/lit/ - Literature

>>20116993
Thanks Anon. Take a look at the websites Biblio, ilab, abebooks and ioba. They publish posts about collecting (for beginners). As for how to start, you must find a topic that interests you and that you know will keep being interesting in a few decades from now. Find some sellers that you think are trustworthy and they will set aside stuff for you. However, if you like the thrill of the auction you can always find cheap stuff on ebay.

I also collect books but not in the traditional fashion. I just don't sell some books that I'd like to keep for myself.

>>20114995
In case of new books that don't have any historical value and are mass produced - absolutely.
In case of a medieval book, a manuscript or another one of a kind book - you're destroying history.

Bump with a picture of a bookbinding showing a dog.