mkb.redux
01-18-2015, 09:20 AM
I've posted some of my items several times in various separate threads, but wanted to start bringing things together and documenting the collection in a single place.
Since some of you know me as one who sells books on eBay as a sideline--when I'm not traveling, and when the Markets are kind--I should start by saying that I see my own collecting, at least in part, as an investment: the collection that I had as a young man allowed me to pay the bills and buy groceries when my wife and I started our family; I hope that what I build now will help my young son get through college, or be part of the down payment on his first house. I love books, but I also love bookselling--I was in that industry for almost 25 years--and I don't think that will ever stop.
Be that as it may, here are a few things that passed through and stayed. I don't have any guiding principles, other than to buy what I love--for whatever reason that I love it--and try and be a good caretaker while the books are in my hands.
Since some of you know me as one who sells books on eBay as a sideline--when I'm not traveling, and when the Markets are kind--I should start by saying that I see my own collecting, at least in part, as an investment: the collection that I had as a young man allowed me to pay the bills and buy groceries when my wife and I started our family; I hope that what I build now will help my young son get through college, or be part of the down payment on his first house. I love books, but I also love bookselling--I was in that industry for almost 25 years--and I don't think that will ever stop.
Be that as it may, here are a few things that passed through and stayed. I don't have any guiding principles, other than to buy what I love--for whatever reason that I love it--and try and be a good caretaker while the books are in my hands.