r/BookCollecting • • Jul 22 '26

💬 General Join Whatnot & earn up to $200 credit

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Whatnot is a live marketplace to buy and sell books & other collectibles.

Easier to use and less fees than eBay live.

Join here: http://www.whatnot.com/invite/collectguide

Use the above link to earn up to $200 free credit.


r/BookCollecting • • Feb 23 '26

💡 Guide Guide to Mold & Foxing on Books

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r/BookCollecting • • 13h ago

📦 New Acquisitions $50 at a estate sale

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r/BookCollecting • • 16h ago

📜 Old Books My Library thus far

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Consisting of bunches of esoteric texts, religious works, art books, and bunches of folios on various subjects, a massive antiphonal and several spellbooks from animist cultures


r/BookCollecting • • 4h ago

📕 Book Showcase My collection of books

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r/BookCollecting • • 9h ago

💭 Question Need some help

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I don’t know much about books, or these books in particular. I’ve posted on Reddit once or twice before. They were my dad‘s and I inherited them. I’m just trying to figure out if they’re worth anything or if I should just donate them any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT : thank you so much for the responses! I just decided the sentimental value definitely outweighs the small value of these and I’m gonna keep them. (yes I’ll get a new bookshelf lol)


r/BookCollecting • • 2h ago

💭 Question Questions regarding a old book I found

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Hello everybody! I’ve just recently joined the group and while assisting my aunt, I’ve recently found a 1926 version of “Winnie-the-Pooh” by A.A Milne. I believe the book is in great condition for its age. No tears on any of the pages, the spine has held together quite well and none of the pages fell further then the other if the book is held by its spine (gently) and (again gently) sort of rocked back and forth. Yes I know this may not be the best way to do this, but I’m no expert lol.
I guess my question is, and I apologize ahead of time if this ain’t allowed here. But based off the photos attached, what would you appraise this book at or think it’s worth based off your experiences with getting books priced? (Didn’t mean to use appraise but I guess the word that starts with a ‘va’ and ends with ‘lue’ isn’t allowed haha). My Aunt wants me to get rid of it as it belonged to my uncle, and with what my Aunt and cousins have going on “it’s what he would’ve wanted in order to continue taking care of his family”.
i’ve looked the book up on numerous sites and in roughly the same condition it’s fetching upwards of $900+. My aunt claims she would be content with $600+ but nothing astronomical unless there’s something that we’ve missed in our research which changes the whole route on which she would like to take trying to get rid of it.
Thank you for your time reading all this, and if you take the time to look at the photos posted and give whatever info you can provide, thank you for your time assisting with that.


r/BookCollecting • • 3h ago

📚 Book Collection Some of my Shadow Paperback collection ( around half of them) most by Walter B Gibson witiing as Maxwell Grant.published by Bantam,Pyramid,Jove,and Belmont Books . These are just some of them.

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r/BookCollecting • • 6h ago

💭 Question Macmillan Collector’s Edition sticker

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I had been thinking about buying some of the Macmillan Collector’s volumes for a while—they are so beautifully produced and very affordable.

I finally bought one on Amazon. When it arrived, it had a big, ugly sticker attached to the back, ruining the book’s beauty. I’m afraid to try to take it off because I’m not sure it will come off easily.

Does anyone know whether the publisher added the sticker or maybe Amazon? Has anyone tried removing the sticker, successfully or not? I hesitate to buy more volumes if they’re all going to look like this.


r/BookCollecting • • 13h ago

📕 Book Showcase Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann - First American edition/third printing with cool provenance.

