#book collecting

[bookaddict24-7]

"Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library."

--John Waters

(I will say, that in this economy, feel free to just treat this as a pretty quote.)

#quote of the week #quotes #quotations #John Waters #on books #on reading #Features #book collecting #book blog #book blogger #tbr #to-read #book addict #bookaholic #bookish #books #read #reading #booklr #bookworm #book lover #readers of tumblr

[virgochalet]

#bookstore #books #bibliophile #book collector #book collecting

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.

Umberto Eco

#book quotes #literature #books and libraries #books and reading #umberto eco #literary #literature quotes #book collecting

[conservethis]

I pulled this book for a project at work and never have I jumped on the Abebooks website so fast to see if there was another copy of a book for sale as I did after I flipped through it.

I have been keeping aquariums for 30 years now, and this will be a great addition to my personal collection of Books About Fish!

“Shallows of the Sea” was printed by Lamar College’s “Blotter Press” in 1966. It contains many lovely silkscreened images of freshwater fish (including many species familiar to the aquarium trade).

I can’t wait for my copy to arrive in the mail!

#original content #fish #aquariums #screen printing #fine printing #small press #books #art #aquarium #book collecting

[thebeautifulbook]

Myths and Legend series. (Gresham. 1912-1924)

EGYPTIAN MYTH AND LEGEND by Donald A. Mackenzie

TEUTONIC MYTH AND LEGEND by Donald A. Mackenzie

CELTIC MYTH AND LEGEND: POETRY & ROMANCE by Charles Squire

INDIAN MYTH AND LEGEND by Donald A. Mackenzie

CLASSIC MYTH AND LEGEND by A.R. Hope Moncrieff

ROMANCE AND LEGEND OF CHIVALRY by A.R. Hope Moncrief

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #illustrated book #edwardian books #children’s book #book design #mythology and folklore #classical mythology #celtic mythology #egyptian mythology #indian mythology #chivalry #book collecting

[moved2024]

Margaret Armstrong's How to Know the Wild Flowers

#margaret armstrong #how to know the wildflowers #cottagecore #fairycore #book #book cover #flowers #floral #elf library #elven library #art nouveau #aesthetic #library #librarian #book collecting

[bookmaven]

The Oz books by L. Frank Baum [1 of 3]

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. (Chicago: Hill, 1900). Illustrated by W.W. Denslow.

THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. (Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904). Illustrated by John R. Neill.

OZMA OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. (Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1907). Illustrated by John R. Neill.

DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ by L. Frank Baum. (Chicago Reilly & Britton, 1908). Illustrated by John R. Neill.

THE ROAD TO OZ by L. Frank Baum. (Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1910). Illustrated by John R. Neill.

#book blog #books #books books books #book cover #beautiful books #illustrated book #l frank baum #john r neill #wizard of oz #book design #book collecting #w.w. denslow

[talkingpiffle]

I didn't find any Sayers at the Antiquarian Book Fair this year, but did spot this John Donne first edition that Lord Peter might have wanted for his collection.

#dorothy l. sayers #lord peter wimsey #rare books #john donne #it may not be an incunable but we all know that peter has always been queer about donne #book collecting

[twotwofroote]

Japanese Animorphs books

My insane friend (whom I love very much) just bought me the first 3 books in Japanese!!! 🤯

I had been talking about the Japanese versions while at dinner and how cool it would be to have them because 1) I live and work in Japan, 2) I study Japanese, and 3) I am freaking obsessed with Animorphs (obviously). She, unbeknownst to me, immediately bought them (literally under the table!!) while I was talking.

There was a lot of "SHUT UP", "STOP IT RIGHT NOW", and general crying when she handed them to me 😅. I'm beyond happy to have these in my growing collection and I look forward to using them to study!

Special features include:

Hand drawn covers

Bonus illustrations inside!! See high res pictures on the wikipedia here :

Flipbook animations in the corner (here's a video of me trying to show them off. It was really hard to do because it's "backwards" for me)

#animorphs #ka applegate #library #book collecting #books #japan #jake berenson #rachel animorphs #tobias animorphs #jake animorphs

[deadpresidents]

Are there any historians who you make sure to get every book that they write no matter what the subject is and if so who?

