[Cloysterpeteuk]

I thinks the stuff on the left is mainly short stories, antho's stuff like that

No I do not know why there is a dust jacket by itself

Good space management

That Castaways is made out of some weird fibre stuff, I wouldn't want to hold it long enough to read

Never read this, or anything by the author

[Cloysterpeteuk]

On 1st November 2008 I had this many Marvels

By 29th November I had a few more

Zombies!

Why do I have around 600 comic book covers in my photobucket albumn?

King signing my book

There I am lol

God I look like a creepy git in photos don't I lol

Yeah no books in this pic but it's book related so naa, streets of London in November

[Theydon Bois]

Pete that is a fantastic collection, and I dont think I have seen that many Marvel hardbacks outside of Forbidden Planet

[Cloysterpeteuk]

Trouble is I get carried away, like I bought about 40 or so then didn't buy any for like two or three years so a few weeks back I realised that there was loads of new ones to buy that I'd missed out on so over the last month I've bought...

Dark Tower Omnibus
Marvel Monsters
Civil War: Avengers
World War Hulk
Civil War: Fantastic Four
Civil War: The Underside
Civil War: X-Men
Messiah Complex
Invincible Iron Man v1
Invincible Iron Man v2
X-Schism
Thanos Imperative
Civil War: Spider-Man
Civil War: Frontline
Annihilators
Avengers Disassembled
House of M: Spider-Man, Fantastic Four & X-Men
House of M: Wolverine, Iron Man & Hulk
House of M: No More Mutants
Thor by J. Michael Stracynski
Realm of Kings
Avengers X-Sanction
X-Men: Age of X
Hulk No More
Incredible Hulk: World War Hulks

That photo with a pic of like six of the above just happened to be the six that got delivered that day, don't have pics of the rest. I've got another four books on order which should come tomorrow then I'm onto the omnibus editions (£60 a pop) I have maybe 8 or 9 of those I want then that'll wipe me out for another couple of years while I read them. Those Hachette books will have to keep me going till I feel another splurge building.

[Cloysterpeteuk]

Originally Posted by Theydon Bois

Pete that is a fantastic collection, and I dont think I have seen that many Marvel hardbacks outside of Forbidden Planet

Just for you Theydon I've got and checked my Feist and Gemmell books to make sure I have Magician and the other must haves.

Survey says I have...

David Gemmell – Echoes of the Great Song PB 446pg (1997)
David Gemmell – Dark Moon PB 413pg (1996)
David Gemmell – Drenai #01: Legend PB 432pg (1984)
David Gemmell - Drenai #02: The King Beyond The Gate PB 307pg (1985)
David Gemmell – Drenai #03: Waylander I PB 384pg (1986)
David Gemmell – Drenai #03: Waylander II PB 323pg (1986)
David Gemmell – Drenai #04: Quest For Lost Heroes PB 316pg (1990)
David Gemmell – Drenai #06: The First Chronicles of Druss The Legend PB 346pg (1993)
David Gemmell – Drenai #07: The Legend of Deathwalker PB 413pg (1996)
David Gemmell – Drenai #08: Winter Warriors PB 412pg (1993)
David Gemmell – Drenai #09: Hero In The Shadows PB 446pg (2000)
David Gemmell - Hawk Queen #01: Ironhand's Daughter PB 283pg (1995)
David Gemmell – Hawk Queen #02: The Hawk Eternal PB 313pg (1995)
David Gemmell – Knights of Dark Renown PB 400pg (1989)
David Gemmell – Lion of Macedon #01: Lion of Macedon PB 502pg (1990)
David Gemmell – Morningstar PB 282pg (1992)
David Gemmell – Rigante #01: Sword In The Storm PB 478pg (1998)
David Gemmell – Rigante #02: Midnight Falcon PB 543pg (1999)
David Gemmell – Rigante #03: Ravenheart PB 507pg (2001)
David Gemmell – Rigante #04: Stormrider PB 601pg (2002)
David Gemmell – Sipstrassi Stones of Power #01: Ghost King PB 336pg (1988)
David Gemmell - Stones of Power #02: Last Sword of Power PB 315pg (1988)
David Gemmell – Jon Shannow #01: Wolf in Shadow PB 336pg (1987)
David Gemmell – Jon Shannow #02: The Last Guardian PB 288pg (1989)
David Gemmell – Jon Shannow #03: Bloodstone PB 304pg (1995)
David Gemmell – Skilgannon the Damned #01: White Wolf PB 589pg (2003)
David Gemmell – Skilgannon the Damned #02: The Swords of Night & Day PB 640pg (2004)

