The Book Buying and Collecting Thread
Silhouette Man
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As there are a good few book buyers and collectors here on AJB I thought that it was about time that we had an actual general book buying and collecting thread.
It's designed for the discussion of all aspects of book collecting from Bond to non-Bond and beyond.
I'm an avid book collector and love nothing better in my free time than perusing bookshops, antique shops, charity shops and the Internet in search of new and interesting titles to add to my collection which, like Goldfinger's gold stocks, is considerable.
I hope all of the book collectors and just general regular book buyers will come out of the woodwork and make this thread into something special. Hopefully we can learn some good tips and advice on the art of book collecting and can share some of our collection here.
It's designed for the discussion of all aspects of book collecting from Bond to non-Bond and beyond.
I'm an avid book collector and love nothing better in my free time than perusing bookshops, antique shops, charity shops and the Internet in search of new and interesting titles to add to my collection which, like Goldfinger's gold stocks, is considerable.
I hope all of the book collectors and just general regular book buyers will come out of the woodwork and make this thread into something special. Hopefully we can learn some good tips and advice on the art of book collecting and can share some of our collection here.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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That's an awesome looking collection. May I ask what your field of interest is?
Sorry, that picture was just purely for illustration purposes. It is not an actual photograph of my book collection.
My field of interest in book collecting would be spy fiction (and fact), history, war books, Forteana, Law, Politics and Biography.
Keep most of mine here
I've amended the title a little bit to make it more inclusive. Sorry to give off any elitist vibe as that's just not me!
Mine is History, Politics and Biography (British History from 1868-1997) especially late Victorian/Edwardian politics and 1950s/1960s. I also started recently to collect modern first editions (mysteries). But thats a very crowded field and can get really expensive.
Yes, I have a deep interest in British politics of the 1950s and 1960s especially. The 13 Years of Tory rule with Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Douglas-Home in particular. It's nice that we share these interests!
And the relevant politicians, too. Macmillans 6 Vol. memoirs and Edens 3 Vol. just at the top plus three modern biographies each and Dutton appraisal of Eden. Even middle ranking politicians of this era tend to get a biography sooner or later. And "Suez" and "Profumo" as cottage industries. A lot to read and collect.
In the first book Edge returns home after the American Civil War to his family farm only to find his younger brother has been savagely murdered. The rest of the story revolves around Edge seeking revenge. The rest of the series follows Edge's continuing adventures with a handful of books going back in time to his Civil War adventures. Gilman also wrote a further two western series about Adam Steele and The Undertaker. In a spin-off series of 3 books Edge meets Adam Steele.
The higher numbers in the series gain very high prices on the second hand market. I always thought it was perfect for a Clint Eastwood role and the series has been slated for production on a few occasions but has never made it to the screen as yet.
teens. I was a big horror fan. In fact I think I still have a box of old horror books somewhere in
the garage.
Like all married men, all my stuff is in boxes in the garage.
- World War II novels and true stories, particularly Royal Air Force stories.
- Books on steam locomotives, particularly locomotives of the South African Railways.
- Commando war comics, The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix books
- I've recently started collecting PG Wodehouse books
Here is a picture of my main Bond shelf:
This is what I would describe as the focal point of my Bond collection, the 1960s Pan Paperbacks:
Some hardbacks. A mixture of first editions, book club editions and reprints:
I also have this box of assorted paperbacks, including some of the 1990s Coronet editions which I really like:
These are pretty much all of the Bond novels I have access to at the moment. I also have a complete set of the 2008 Penguin paperbacks with pulp-style cover art, as well as the first 10 paperbacks published in the Penguin Modern Classics range stored at my parents' home.
Edson died in 2014 having lived his life in Melton Mowbray, England, which surprised a lot of people as they imagined him to be American. He paved the way for the group of authors nicknamed The Piccadilly Cowboys. Terry Harknett was the most famous of the 7 authors in this group who churned out over 300 westerns in series such as Edge, Adam Steele, Apache and Jubal Cade. The difference in style of these were that these were ultra violent tales but hugely collectable. These series of westerns were very good for me in my shop with very high prices being achieved for certain copies which were rare to obtain.
in the basement of the public library at 239 College Street, just east of Spadina.
Lots of old paperbacks as well as pulp magazines.
A good place to find vintage editions of Fleming, Chandler, Philip K Dick, genuine Weird Tales with Howard and Lovecraft, all the good stuff.
I've seen a few people lately asking where to even find old books anymore, all the used bookstores are closing, so I thought I'd pass this along.
You probably won't need to be told this but from all accounts read them in published order.
Just out of curiosity, did you choose a specific selection; design etc?
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