I Bought £20,000 Worth Of Old Books

[@RossParker1877]

"How was Bath dear?" "It was great I spent £20000 on books". That's the dream

[@KiwiExpressCream]

Indeed it is, but as a dealer I'm pretty sure Tom is aiming to sell these for a good profit

[@user-fh2vx3hd6c]

He didn't spend £20K, that's what he's selling them for "I Bought £20,000 Worth Of Old Books"

[@hopefeaster6532]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@SirShiv7]

I spent like $0.75 on a little magnet when I visited Bath so I get it.

[@goodnightvienna8511]

sucker !!! mine cost a $ and it sticks to things hahahahahaa

[@countless6750]

How did you spend dollars in a place that uses pound sterling?

[@nlkeyser]

Man, you should do audiobooks. Your voice is so soothing.

[@TimOtten-f8z]

This man has single-handedly reignited my interest in books. A fantastic voice and someone with unprecedented passion for this art. Keep it that way Tom!

[@haydenduvall162]

I could watch you showing books for hours - your delivery and cadence is excellent, as is your expertise and enthusiasm.

[@christydalgaard]

Couldnt agree more ❤

[@patriciadeane7250]

Oh my, you have a magnificent collection. Definitely a dream Library!

[@davidmackenzie9701]

I had the three Tolkien books from when they were first published. I didn't keep them, though I really liked them. They ended up in the care of a school library, where my mother worked. I really like this channel. It reminds me of the beauty and importance of books. When I was growing up I started to buy, often three books a week, and then the next week buy three more. I would read voraciously. I ended up with more books than I could care for. They ended up piled on my bedroom floor against the walls. I just loved reading. Now, in my old age, I still read, but I look with envy at the books and the stories you are able to tell about them.

[@garywait3231]

It's somewhat comforting to know that I'm not the only person to spend a heap of dollars when presented with delectable books. Thanks for another delightfully informative video !! 😊

[@Bourne1984]

Yes but Tom sells his. I’m assuming you much like myself hold on to yours.

[@garywait3231]

@@Bourne1984 : Your surmise is entirely correct. Every time I have to move, I realize again why Saint Francis is reputed to have advised: "Do not own even a book". 😉😉 (Though I have sensibly placed several of my collections in academic research institutions)

[@timalley3906]

Always love watching your videos Tom. Keep it up 😀👍

[@Yaris510]

"This is starting to feel like hard work, and my back is absolutely killing me." Never mind, Tom. This magnificent collection was worth every bead of sweat and every penny

[@nickcooper1260]

CS Lewis 'Mere Christianity' is a classic, the trilogy you have bought is beautiful . In my charity shop visits, I occasionally find gems, for instance a signed copy of Seamus Heaney's Collected Poems, thanks for showing these lovely books, your love from them really comes across.

[@bryantrigg4854]

India paper was and likely still is used to print proofs of engraved stamp plates. The paper is thin, but takes ink very well. Due to the thinness of the paper and the pressure needed to pull ink from the engraved plate, it is often printed with a card backing to keep the paper from tearing during the printing.

[@russellwarren9595]

I once bought a copy of the third DiscWorld novel, Equal Rites by Terry Prattchet for 10p. on the way home I found that it was a first edition first print. I sold it for £120.

[@TFE134]

I am so glad I found this channel. I love collecting books and I’m so glad I’m not alone!

[@Joker-fx6mh]

It’s ok. Money doesn’t last. Books and the stories within them last forever. I’m happy to own some of your books including that Fire and Blood 😊 You are blessed Tom

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

The opening of Ivanhoe talks about the trees that I can see from the window of the very room that I am in right now at my parent's house. Though Scott incorrectly believed that they were the ruminant of medieval forest, they were actually only planted about a hundred years before he was born. Writing about that is what got me a place on my Medieval Studies Masters Degree

[@ThatEm]

13:35 hearing the slight cracking as you open the book and you're just STARING AT THAT SPINE LIKE O_O killed me

[@ElizabethMoon-n8m]

Some of these are so, SO beautiful.

[@zongling8948]

Oh my gosh, I think I must leave a message, I got the same first edition Blue fairy tales which been showed in this video, and there also left a father's message of best wishes to the recipient who should be his daughter and on her 7th birthday!