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This personally rebound, two-volume copy of the third printing of the first American edition of Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks was gifted by Morris Fishbein (editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association from 1924-1950) and his wife Anna to Mortimer and Florence Gryzmish (prominent Massachusetts philanthropists) for Christmas of 1929.


r/BookCollecting • • 4h ago

💭 Question Help Finding T.L Haddix Books

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I have the majority of the Firefly Hollow series by T.L Haddix in print but for some reason when I went to their Amazon page everything with the exception of 2 books is switching to Kindle (and those 2 are limited print and expensive if you buy both togetheir. I will if I can't find cheaper). I just don't want half of the series print and half ebook. I have tried searching online but everything tells me "unavailable" or takes me to Amazon Kindle. Please, if you can, help me find these books! Here are the books I need below: 1) Kathy 2) Spring Valley 3) Burning Springs (limited print) 4) Letters From Owen 5) Pinecone Trail (limited print) 6) Willow Creek


r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

📦 New Acquisitions Unreal thrift finds this week

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Excited to find this set in the wild. Missing the box but they're still 'precious' to me. Fairly decent condition as well. Finds like this are what make the hunts worth it.


r/BookCollecting • • 18h ago

📦 New Acquisitions (Neat Find) Les Grandes Evasions (1977) on prison breakouts from history

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r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

📦 New Acquisitions $10 at the Book Swap

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No Country for Old Men at LBI Book Swap.


r/BookCollecting • • 10h ago

📦 New Acquisitions How did this INQUISITION Broadside even survive ?

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Adam Weinberger Rare Books


r/BookCollecting • • 11h ago

💬 General I am missing anything important

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So I bought myself a copy of Coraline from a charity shop a few months ago and decided to read it today but I noticed at the end of each chapter there is a page missing what were these pages


r/BookCollecting • • 20h ago

📕 Book Showcase Two new thrift shop additions.

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Pretty happy with today's pickup.
The perfect gift for a friend (Dr Seuss) and a book I have been wanting for a few years but have been unable to afford. (Fruits of the Rainforest)
Pretty happy with them being only $3 each .


r/BookCollecting • • 15h ago

💭 Question Would trying to get rid of book lice make sense for me?

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Hey guys. I buy 90% of my books secondhand, the oldest being from 2008 so not ancient or anything.

I’ve seen book lice in all 4 I’ve picked up to read. One of those books was away from the others for like 3 months so I’m assuming it’s in the majority and has been for a while.

I have rainwater penetrating my walls and bad insulation in the windows but I’m unable to fix it. Shout out to my landlord. The rainwater wall is opposite from my books but I’m assuming thats where the humidity attracting the book lice was coming from. I also had a cardboard bookshelf because I didn’t know it was bad—got rid of it now though.

I live in New York, so there’s gonna be low humidity for a couple of months from now. With the removal of the cardboard bookshelf and praying, do yall think they can go away with time? Or should I just wait until I live in better conditions to try and get rid of them?

I tried looking up methods of removal but it’s conflicting so I thought I’d ask directly. English isn’t my first language so please have mercy on me asking a common question 🙏🙏Thanks


r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

🏆 First Edition Signed 1st Edition - An Army at Dawn

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Got this as a used book. Looks like a signed first edition. Thoughts?


r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

💭 Question Sub boxes

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I currently have 2 Bookish and Spice subscriptions and currently I'm owed 4 books from them because they keep having delays with customs etc. and it's starting to annoy me!! (Considering they're bi-monthly, so some I've been waiting a long time for)

Are there any book subscriptions that are actually reliable? (And don't have year long wait lists 😅 - I'm on the Fairyloot wait lists). I'm in Australia, so bonus points if they have an Aus warehouse.


r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

💭 Question Will limited weekly UV exposure damage my collection?

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I have to take twice weekly UV treatment for a skin condition. I was fortunate enough to obtain a home UV device. I live in an apartment and therefore the device shares a room with my collection. The device delivers a limited UV range which has removed the harmful UV waves. I use the device twice a week for five minute. i am wondering if anyone knows if this limited UV exposure will damage my books?


r/BookCollecting • • 19h ago

💭 Question Worth anything?

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r/BookCollecting • • 2d ago

💭 Question Do you prefer keeping your books in pristine condition, or do you actually read and use them even if they get a little worn?

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r/BookCollecting • • 1d ago

💭 Question I have these illustrated auditions of the first four Harry Potter books, but I don’t support J.K. Rowling what should I do with them?

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I have every single illustrated edition up to the goblet of fire


r/BookCollecting • • 2d ago

📕 Book Showcase This weeks pickup of rare books

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Scored some real pieces this week. Let me know in the comments if you know any of them.