What's in a $4-million dollar home library? A behind-the-scenes look

[@Regularfireman]

I feel like that room of the old books smells amazing! One of the best smells in the world is books

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

Aye. And fragrance of women too. Especially, like, after they have got some soap over them .

[@Lyndanet]

It’s a distinct aroma

[@aussiegruber86]

I would argue the egg and bacon sandwich I just cooked smelt pretty good 😂😂

[@Michael-qe1xo]

@@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius yeah okay buddy, women you never get lmao

[@tomwayling]

Great work on this collection Reid! Some real gems in here

[@thecobbles]

Christmas came early! Thanks for the long form content, this is fantastic!

[@tismyhyperfocus]

straight from brazil! love your videos on TikTok and just stumbled upon you YT channel

[@frehleyrox]

Thank you for this! What a fantastic collection.

[@Hunt3rsDr3am]

I’m currently reading The Hobbit for the first time (and loving it). When the first book you pulled out was The Hobbit, my jaw dropped. Beautiful and impressive collection.

[@jaytee5936]

Awesome collection!

[@justthegoodbits1]

Cottageville, Outside of Charleston, SC. is our location. The Bible from 1611 was amazing to see, thank you. I was going to ask for an early addition of Shakespeare but you beat me to it, again thank yoiu.

[@psychbookman8613]

Love the use of clam shell boxes...how do you determine when to use a clamshell...do you prefer a specific manufacturer? Thanks!

[@najjimohammad9124]

Gorgeous curation and gorgeous set up, that view! 🔥

[@reneyrjola2628]

Very interesting! Watching from Finland

[@MoonsRareBooks]

Thanks for watching!

[@indiglo1971]

​@MoonsRareBooks Looking for early edition of Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike. Also a book he did called The Book of Apadno.

[@KeeperoftheFortress]

Great curation. What recommendations do you have for sturdy bookshelves?

[@goyakagoyaka]

The camera guys did not know what they were doing. You deserve better

[@technoviking4131]

Love the Tolkien collection! Signed editions are especially amazing.

[@useyourbrain1539]

Just loved your, "there are so many cool books in here". Thought exactly that as a 1st grader going into the schools library. Books are cool.

[@ElectricityTaster]

I like the thick bookshelves that don't sag.

[@instupitious]

As a fellow bibliophile, this channel is quite possibly the best thing since the internet. Thanks for sharing! Such a wonderfully curated and diverse collection. Your taste and collection are well on their way to competing with the Stewart-Gardener art collection in Boston. Again thanks so much for sharing! I always joke KZbin has become somewhat of a contemporary Library of Alexandria. Thanks for validating 😎

[@arthur04ification]

Greetings from Brazil! Thanks for your job.

[@Oofslooper]

Someone paid for this library as a fashion accessory. If you can’t curate your own collection it just means this a room full of books to make you look cool and smart.

[@janeburan5580]

I wish we could see the whole room please!!!

[@Relics_of_Arda]

0:40 As a Tolkien fan, I approve of this book.

[@alittax]

Very interesting! Watching from Hungary.

[@vanessa4587]

My jaw dropped when you pulled out Thor's hammer. Watching from Ohio and enjoying every minute💜

[@frankmacleod2565]

43:44 Now you got my attention. For me, the Holy Grail would be a first edition copy of Cook's voyages, with the folio volume. Also I want one of Vancouver, and a first edition Anson, and all the rest of them. Krusenstern, Langsdorff, all the South Seas explorers from the 17th and 18th centuries.

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

To have that kind of money.. Wow... Just wow 😮

[@alishaswain5408]

You said Montgomery and I got emotional. 😭😭😭

[@FirstNameLastName-rs6qo]

Nice to see that, as a lower-mid class individual, I have a 130k home and I have some of these books or a title of equivalent significance. 😊

[@bawsypvp5481]

this is just amazing

[@MrAlmost7]

Love this content, but why is the cameraman interrupting with commentary while you are speaking?

[@Dana1017]

Great video!! Hearing the camera person in the background is a bit maddening!!!

