best deals online or at your local bookstore, thrift store or flea market.
Feel free to ask questions!
If you are curious about the value of a book you have, try to include a photo, publisher information, copyright date (if any), and a general idea about the condition.
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C ormac M cCarthy 1st edition
I have a copy of All the Pre tty Horses that has all of the points except the stamp of M cCarthy's initial in silver on the cover.
Any idea what edition this is? The book says first edition. The back flap of the book cover has the date 5/92.
04:47 UTC
Winston Churchill’s The Great War 1933 / 34
Published in 26 fortnightly parts
23:03 UTC
Winston Churchill
Three of the 26 volumes of Churchill’s Great War published every second week in 1933 / 34.
21:38 UTC
New to collecting, do alot of books not have hard covers? I had to go on a scavenger hunt to find this under $100 and it's a double feature for sime reason. All the other hard coppies of The Last Unicorn found were crazy expensive special editions.
14:16 UTC
Some books from thrifting today
I found a few duplicates today by Ken Follett. unfortunately the two towers isnt in the best condition. However, after a long search i have finally found a copy, I also was able to replace my copy of "A Child Called It," which I read years ago. With some additional books by Dave Pelzer that I've been eager to explore.
00:21 UTC
Can we ban posts asking for price evaluations?
It's lazy and 99.9% of the time they aren't valuable or rare books.
23:03 UTC
Got this for a $1 at a local thrift store. See cool, buy cool.
18:00 UTC
Can anyone help me find a complete list of these books?
Hallmark Gift Books:
Found this at a thrift store today and have done a lot of digging into “Hallmark Gift Books”- however, these appear to have been only produced for a short time and not again since.
This, as well as the fact that searching for the label online and on the Hallmark website only reveal a hundred different things that aren’t these, have made it all but impossible for me to find a complete list of how many different books were made in this fashion: I.E with the hardback covers, felt and gold detailing.
eBay has several others but I’m a true collector at heart and need to know exactly what I’m looking for before diving in. Any and all info would be much appreciated! Thanks!
03:50 UTC
Collecting help!
Hello all, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this or not, but figured it didn't hurt. I'm going to have to admit I have never been much of a reader. I did poorly in English during school and have been diagnosed dyslexic. I gave audio books a try but found it was hard to keep up with all of the details and felt I was missing more than I was truly understanding. Recently however, I have found that if I physically read along with the audio book its very enjoyable. Brandon Sanderson has had me in kind of a chokehold for a little bit now and I was considering purchasing his leatherbound books. My question is this, are they so much of a collecters item that I should not read them (As in also buy a seperate copy to actually read) or should it be fine? Since learning this new tech of combining reading with audio books I have been obsessed (thank you Mr.Sanderson for making books so good, no matter how difficult I can't help but continue), so I would like to get the leatherbounds, just want to keep them nice.
01:54 UTC
Help Identifying Miniature Shakespeare Books
Sorry if this is the wrong sub!
Bought a few of these Shakespeare miniature books at an auction, but they're undated (as far as I know) and can't find a similar edition on Google for the life of me.
Appreciate if anyone can identify them and/or speculate on their value - won't cry if they're worthless.
Here's photos of the cover/side/first page/second/last (spoilers)/size - back is blank - just green. If you need any more of let me know.
01:08 UTC
Help Identifying Miniature Shakespeare Books
Sorry if this is the wrong sub!
Bought a few of these Shakespeare miniature books at an auction, but they're undated (as far as I know) and can't find a similar edition on Google for the life of me.
Appreciate if anyone can identify them and/or speculate on their value - won't cry if they're worthless.
Here's photos of the cover/side/first page/second/last (spoilers)/size - back is blank - just green. If you need any more of let me know.
01:08 UTC
How to Identify Missing Translator?
So, I have a four-volume copy of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments", published by Smith, Elder, & Co. in 1835, but they do not list the translator. I've looked up this exact title on other sites, but no one seems to list the translator, either. I'm wondering if there's a way to best-guess the translator. Anyone have any ideas?
21:59 UTC
"A Cinema of Poetry: Aesthetics of the Italian Art Film" by Joseph Luzzi
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