At Last - The Final - Vintage Penguin - Paperback - To Finish The First Thousand in 1st Edition

[@antwig1]

Congrats Jules - for those of us out there who are collectors, with the collectors' mentality (who understand your patience, persistence + perseverance), we share your joy - on to the next 1,000!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend. Yes, the second thousand bekons! 🙂

[@vintagesf]

A video 39 years in the making! Thanks for sharing your journey. The details are what collectors love to hear. Great, great accomplishment!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Richard, it's been quite the trip🙂

[@isobelsmith6999]

Seriously riveting! I've never seen your channel before and I'm not much of a reader these days, but here we are!! Well done 👏😀

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend!

[@matthewmcmahon173]

Wonderful retelling of your labors, trials, and ultimate triumph. Thank you for sharing.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Matthew!

[@Andrew-sc2yz]

Beautiful collection! I’m so pleased you got there in the end! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer fella! 👏

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Andrew! Appreciate that my friend!

[@alvinmarcus5780]

What a amazing story. So happy for you Jules. 39 years, and had to sweat the last few days for the last one. I can imagine. Way to go Jules. 👍👍

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Alvin, there were a few tense moments, that's for sure🙂 So pleased that run is now completed, it's been a journey 👍

[@Barklord]

Congratulations! I enjoyed listening to your epic journey.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend 🙂

[@jr6928]

Congratulations Jules! 😌🎈

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@oxtails1]

Congrats SIR!!!!!! I know it feels to complete a collection, Its was you who inspired me to complete my Target Doctor Who Paperbacks, and when I finished purchasing the last one it was another proud moment for me. Congrats again.

[@JulesBurt]

Fantastic and well done on the Targets, I'm still a few short!

[@hughminor9369]

Congrats!

[@JulesBurt]

Thank you!

[@stephensowerby8395]

Congratulations. A fantastic collection. You inspired me to get into collecting books again and look forward every week to your latest video. Thank you for all the time you give preparing and presenting your collection and videos.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much Stephen. You've been with me for years and your support is much appreciated 🙂👍

[@power-of-overdrive]

Absolutely incredible. Many many congratulations on your achievement! It was a hell of a journey, and now you have an amazing library that is sure to harbor historical literary significance!!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend. It certainly has been quite the journey. Very relieved it's over🙂

[@aegelsthrep]

This is a wonderful video, thankyou and thankyou to KZbin for sending me here. Congratulations! Looking forward to watching more.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this one 🙂

[@bastianfrom77]

You should think about replacing the right shelf. All the boards are bended and even the top on. I had the same problem and the shelf broke down out of nothing damaging some of my books

[@JulesBurt]

A new library coming in the next two years. The collection as you see it now will actually be moved next week, 2000 new Penguins incoming.....

[@zetectic7968]

Congrats on completing the 1k. My copy of Day of the Triffids is from the 1970's. Money was always tight so never really got a proper collection. I tried to get the New Wessex paperback editions of Thomas Hardy when they were issued by Macmillan but I may have missed a few.

[@JulesBurt]

Great stuff, I think my first Triffids was the BBC tie in.

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

Congrats Jules! I was fascinated by your journey to owning all 1000 books. Thank you for telling us the story. It was educational and inspiring.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Sherri!

[@kennyrh9269]

Conratulations Jules. That's real dedication to the cause and an inspiration for all us collectors who are amateurs by comparison. It was good to follow your long journey which, of course, doesn't end here. Great stuff.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Kenny. It does put some of my other collecting runs in perspective. I always knew it was going to be a long haul but I'm delighted to have finally licked one of paperbacks most extreme challenges. Glad you enjoyed that collecting journey, another bombshell to come next week🙂

[@robertshields1536]

Really enjoyed this video!

[@JulesBurt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rickkearn7100]

A Holy Grail, of sorts, Jules. How extraordinary that you've dedicated a goodly portion of your life to such an ethereal pursuit. It must feel so good! Cheers.

[@JulesBurt]

It certainly is satisfying completing this particular run.

[@squid4104]

Wow...that was like a Netflix thriller lol....

[@JulesBurt]

It was tense!

[@isobelsmith6999]

@squid4104 It was indeed! 😄

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Look fantastic. Great collection. Best wishes.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend 😌

[@Monggaard]

Brilliant. Congratulations, Mr. Burt.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@MakeMeAmerican1812]

Funny you mention the book shop in Plymouth. I have also been to that bookshop and had a similar experience as the chap was selling paperbacks 3 for £5 (same price 20 years later!) and I bought an entire bag of SF vintage paperbacks and went back the next day again for another bag full.

[@JulesBurt]

He was 3 for £5 when he opened and has recently gone back to that price point. At last🙂

[@OmnivorousReader]

Excellent story! Congratulations on finding the 'unicorn'.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend, I feel a great weight has been lifted🙂

[@OmnivorousReader]

@@JulesBurt And now for the next thousand right? I have found myself looking at Penguin paperbacks with new eyes since watching you channel, so thanks for your videos.

[@zvxczcz9168]

I came for the ASMR, I left inspired. Thank you Jules, and congrats :)

[@JulesBurt]

Yay! Thank you!

[@davidbooks.and.comics]

Nice presentation...I know the feeling of anticipation.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks! You won't believe what I have coming this Sunday!

[@davidbooks.and.comics]

@@JulesBurt I will be watching.

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Congratulations Jules! Here’s to the next 1000 ?! 😊 I don’t have space to collect books anymore, so this is enjoyable to watch !