[@mrhappystore8611]

Pretty sure my dad has first edition lord of the rings set and Silmarilion. When I was young I remember my dad and uncle discussing who would have the books in their library.

[@cecilegibbs3539]

New or old the story is the main thing. If you can’t afford the rare, get the secondhand one

[@Midcape533]

Hello Reid! Watching from Arizona. I’d love to see what Ben Hur books you have!

[@ScottNewmanphotography]

I’m really interested in book collecting, but not sure where to start. It seems like all of the second hand books I see are second hand.

[@emoji_page]

I wonder if the store's collection includes Pippy Longstocking. I once met quite by happenchance the author of Pippy Longstocking. I was familiar with the book because of a school teacher who read the book to the class over a period of a few weeks.

[@e-artemas7295]

Aren’t those books frail they’re first editions I have a couple first editions and I always feel uneasy to open them because I don’t want to accidentally tear a page

[@pierogiprincess8099]

Any copys of around the world in 80 days ? My favorite book

[@renatajd7758]

The Good Soldier Sweik from Czech by Hasek?

[@VictorRodolfoOfarrillOrozco]

That os an interestimg colection off books even if i dont read all my books i am curioud about books and bi started a colection off them i LOVE books espetialy old book s i am from Mazatlán México thanks

[@karlstriepe8050]

Can I see this video from a horizontal angle?

[@Aarvaagen]

I would be deathly afraid of silverfish if I were you, ha ha.

[@cecilegibbs3539]

How do you protect the books from vermin

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

Multi million dollar library, I'm sure it has humidity controls, and seals on the door

[@arhaam2010]

I want to see first editions of all classic poets of English.,like Milton,elexender pope, Robert burns,Robert browning,Shelley,lord Byron,sir Walter Scott,John Clare, Etc and all other poets Please show us that too Plaese

[@mavv-v9h]

Amazing collection. I like your style and taste . Respect ✊

[@abhisunkara]

Any reason this was filmed in this orientation?

[@ChristianmaterialsResources]

Watching from Accra Ghana West Africa

[@wearethenightparty]

Very unprofessional interruptions from the clowns filming this!

[@Michael-qe1xo]

looks like there's also an audience of clowns as well

[@JibreelSheikh-g2u]

Do you have the book of five rings by miyamoto musashi?

[@CoperliteConsumer]

I literally would have asked to see a copy of the hobbit so you had me right out the gate. Perhaps some of the saga's like Beowulf since you have so much bible stuff i have to imagine you have an old af copy of that as well!

[@maryannscribner1922]

What’s your oldest Shakespeare? Any first editions ?

[@mavv-v9h]

What state are you guys in

[@tomasmacpro5391]

marvelous

[@hamiltonwalker8760]

Enjoying this content. It's the Christmas season, Charles Dickens or C.S. Lewis (?)

[@SalmanGhauri]

Original bible?

[@jflsdknf]

Some people have way too much money they don't even know what to do with it while others have none. Several million.."Let's do that." Sounds like he's one of those.

[@ptoyman]

Would’ve really enjoyed seeing some Charles Dickens and my favorite, Mark Twain.

[@ElectricityTaster]

I can't believe this only cost 4 million. Surely the title means this is the library of a 4 million dollar home?

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

How much is the Latin Bible worth? ❤

[@frankmacleod2565]

I figure my collection is worth about $20 thousand. This is just astounding.

[@mavv-v9h]

That Harry Potter book is so dope zz. I need that

[@kurjan1]

Hi from Australia. What a beautiful library. I am putting together a library and I have some questions... Is this library climate controlled? Also, I noticed many of the books seem to have their own protective box. Is that something you recommend? I have some valuable books and it worries me having them out on the shelf, but on the same token, I have been told that books need air around them circulating to prevent binding failure, mould and foxing etc. Would love to know your thoughts, or maybe you could do a video on how to protect valuable books in a library such as this. Cheers

[@Aypher]

Such a love for spending money on books but not much love for actual literature lmao

[@EclecticPuppet]

any 17th century Cyrano De Bergeracs?

