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

This is a spectacular home library that is filled with first editions of some of the world's most notable books: first editions of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Les Miserables, King James Bible, Anne of Green Gables, The Count of Monte Cristo and much more!

[@cameronharrison2729]

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 😂😂

[@wearethenightparty]

Very unprofessional interruptions from the clowns filming this!

[@KeeperoftheFortress]

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

[@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 😎

[@pierogiprincess8099]

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

[@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.

[@cecilegibbs3539]

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

[@janeburan5580]

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

[@Midcape533]

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

[@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

[@shanewaelchli212]

Donte inferno Gustave dore 1st edition

[@bardiaebadian3023]

Are there any Russian classics?

[@mavv-v9h]

Bruh, the counte of monte cristo. 😳✊🔥🦚🗝️🕊️👑 respect

[@samuelbarnes8015]

Chris ruined this for me. I loved everything else.

[@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 😱

[@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

[@professorofrhetoric1152]

Quit interrupting the man

[@mavv-v9h]

I know that challis . Bruh is that the original prop from Indians jones z. Omg 😳 🥹🙏. Didn’t even finish the vid , took one look at it . Ahhhhh . Geeking the fk out zz 🔥 LIT!!!!

[@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!

[@frehleyrox]

Thank you for this! What a fantastic collection.

[@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.

[@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 😅

[@psychbookman8613]

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

[@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.

[@blackenedtilldeath]

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.

[@gabszampar]

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

[@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.

[@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 😮

[@Jomaxp]

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

[@IvanSerrano-p7r]

Bronx: Quran syriac Aramaic dialect beshem aloho Eucharist prayer the writing preservation of both monotheistic v polytheistic do you Barry white book or Ron mcvan temple of Wotan!

[@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

[@najjimohammad9124]

Gorgeous curation and gorgeous set up, that view! 🔥

[@frankmacleod2565]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@Edog1337]

Cant watch video in vertical mode. Is this a tiktok or a long form video? 2 thumbs down

[@MrAlmostcm]

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

[@brandon7482]

You guys kept talking the whole damn time!!! Let the man speak!

[@goyakagoyaka]

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

[@technoviking4131]

Love the Tolkien collection! Signed editions are especially amazing.

[@vanessa4587]

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

[@DanaHuseby1017]

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

[@hymniclimbic]

Enough with the marvel hammer. Isn't this a library?

[@tonyguyer]

Looks like the library of some rich dude that can't read.

[@reneyrjola2628]

Very interesting! Watching from Finland

[@MoonsRareBooks]

Thanks for watching!

[@jaytee5936]

Awesome collection!

[@Elkjær_Nersting]

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

[@JibreelSheikh-g2u]

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

[@hassanduusmadani8534]

12 years before Columbus, not 2 years..

[@dillonford8301]

An original copy of the lesser key of Solomon

[@TB-oe4vr]

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

[@anibalalvarez3807]

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

[@mavv-v9h]

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

[@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.

[@dillonford8301]

The voynich manuscript

[@renatajd7758]

The Good Soldier Sweik from Czech by Hasek?

[@zkauba-nx6nb]

I want to see a don quixote

[@NFL_31258]

I want to see old books about Palestine

[@ElectricityTaster]

I like the thick bookshelves that don't sag.

[@dillonford8301]

The giga codex

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

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

[@runabath]

animal farm 1st

[@LisaOfTroy]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@Jordangooddeed8]

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

[@arthur04ification]

Greetings from Brazil! Thanks for your job.

[@ptoyman]

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

[@spenserdavis788]

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

[@ElectricityTaster]

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

[@hamiltonwalker8760]

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

[@alittax]

Very interesting! Watching from Hungary.

[@maryannscribner1922]

What’s your oldest Shakespeare? Any first editions ?

[@christopherconey732]

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

[@wearethenightparty]

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

[@karlstriepe8050]

Can I see this video from a horizontal angle?

[@LisaOfTroy]

First edition Walden and Little Women

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

How much is the Latin Bible worth? ❤

[@mavv-v9h]

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

[@EclecticPuppet]

any 17th century Cyrano De Bergeracs?

[@RBFR01]

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

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

Did you not see the large bible? hello

[@AngryPapaSmurf]

Theres no pockets in shrouds.

[@ChristianmaterialsResources]

Watching from Accra Ghana West Africa

[@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

[@andreaurelius45]

....meh...my library is cooler.

[@mavv-v9h]

What state are you guys in

[@syts77]

Ok, you’re rich.

[@tomasmacpro5391]

marvelous

[@FleshEatingBeagle]

Shakespeare alone... 😮

[@SalmanGhauri]

Original bible?

[@bawsypvp5481]

this is just amazing

[@nelabotha3618]

Livingston book

[@kaushalmishra3653]

INDIA

[@jes6628]

😮

[@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?

[@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.

[@mavv-v9h]

1611 first edition king James. Made with linen for paper. 😳🕊️🦚🗝️😎🔥🔥🔥