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Mark. Even though I don't have the space there's always room for more books🙂

[@JurassicCollectables]

Congratulations Jules, what a collection!!! I can't even begin to imagine what a 39 year journey being completed must feel like - Overjoyed? Relieved? Thinking what's next? Speaking of which, what is next for your collection? Best, JC

[@JulesBurt]

It's right at the end of the video, but, the next thousand of course, 1001 to 2000!

[@JurassicCollectables]

@@JulesBurt Good luck with the next 1000 Jules, I did catch that shortly after writing my comment. Well done again, I hope the next block are a bit easier to source?

[@JulesBurt]

@JurassicCollectables thanks my friend, yes, the next thousand are much easier to find🙂

[@Xaird49]

What an amazing accomplishment ! Congratulations :

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend 🙂

[@mike123abcdoreme]

Love this!! Congratulations!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend 👍🏼

[@raresaturn]

Your shop Purple Haze sounds wonderful

[@JulesBurt]

It was great, I'm planning on producing a Purple Haze video soon.

[@PenguinRandomHouse]

👑

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks! Still the greatest publisher in the world 🙂

[@marianneharris9051]

So happy for you Jules, and thanks for the interesting video. Can we please see some closeups of the actual book out of the bag? That would be great!

[@JulesBurt]

Indeed I shall do some up close shots when I give it a gentle clean on my next monthly pick ups video 🙂

[@Yellowblam]

Congratulations 🥂

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@brenboothjones]

Love this Jules! Huge congrats again! I talked about Ariel on my Reading the First 1000 Penguins series-such a brilliant and underrated book! So many hidden gems in the first 1000 aren’t there? Thanks for the great content and for inspiring my own series!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Bren, it's been quite the journey. I'm enjoying Ariel much more than I thought I world tbh🙂

[@portland-182]

Congratulations!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks!

[@lowquallasko9239]

Legend.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks!

[@codex3048]

It takes at least 39 years to fully establish for yourself what a "rare" book actually is. 99% of books described as such are not rare, but you don't know that until you initiate your journey. That "Death on the Borough Council" is genuinely rare can now be verified. All the more surprising since it was a "mass market" paperback, not some limited edition. WWII was a rough time for books.

[@JulesBurt]

A good point. I'm not sure how many other collectors are missing this one but I'm guessing quite a few.

[@ba-gg6jo]

Well done, I thought I was doing well with 45, I feel truly humbled.

[@JulesBurt]

Well, I started with about ten, it just sorted of carried on and on...

[@ba-gg6jo]

@@JulesBurt I only started when I retired 5 years ago, so the likelihood is I will run out of time before I get to a hundred 😂

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

Love this! I finally got a chance to watch it from beginning to end, apologies for the late response. So interesting and fun to hear the story! Question: Will you embark on another long term collection now or will you just focus on filling in smaller series that are relatively easier to complete? Again, my congratulations on reaching this goal! 🎉

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Glen, well, I have already started on the next couple of thousand....I need help mate🙂

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

@@JulesBurt Nah, you don’t need help with anything except in filling the next thousand! (I am nothing if not an enabler!).

[@JulesBurt]

@@ProfessorEchoMedia You are!

[@jeffflugel7516]

As usual, another very interesting and informative video, Jules. Thanks for sharing your first 1000 Penguin odyssey with us, and once again, congrats! BTW - any thoughts about making a video discussing the "Travel and Adventure" cerise and white Penguins? Along with the beloved Green Crime and Detective Fiction Penguins, those pink ones always catch my eye and interest. Just a thought.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Jeff, it's certainly been a journey and this Sunday's video might blow your mind! Travel and Adventure are right here my friend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2Lcp6ZniqaGjcksi=-gVqBXYn-TS4rTw- White Penguin Modern Classics are right here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ_WfmSmlNaMm7ssi=LKbasmJ0EutK_zF4 🙂

[@jeffflugel7516]

@@JulesBurt Ah, ta, Jules! I should've known you'd already beat me to that idea. Will definitely give those a watch later this evening. Best regards!

[@JulesBurt]

@@jeffflugel7516 Enjoy!

[@machinegunjackmcgurn804]

Bitter sweet

[@JulesBurt]

It's ok, onto the next thousand now🙂

[@mdawn852]

Kudos!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@marthastubbs8321]

❤

[@JulesBurt]

🙂

[@kabutler70]

Way to go Sir! 🎉

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@codex3048]

When did they stop putting dust wrappers on their books?

[@JulesBurt]

As soon as paper rationing kicked in during the second world war. So about 1941. Things got tough in the UK, the paper got much poorer quality as well.

[@codex3048]

When you repair the spines, doesn't that diminish the value? I thought collectors were very much against repairs of any kind.

[@JulesBurt]

Not at all but it's very much a personal choice.

[@KRPTV]

Just wondering actually, do you own any of the other Penguin imprints? I know you've covered most of the Pelicans and Puffins but I think at one stage there were Peacock, Peregrine and even Ptarmigan books too, just wondered if you owned any of those?

[@JulesBurt]

Yes, I have all the Ptarmigans and some Peacock and Peregrine's, but not many.

[@Liopot68]

Do you actually read them or just put them up on a shelf?

[@JulesBurt]

I read about 150 a year. Not all Penguins of course.

[@salahalselene4957]

❤❤❤❤💪❤️📚📚📚📚

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 🙂

[@BaronVonMutoh]

Congrats!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks 👍🏼