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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 26, 2017 18:37:16 GMT
I have pretty much held on to every book I've acquired since I've been collecting. This will probably really please my kids when I die and they sell it off piece by piece. I do not mean to upset you, but they are probably more likely to just throw it all away. In particular any paperbacks, as normal people are unable to imagine that paperbacks could be of any value. |
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 26, 2017 18:41:02 GMT
Thank you! I've been collecting (well, keeping books I really like) for 30+ years too. If I'd kept every one I'd bought, I'd have at least as many as you have. I only started collecting Pans thanks to this Vault; it's costing me a fortune in books I'd never really heard of before  . I have pretty much held on to every book I've acquired since I've been collecting. This will probably really please my kids when I die and they sell it off piece by piece. Sigh. Mr. Happy I know the feeling; I'm going to leave post-it notes on my valuable books saying they're valuable and hoping my family members at least try to get something for the Pan collection and a few others such as my latest Chetwynd-Hayes. The others will probably get put in the blue bin or worse, the garbage  |
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 26, 2017 18:43:31 GMT
I have pretty much held on to every book I've acquired since I've been collecting. This will probably really please my kids when I die and they sell it off piece by piece. I do not mean to upset you, but they are probably more likely to just throw it all away. In particular any paperbacks, as normal people are unable to imagine that paperbacks could be of any value. I sadly agree. But what do you mean by "normal people"? |
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Post by mrhappy on Apr 26, 2017 18:50:48 GMT
I have pretty much held on to every book I've acquired since I've been collecting. This will probably really please my kids when I die and they sell it off piece by piece. I do not mean to upset you, but they are probably more likely to just throw it all away. In particular any paperbacks, as normal people are unable to imagine that paperbacks could be of any value. Unfortunately, this will probably be the case. Unless they are blessed (or cursed) with the biblio-loving gene, they will probably look at it with slightly less disdain than they would a garbage hoarder. |
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Post by MsPalmer on Apr 26, 2017 20:16:01 GMT
I do not mean to upset you, but they are probably more likely to just throw it all away. In particular any paperbacks, as normal people are unable to imagine that paperbacks could be of any value. Unfortunately, this will probably be the case. Unless they are blessed (or cursed) with the biblio-loving gene, they will probably look at it with slightly less disdain than they would a garbage hoarder. Ah, but then this gives me hope that I will one day find the mother load of rare paperbacks that someone had thought were just junk at a boot sale / charity shop / eBay. I can dream... Wow, MrHappy, what an amazing collection you have. What are your highlights? I'm curious. |
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Post by mrhappy on Apr 26, 2017 21:19:23 GMT
Unfortunately, this will probably be the case. Unless they are blessed (or cursed) with the biblio-loving gene, they will probably look at it with slightly less disdain than they would a garbage hoarder. Ah, but then this gives me hope that I will one day find the mother load of rare paperbacks that someone had thought were just junk at a boot sale / charity shop / eBay. I can dream... Wow, MrHappy, what an amazing collection you have. What are your highlights? I'm curious. I have always been a fan of short stories more than novels so my collection is slanted in that direction. If you have sharp eyes and study the solitary bookshelf photo that I uploaded then you might be able to pick out complete sets of Fontana Horrors, Fontana Ghost, Pan Horror, Ghost Books, Year's Best Horror Stories and some other series. Highlights are more difficult. I own a fair number of Ash Tree, Tartarus, Sarob, Midnight House, Swan River and various other small press titles. However, I am not the type of collector that has to have a signed traycased copy of a book that has already been released 30 times before. Nothing against people who collect that particular type of release - it just isn't my thing. I prefer a collection of stories by an author that is typically represented in anthologies by a single story. I would much rather buy a collection of, say, Shamus Frazier's work than a nicely repackaged collection by E. F. Benson. More bang for your buck. But buying books is a gamble as well. I typically buy one high dollar book per year - one year it was Reggie Oliver's Dramas from the Depths, another was the The Complete Strange Stories of Robert Aickman and yet another was the complete short fiction of Basil Cooper. While those are all nice, two of those have been released in paperback since my purchase. If those were available as paperbacks I would have been just as happy with those and saved quite a bit of cash. I passed up on some of the Ash Tree Wakefield titles and those still have not been reprinted. But those original purchases along with some others (the Sarob Press Mistresses of the Macabre series, Bob Leman's Feesters in the Lake, a couple Jean Ray titles) would probably be my highlights. Mr. Happy P.S. - I also love horror fiction reference works! There is a thread around here titled something like "Best/Worst reference guides" in which I uploaded a picture of some of my reference materials. While not really a highlight to most people (many are battered old library discards) they are very special to me personally and have influenced my purchases more than almost anything else. But The Vault is getting close! |
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 26, 2017 23:03:46 GMT
A few shots of my library in progress. I am (finally) getting close to completion. Mr. Happy Looks like a bookshop! |
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Post by helrunar on Apr 27, 2017 0:51:19 GMT
Mr. Happy, your home must truly be heaven on earth.