[@yurkshirelad]

The fact that you spend 20k, come home and find your wife is still there, is amazing! I would probably come home to an empty house. 😁

[@qasim5177]

If I were in her place and we had obligations, I would break up with you without thinking

[@llywrch7116]

Of course he's going to put all of them up for sale, so it's not as if he's taking money from the household budget

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

@@llywrch7116 Who knows when they will sell? Until then, the money is tied up.

[@patriciagigileva]

If my husband did that, I would be, "It's okay, my love, we can eat bread and instant noodles for the next few years." 😂

[@fayeharrison565]

Thanks!

[@lwskiner]

Oh, I would love to read that edition of The Pickwick Papers, my favorite Dickens.

[@ThuyLuuLam]

It's crazy how nobody is talking about the banned ebook Magnetic Aura from Borlest

[@ibra4476]

Your shop’s beautiful my friend, I hope to pop down some day ❤

[@UlrichBlode-vu7vt]

Always nice to hear about wonderful books.

[@msjoanofthearc]

Wowza, and Thank You for this brilliant and informative presentation.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I’ve loved fairy tales all my life. I read the Arabian Nights over and over as a child…wore it out! I’m addicted to House of Dragons. And just watched the Hobhit films for the umpteenth time. Seeing the books made my day as did the Moby Dick set. If I keep listing the books I love this will a very long text.

[@1BJM]

Beautiful!!!

[@wolis7178]

I wonder how expensive some of these books - for instance, the four volumes of the History of Herodotus - approximately were when they were first published (in todays money). Considering their beautiful binding, I'd imagine that they already cost a fortune even back then

[@arekkrolak6320]

technically first edition of Ivanhoe was published in 1819, but it had 1820 printed inside

[@fr.ramile.fajardo8331]

Yikes, you sure have discipline and detachment to be a bookseller....some of us might not be able to part with our books once acquired!

[@maryannec.moravec6289]

There are many examples of me spending too much on books. It’s something my partner could never understand.

[@Bhenderson0001]

Lovely video Tom, I learn things every video of yours I watch. I guess this must be working for you, that you not only make great content but also have a chance to let potential customers know what you have in stock. Clever little plan. By the way, does anyone know why I am able to add a comment in one browser but the other browser I seem to be banned from leaving comments. The other browser does not even have the option to leave a comment????????

[@ConkerKing]

I got my 1st Edition of F&B from a charity shop for £2.49 .... Next time George is in town i must remember to pop over ;)

[@RoulinBrooks]

I was curious about what causes all the splotchiness in the books. Like the Pickwick books. They look to be in great shape and have obviously been well taken care of. So what causes all the spots?

[@monkeyface6139]

Mick Hucknall at it again, reselling books from Tesco. Mick, Peter Rabbit was £7:99 yesterday, I know you have overheads but come on ... I also got Angry Birds for £2:99

[@Alplock]

Great Video!

[@muskrat72]

Tom I have been buying Easton press books for my wife of her favorite books. Would writing a personal note in the books decrease the value?

[@robertgerrity878]

Not really. Would enhance value IF you were a person of note. Easton are, well, very nice indeed, but common. Only buy the signed volumes. Consider The Folio Society specials. Tom has had several of those in catalog.

[@user-fh2vx3hd6c]

Yes, it would decrease it's value.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Could you tell me what mic you’re using that’s clipped to your person? Wonderfully entertaining and informative video as always :)

[@jusatin]

Looks to be the DJI Mic and used together with the magnet attachment.

[@gilbertogonzalez4547]

Great Videos 🎉 greetings fromm México 🇲🇽

[@declanpmclaughlin2286]

How do you obtain so much knowledge at a young age? Amazing....

[@deamicisfrank1308]

the scottish history and the blue books I want so badly but cheap they look gooood

[@deamicisfrank1308]

the 10 vol long blue books

[@blackletter2591]

Living the dream.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

"How much did you spend?" "More than I intended, but less than I expected." From Andy Capp

[@dragonkaanxa]

Recently i started collecting books.but the only problem is money😂😂😂.man i earn 10k per month and idk how much to spend for books.but I'm lucky that in Nepal people aren't collecting books,so the books are going to be cheap. Nd in my collection i got 5 books.

[@gryffonsi]

if you’re getting too old Tom, I’ll come do the manual labor for you! You’ll just have to hire me ; )

[@Sweetlife9999]

Love love the Arabian Nights but it’s been sold!