Raymond E. Feist - Chaos War Saga #01: A Kingdom Besieged HB 408pg (2011)
Raymond E. Feist – Conclave of Shadows #01: Talon of the Silver Hawk PB 390pg (2002)
Raymond E. Feist – Conclave of Shadows #02: King of Foxes PB 374pg (2003)
Raymond E. Feist – Conclave of Shadows #03: Exile’s Return HB 356pg (2004)
Raymond E. Feist – Darkwar #01: Flight of the Night Hawks PB 420pg (2005)
Raymond E. Feist – Darkwar #02: Into A Dark Realm PB 386pg (2006)
Raymond E. Feist – Darkwar #03: Wrath of a Mad God PB 516pg (2007)
Raymond E. Feist – Demonwar Saga #01: Rides A Dread Legion PB 424pg (2009)
Raymond E. Feist – Demonwar Saga #02: At The Gates of Darkness HB 336pg (2010)
Raymond E. Feist – Legends of the Riftwar #01: Honoured Enemy PB 321pg (2001)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Legacy #01: Krondor the Betrayal HC 352pg (1998)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Legacy #02: Krondor the Assassins HC 352pg (1999)
Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar Legacy #03: Krondor: Tear of the Gods PB 372pg (2000)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar #01: Magician PB 704pg (1982)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar #03: Silverthorn PB 432pg (1985)
Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar #04: Darkness at Sethanon PB 527pg (1985)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar #05: Prince of the Blood PB 470pg (1989)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar #06: The King’s Buccaneer 623pg PB (1989)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Serpentwar Saga #01: Shadow of A Dark Queen PB 560pg (1994)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Serpentwar Saga #02: Rise of a Merchant Prince PB 479pg (1995)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Serpentwar Saga #03: Rage of A Demon King PB 642pg (1995)
Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar Serpentwar Saga #04: Shards of A Broken Crown HB 417pg (1998)
Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts – Riftwar The World on the Other Side #01: Daughter of the Empire PB 528pg (1987)
Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts – Riftwar The World on the Other Side #03: Mistress of the Empire PB 676pg (1989)

Just mass market releases and I've got a few holes but I think I've got the bulk of the easy to find titles. Rest assured no Gemmell or Feist were got rid of in the great paperback exodus.

[Fozzybear]

That really is a lot of books!

Have added to my New Naturalist collection, bought a second brand new one (No. 106: Dragonflies) and some more in local second-hand shops and an old bookshop this week while on holiday in Suffolk. Also added a Collins book Haunts of British Divers by Niall Rankin, a first edition from 1947 with a rather tatty dust jacket. Am buying the ones I'm interested in reading rather than just collecting them (which would cost a fortune to complete the set!), though there's an element of that as I've bought an original first edition copy of 'London's Natural History' where I had a cheap Bloomsbury reprint... the original Collins is so much nicer and the plates are in colour rather than just mono.

I now have:

3. London's Natural History (1945 1st edition)
4. Britain's Structure and Scenery (1946 1st edition)
10. British Plant Life (Bloombury 1989 reprint)
12. The Sea Shore (1961 reprint)
20. The British Amphibians and Reptiles (1973 reprint)
21. British Mammals (Bloombury 1989 reprint)
38. The World Of Spiders (1976 reprint)
52. Woodland Birds (1971 1st edition)
63. British Thrushes (1978 1st edition)
106. Dragonflies (current 2008 1st edition)
110. Wildfowl (current 2009 1st edition)

Woodland Birds is one I'd really wanted and was really pleased to find a copy in the bookshop in Westleton on holiday. They had a 'collectors' copy with good condition dust jacket for £35 but I bought the £10 copy they had without a dust jacket... didn't think the other one was worth £25 more.

[Smurfin]

Wow...how many books? I'm a bit of a King fan too, only book of his I ever gave up on was Lisey's Story, must try it again

Can anyone recommend good places to buy big collections of books in one hit? e.g. all of one author. I recently replaced most of my ageing (and falling apart) King collection with a set of 26 hardbacks from Books Direct (for under £30 ), just before they went out of business. Ok so they're book club editions, but still fantastic value for money

[Cloysterpeteuk]

How many are they if you have number 110 in the series?.