Thank you for such a glorious vista.
H.
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Post by mcannon on Apr 27, 2017 12:30:39 GMT
I have pretty much held on to every book I've acquired since I've been collecting. This will probably really please my kids when I die and they sell it off piece by piece. I do not mean to upset you, but they are probably more likely to just throw it all away. In particular any paperbacks, as normal people are unable to imagine that paperbacks could be of any value. I've occasionally attempted to cheer up the long-suffering Mrsmcannon by pointing out that should I predecease her, she will be the happy owner of several tonnes of rotting paper (hardbacks, paperbacks, comics, pulps and miscellaneous magazines). Strangely, that doesn't seem to make her any happier about the amount of crap - sorry, precious collectibles - that I've brought into our happy home in the 30 + years of our marriage. With any luck, by the time I go the grandchildren will be old enough to take some interest...... Mark |
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Post by mrhappy on Apr 27, 2017 23:25:10 GMT
A few shots of my library in progress. I am (finally) getting close to completion. Mr. Happy Looks like a bookshop! Unlike many bookstores (here is the States at least) I actually have a horror section and it comprises probably 3/4 of the books. Seriously though, that is most likely from those center bookshelves. The attached picture gives you an idea of what it looked like before I switched out the pool table with 8 additional bookshelves. It was definitely more open before but I enjoy the somewhat claustrophobic yet cozy sensation of being surrounded by books. Trying to convince my wife of this was another matter all together. She has come around but I was Mr. Unhappy for a little while. Mr. Happy Attachments:
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Post by helrunar on Apr 28, 2017 1:48:49 GMT
Well, I'm glad Mrs Happy did come around to at least tolerating your need to have a few of your treasured volumes in your ambient. I finally figured out a few years ago that my mother, while she is a great reader (of things from the library) hates having a lot of books around. The dust makes her itchy and frustrated. This is why it is fortunate that she and my father live about a thousand miles away in Florida (*shudder*).
I was going to ask about that pool table, but then read that you had moved it. The room must look really too divine now.
cheeers, H.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 28, 2017 22:39:47 GMT
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Post by mrhappy on Apr 28, 2017 23:04:14 GMT
Just wonderful! I can seriously look at pictures of user's sci-fi/fantasy/horror bookshelves for hours. You can just feel the love and dedication pouring off the screen. Look at those Ace Doubles! You can be scanning an aerial view of the Library of Congress and those would stick out! And what Arno Press title is that in the bottom right of your last photo? I can almost make it out... |
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 28, 2017 23:08:43 GMT
Dust? I see no dust, only a fantastic collection! Thanks for sharing; I'm going to google several of the titles I see... |
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Post by helrunar on Apr 28, 2017 23:22:10 GMT
Beautiful, James. Aladdin's cave could not delight with more glittering promise of fabled mystery...
cheers, H.
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