[@TT-fq7pl]

Nice books. But I think a collection should have a focus, should be more individual. This just seems like a rich person's shopping list.

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

It's good to be king 😅

[@frankmacleod2565]

35:45 I recognize that mug in the background. Is that the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Edit: yes, it is. Dude has the literal Holy Grail on the shelf, as far as I'm concerned.

[@zm3248]

Why does he let it sit in a retail space and touch no gloves? lol like where’s the temp controls?

[@mnunley010]

He answered the gloves question in the video

[@anibalalvarez3807]

That super old Vulgate bible you have is so impressive. I would love to hold it.

[@LisaOfTroy]

Maybe I missed it but wouldn't you want to include Charles Dickens?

[@stevenmederos]

Curious if you have any book with jewel binding? Or a very nice binding of the count of monte cristo? Or for that matter any very beautiful binded books?

[@AngryPapaSmurf]

Theres no pockets in shrouds.

[@bardiaebadian3023]

Are there any Russian classics?

[@shanewaelchli212]

Donte inferno Gustave dore 1st edition

[@TB-oe4vr]

Won't the books get bleached by all the sunlight?

[@pwcinla]

Really wanted to watch this, but filming in portrait on a iPhone makes it look like I'm viewing this through a keyhole on my TV. Shame.

[@LisaOfTroy]

First edition Walden and Little Women

[@ProductionsFromBeyon]

This is cool, but I don’t really understand how this was created? Did the owner give you $4m and said pick all my books for me? That’s cool but also kind of sad in a way.

[@RBFR01]

Do you have books about Demons, Angles, witches ect....?

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

Did you not see the large bible? hello

[@michaelmessenjah]

4 million dollar library in a country that is 42 in the world in Reading.

[@mikem4481]

#1 military and #1 richest. Stop talking before I send my goons lol

[@aum0aumgood]

How did these rare books come into One's possession? it seems as though they would be normally in museum book vault environmental protective. Seems really disconcerting this is what become of valuing reality

[@Jordangooddeed8]

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Annotated Novella by Robert Louis Stevenson First Edition

[@samuelbarnes8015]

Chris ruined this for me. I loved everything else.

[@dillonford8301]

An original copy of the lesser key of Solomon

[@Jomaxp]

MAN I LOVE THE IDEAR I LOVE THE LOOK BUT WHY WHOULD you upload it in this weird format

[@hassanduusmadani8534]

12 years before Columbus, not 2 years..

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

Shakespeare alone... 😮

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

Everything?? Fantasmagoriana First edition ( Paris 1812)?!! Extremely unlikely! John 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@christopherconey732]

If you have an original Gutenberg Bible please give me a ring :)

[@ColinOwen-l4r]

If these were my books I wouldn’t let you near them the way you are handling them. Not very respectful of other people’s expensive pieces.

[@wearethenightparty]

It seems unsporting to simply buy up a huge, precious collection like this, without the doing hard yards assembling your own.

[@gnosis555]

My kind of millionaire.

[@dtouey]

Not even through describing the firrst book and the camerman wants to look at the movie prop. Embarrasing.

[@nelabotha3618]

Livingston book

[@thespenserdavis]

Why. The hell. Do they keep. Interrupting him. Let the man speak!

[@dzigizord6567]

this guy books

[@professorofrhetoric1152]

Quit interrupting the man

[@dillonford8301]

The giga codex

[@felixalexander945]

While you are holding up all these books to the camera, which are 1st editions and you can hardly breathe with pride, many people have actually read these books But that seems to be something American. You can hold hundreds of 1st editions in front of the camera,If they do not understand the value of the content, None of these books have any value

[@syts77]

Ok, you’re rich.

[@DerekBaker1111]

Hi

[@mariadange06]

Sure not using gloves is the correct way to open pages, but might I suggest a cushioned podium in this private library to protect the heavy handed handling of these precious books 😱

[@NFL_31258]

I want to see old books about Palestine