They were leafing through this huge book once on a Nature doc I was watching and it was full of amazingly detailed birds of paradise, allsorts, book was like two feet tall from Victorian era. All colours and everything were still immaculate, probably only aristocracy could have bought a copy back in day, now it'll cost thousands.

[Cloysterpeteuk]

Originally Posted by Smurfin

Wow...how many books? I'm a bit of a King fan too, only book of his I ever gave up on was Lisey's Story, must try it again

Can anyone recommend good places to buy big collections of books in one hit? e.g. all of one author. I recently replaced most of my ageing (and falling apart) King collection with a set of 26 hardbacks from Books Direct (for under £30 ), just before they went out of business. Ok so they're book club editions, but still fantastic value for money

Don't bother, it's the only King book I've not enjoyed at all, it's the book he always quotes as being his best/favourite when asked as well.

I got loads of those King hardbacks too even though I already had them, the small editions with the funky oranges and yellows and the yucky yucky font.

Try book people, they always seem to sell collections, like ten books by whoever for xx.

[Fozzybear]

Originally Posted by Cloysterpeteuk

How many are they if you have number 110 in the series?.

They were leafing through this huge book once on a Nature doc I was watching and it was full of amazingly detailed birds of paradise, allsorts, book was like two feet tall from Victorian era. All colours and everything were still immaculate, probably only aristocracy could have bought a copy back in day, now it'll cost thousands.

That sounds a bit like John James Audubon's Birds of America:

BBC News - Inside Audubon's Birds, the world's 'most expensive' book

The New Naturalists are up to 119 (listed here), number 120 out in July (Grasshoppers and Crickets) and there is a series of 22 accompanying monotypes on certain species ('The House Sparrow', 'The Badger', 'The Yellow Wagtail' and so on - even one dedicated to Lords and Ladies!). Some are pretty rare as were low print runs and can cost hundreds but the nost expensive one I have bought is The World of Spiders, which cost me £35. Have paid £10-15 for most of the second-hand ones and the new ones are about £30-33 on amazon.

[nickmag08]

Originally Posted by Smurfin

Wow...how many books? I'm a bit of a King fan too, only book of his I ever gave up on was Lisey's Story, must try it again

Can anyone recommend good places to buy big collections of books in one hit? e.g. all of one author. I recently replaced most of my ageing (and falling apart) King collection with a set of 26 hardbacks from Books Direct (for under £30 ), just before they went out of business. Ok so they're book club editions, but still fantastic value for money

Yes, me. But no BCE. All first first UK Hardcover and not cheap either. I could even sell you a full set of Gemmell not including WKBS all 1/1 UK HC, some even signed. See my previous photos!

Love your collection!!!

[nickmag08]

Originally Posted by Cloysterpeteuk

Don't bother, it's the only King book I've not enjoyed at all, it's the book he always quotes as being his best/favourite when asked as well.

I got loads of those King hardbacks too even though I already had them, the small editions with the funky oranges and yellows and the yucky yucky font.

Try book people, they always seem to sell collections, like ten books by whoever for xx.

Love your collection!!! All I have to say really.
Stay tuned for photos of my reading copies.

[Smurfin]

Sorry I'm not in the market for expensive book collections I love books, but not to the extent that I'd pay alot of money for them. Although it appears that you die-hard collectors are doing this as an investment which is a different kettle of fish How much do these go up in value by?[/quote]

[nickmag08]

Originally Posted by Smurfin

Sorry I'm not in the market for expensive book collections I love books, but not to the extent that I'd pay alot of money for them. Although it appears that you die-hard collectors are doing this as an investment which is a different kettle of fish How much do these go up in value by?

Yes, they are definately for investment, but you have to hang onto them for a while.
For example, David Gemmell's earliest 6 novels (1/1 UK HC) sold for GBP10 or so when published in mid to late 80's. They now sell unsigned for many hundreds of pounds. Signed they sell for closer to GBP1000.00.
But really what they are worth is what people are willing to pay, no more and no less.

[Inked]

Now that my toys have moved upstairs, we no longer have to store our books under the bed (or sell them on) due to lack of space.

Left side are mainly the wife's (although I will reluctantly admit to reading some of them), right hand side are mine, unfortunately have sold off or given away more books over the last ten years than I now currently own. Looking forward to getting more shelving to fill.

