Any rare book collectors?
 

Watched this documentary last night. (A $9.99 charge to stream.) Interesting. I am not a book collector but many of the issues they discussed about their hobby are the same things we card collectors discuss all the time. Also good discussions of auctions generally and how the Internet has changed things. Def worth a watch if you collect books.

https://thebooksellers.vhx.tv/produc...5b51-401559663

Max Weder from Vancouver is a legendary book collector and heck of a great guy. Cold call him if you have questions.

I haven't been to those bookstores in NYC for many years, but it was always fun and sometimes exciting stuff. I will give the documentary a look. Thanks!

I haven’t been lurking here too much and posting even less. Thanks for the link on the booksellers. And certainly if anyone wants to discuss collectible baseball books, drop me a line. I’m certainly not legendary unless that is defined by paying for baseball books in the 1990s that sell for 50% less today

Some of my collection is up on Flickr if anyone is interested

https://flickr.com/photos/63927582@N...57627662676073

Max

Amazing Collection!
 

Amazing Collection! I have never seen many of those titles before, especially with original dust jackets. Time to update my want list. Thanks for sharing!

Glad to see a post Max. You may be pleased to know I have surrounded your George Wright, Church book with 2 other of his books and several other things from his own collection. Thank you again.
Stay safe.
Bruce


The decline in amazingly important baseball books is inexplicable, in my opinion.

Hey Max, good to hear from you! Hope all is well up north.

Rob M

Your humility is not unexpected, Max. You certainly have a very enviable baseball book collection and have vast knowledge on the subject. In that sense, you are legendary to me.

If you enjoyed the documentary there is a entire genre of books about book collecting and I think that may baseball collectors would enjoy them. I would recommend the books of ASW Rosenbach, William Dana Orcutt and A Edward Newton

I rarely get to post about books on the forum so didn’t want to waste a chance to post from my oldest “sports” book John Potter’s Antiquities of Greece published 1697. Containes a very early history of the original Olympic Games

Damm that’s amazing.

For a fascinating investigation into rare book forgery, that reminds me of some of the trimming investigations, try Carter and Polkard, Enquiry into certain nineteenth century pamphlets, a definite classic. There are also many follow ups.
I second the Newton,Rosenbach etc recommendations. There are many more, I have actually been rereading some during the quarantine.

I assume that's one of your favorite collection pieces. Nothing like really, really old 'firsts'.

Max great to see you post. The photos kept me busy for a long time! thanks for making my day.

Max: that’s a very impressive collection. Thanks for sharing!!

=baseballart
Some of my collection is up on Flickr if anyone is interested

https://flickr.com/photos/63927582@N...57627662676073

Max - very much enjoyed looking over your amazing baseball book collection!!!

Thanks for recommending that documentary. I is very well made. I don't consdier myself a book collector, but the phenomenon is similar to collecting baseball stuff. Back when I was a student, before the internet had completely changed book buying, I used to scour those New York bookstores for volumes that I wanted/ needed to have. Glad to see the Strand and the Argosy still going strong.
Mark

Yeah, when I was a teenager coming into NYC in the 80s I really enjoyed bookstores and record stores in the West Village. Could wander around for hours just checking interesting things out. Free entertainment.

Wow! That's a collection!

My kanji isn't very good, what are the Japanese books in there?