Oh yeah, most definitely, there are a number of them. Just to name a few: Doris Kearns Goodwin; H.W. Brands; Jon Meacham; Rick Atkinson; Nathaniel Philbrick; Bob Woodward; Robert Caro; Robert Dallek; Rick Perlstein; Ron Chernow; Peter Baker; Fergus M. Bordewich; David I. Kertzer; David McCullough; Ben Macintyre; Edmund Morris; Erik Larson; David O. Stewart; James F. Simon; James Holland; Antony Beevor; Joseph J. Ellis; Christopher Hibbert; Douglas Brinkley; Lawrence Wright...the list goes on-and-on and I'm undoubtedly forgetting some important names, but I definitely have every book published by all of those authors (except for Beevor, who I'm missing a few titles from). Not only am I a book lover and book collector, but I'm kind of a completist, so it's often hard me to resist going out of my way to get everything by certain authors.

(And they aren't historians, but I also am a completist when it comes to Sam Shepard, John Steinbeck, Robert Greene, and Hunter S. Thompson.)

#Books #History #Historians #Favorite Historians #Book Collecting #Writers

[vexy-hexy]

I want to remind readers/book lovers (myself included) that while collecting books is fun, it's also not really good and is another way capitalism gets you

Books are getting really expensive nowadays, and you're eventually going to run out of space, and you may not even LIKE some of the books in your collection, but you still spent a good amount of money on that book you now see as a waste of time and money

My advice is to go to your local library (if you can. I'm aware that not all libraries across the world are as fortunate as the ones near me). Read the library copy, and only if you REALLY like the book, then get a copy for yourself, but check local used bookstores or thrift stores if it's been out for a while for much less than what you'd pay at Barnes and Nobles or Coles

On that note, if you are done with books and they are in good condition, please donate them to the libraries or to used bookstores (some used bookstores will also pay you a small amount or give you store credit for the books you bring in)

I'm still working on getting out of the claws of capitalism and supporting my community/local stores when I can, and I advise other people to do the same if you are able to

#capitalism #fuck capitalism #books #booklr #book collecting #bookblr #support your local library #support used bookstores #used books #used bookstore #support your community #libraries are important

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Cover detail from Crazy Book-Collecting or Bibliomania. Bollioud-Mermet. New York: Duprat & Co., 1894.

#crazy book-collecting or bibliomania #book collecting #bibliomania #book #books #old books #book cover #book covers #library books #detroit public library

[ghoulishbuck]

Ended up buying twenty-four books thanks to that book sale for $17.75. I actually ended up going to two other thrift stores after the book sale and spent $13 of the $17.75 on five books. Which is honestly not great considering that I got nineteen books for $4.75. But, I found two new thrift stores that have some decently priced books just not great compared to that sale.

I just picked up anything that looked or sounded interesting so hopefully these all turn out to be good reads.

I currently now own 474 books.

#male reader #books and reading #lgbt reader #booksbooksbooks #book blog #book collecting #book #book sale #bookish #bookworm #books #book haul #secondhand books #bookblr #queer reader #reader #lgbtq reader #readerblr #haul

[godzilla-reads]

September 4, 2022

I might be trying to collect all of Penguin Book’s Vintage Earth Collection 👀 I’m a bit obsessed with these covers

#godzilla reads #penguin books #vintage earth collection #vintage earth #penguin vintage earth #reading #book collecting #book blog #bookworm #booklr #bibliophile #books and plants #the man with the compound eyes #Wu Ming-Yi #Chi Zijian #the last quarter of the moon

[thebeautifulbook]

QUEER BIRDS WITH QUEER HABITS. A Ma-Le-Na booklet #115 (Malena, 1903)

MANY STRANGE FISH IN THE SEA. A Ma-Le-Na booklet #116

Promotional booklet presents profiles of exotic birds/fish along with advertising matter and testimonials for Ma-Le-Na stomach-liver pills and laxatives.

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #illustrated book #children’s book #birds #fish #book collecting

[scotland-wolves]

#book collecting