[Cloysterpeteuk]

Only TWO King books!, what the hell is that all about Inked!!!. Plenty of Koontz I see, I enjoy most every Koontz book but I have this problem where they all just blend together in my head, I don't know whether it's because there so similar in theme or if it's just the dodgy titles like Door to December or what but its annoying. People say have you read so and so and I'm like yeah probably, only titles I can keep straight is the Odd Thomas ones.

[Inked]

Originally Posted by Cloysterpeteuk

Only TWO King books!, what the hell is that all about Inked!!!. Plenty of Koontz I see, I enjoy most every Koontz book but I have this problem where they all just blend together in my head, I don't know whether it's because there so similar in theme or if it's just the dodgy titles like Door to December or what but its annoying. People say have you read so and so and I'm like yeah probably, only titles I can keep straight is the Odd Thomas ones.

Ha ha, I know! I used to have loads of King books but got rid of them a few years ago. My favourite Koontz books are the Odd Thomas ones.

[Fozzybear]

Some nice old books on the shelves there Inked.

A new pic of my bookshelves and reading spot as of the weekend when I had yet another sort out and moved the little bookcase to the gap between the tall one and the fireplace (which amazingly was a perfect fit, if slightly hemmed in by a loudspeaker). Second pic is my burgeoning collection of New Naturalists, which has got more than a little out of control... I've got yet another one on order too, number 115: Climate and Weather.

Compared to a lot of people it's a tiny collection of books though, especially some of the people I've talked to on Goodreads who have 5-6000 books and still buying more! Having limited shelf space has meant I've offloaded hundreds of books to charity over the years rather than keep them. There are some I wish I'd kept really but then again I'd never get around to reading the new stuff if I kept everything - bad enough with all the Pratchett books I keep re-reading!

Not sure if it'll work but this is a link to to the books I've got entered on goodreads:

Paul Forsdick - (324 Books, 3.44 Average Rating)

[Smurfin]

Originally Posted by Smurfin

Sorry I'm not in the market for expensive book collections I love books, but not to the extent that I'd pay alot of money for them. Although it appears that you die-hard collectors are doing this as an investment which is a different kettle of fish How much do these go up in value by?

Did I really type that 3 months ago?

[Theydon Bois]

Still waiting for the pics mate. Is the before and after something like this?

[Smurfin]

I don't quite think I have that many, but I'm really not sure. Must be well over 1500 I would have thought which would be alot smaller than the second photo above? Mostly paperback though...

[Smurfin]

Just for you Theydon, here's one shot of my completed "library"...got books all over the place and you need a fisheye lense with bookcases! - 3 sides of this room are full of books (well, 2 sides and a couple of CD racks either side of the door!). I don't have quite as many as I originally thought...probably 1500-1600 in total. My signed/limited/first editions are in another bookcase in my study

[Theydon Bois]

Just awesome. The Missus would never accept that in our house although I have managed a second bookcase.

I spy a copy of Magician as well

[cdavison27086]

Purely gemmell and missing from there are my graphic novels a legend hardback and wolf in shadow

[cdavison27086]

And my 2 hardbacks of legend lol plus drenai tales volume one (in the post at the mo)

[echrada]

Does 9 998 ebooks count?

[Cloysterpeteuk]

I couldn't remember if I'd posted any recent pics in here so apologies if I dupe any of these, I moved a couple of months ago and I had to leave maybe a thousand paperbacks to save space so my collection now is mostly hardcovers. Even though I moved months ago now I've still now got my books sorted how I want, I estimate that will take another few months so I'll be back then with some updated pics. I'm ordering some ikea lack floating shelves to give me a bit more room when I run out of space.

Here's some shots from just after I moved in, I'm sure these are in the comic book thread somewhere but what the hell.

-edit- i'll try thumbs, less annoying if I have posted these before

I've got room for another Expedit bookcase at a squeeze but plently of room for more comic book stuff in there, normal size hardbacks are a bit small for the cubes.

[nickmag08]

Some great collections here! Been a while but just read through the thread and love it.

Jealous of the proof signed by Gemmell on your web page...you know who you are!

[stevenisace]

Cloysterpeteuk love the marvel stuff, epic bookcase you have got there. I have got the same wolverine statue but in a darker colour, however his claws have snapped off from both hands

[Theydon Bois]

Originally Posted by nickmag08

Some great collections here! Been a while but just read through the thread and love it.

Jealous of the proof signed by Gemmell on your web page...you know who you are!

Welcome back mate - not that you needed anything, but bought anything more to add to your collection?