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Out of curiosity, since I'm planning a trip to England (London area, specifically) this fall, if I buy a book from you on the online store, would it be possible for me to pick it up from your store several months later, or would you prefer immediate pickup or posting instead?

[@user-fh2vx3hd6c]

@@MichaelBerthelsen 1. He's not in London 2. He doesn't have a physical store

[@crondeau7553]

Have you come across Agatha’s Christie books ? Are they rare ? Expensive?

[@General_reader]

11:07 looks like Burrell

[@adelaidemorningstar1870]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

It'd be groovy if people dropped 0.000001% of that on one of the books in my own series. :) Granted, I don't expect it, because--believe it or not--it's actually pretty nice to be an award-winning yet unknown author. :)

[@strangoman]

Whoopsie daisie!

[@thundermorphine]

Ever thought about making videos where you just read a book?

[@Trade2e]

Hey man B happy You are rare finds😅 Can you please suggest some good spy novels? Thanks

[@Jomaxp]

Based on you saying that you are getting old, how old actually are you if one may ask?

[@anOIOP]

between 20-40 years old

[@Jomaxp]

@@anOIOP is that a guess of yours or are you certain?

[@anOIOP]

@@JomaxpI am certain, as he has said his age somewhere, but I can't quite remember the exact age, my guess is 37, but that may be my mind misremembering

[@goodnightvienna8511]

how rude ? tsk tsk....hes 59 btw

[@goodnightvienna8511]

@@anOIOP sorry i meant 95 , im driving

[@robertgerrity878]

Only matters if you DON'T sell them.

[@Richard.HistoryLit]

Does he NEED to sell, so much...

[@robertgerrity878]

@@Richard.HistoryLit it's all about Cash Flow. You sell to buy more & to pay your overhead+++, i.e. your direct biz costs & your salary (rent, food, wife, baby, etc.). You are always hustling to find & hustling to sell -- which is what the YT shorts are for. Designedly, there's depreciation to deal with the misjudgements which can still turn into free money - maybe. That 20K needs to generate 55% above cost at least so as to be able to buy another lot at 20K.

[@Richard.HistoryLit]

@@robertgerrity878 Mmm. Your reply if I may say so, does seem just a twinge defensive, in a game of two hemispheres.

[@waxingaphasic5248]

So weird when books become commodities or stores of value. Exchange value instead of Use value. No one is going to read these books. I certainly would not risk it if I owned any of them. You have the reading copy or pdf and then you have the five hundred pound book in a plastic bag on the shelf away from sunlight. Awesome haul.

[@cory9993]

I purchased the Jane Austen set and I do plan on reading from them! I just plan on doing it carefully 😂

[@redwawst3258]

😊

[@mickcrisp2854]

The more expensive they were, the smaller the books became!!

[@jakyungrhee2180]

Beautiful 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 so beautiful 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@sheevinopalpatino4782]

I have never sold a single book, my bookshelves are overflowing :/

[@DS-Slug]

How are your margins?

[@meggriffen1]

20k!

[@chrisblack3129]

I like books as well but I'm not going to spend 20,000 bc I need rent money med money food money petrol money etc

[@i.b.640]

He is a bookseller, so he needs to buy those to sell them to pay Rent and food 😂

[@GregNBiloxi]

Who is Josh Madisan?

[@tomwayling]

Some random person impersonating me on Facebook

[@lomice3705]

i am sittign here watching this whole video, i can barley even read.

[@oscarxy1621]

I bought 100 quid worth of used books, so who is really winning in literature consumption?

[@Liofa73]

Carefully handles Peter Rabbit, tells us it's in immaculate condition, then rubs his hand through his hair (probably containing some product) then goes on to touch the book and it's pages with same hand... *sigh.

[@goodnightvienna8511]

dude....I just made a cross of my overflow and burnt them at night, quite popular apparently, my first edition of 50 shades, anything by michael palin , jeffrey archer,harry potter, all on there . wonderful sight....

[@goodnightvienna8511]

if you had Gillray AND the dark GOYA id be impressed, as i am anyway

[@GrimTactics]

Im confused by the title alone. You bought 20£ for books, but bailed on two specimens of Alice in Wonderland/Looking Glass? Idiotic move in my opinion.

[@UncleFester-zz5jj]

Next time take a shower; it's cheaper.

[@goodnightvienna8511]

hahah if you had a bible "AT school "......is that as condescending as it sounded? soon as we finished school yay we threw them in the river hahaah