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Hi All,
In addition to double guns, I collect old gun, fishing and hunting books. I have some questions for the rest of you who do the same.
What do you do in situations where you have more than one copy of a book?
For example I have 2 copies of Adventures in Angling by Van Campen Heilner, it is a rare book from the 20's. One copy is very good and signed by the author, the other is excellent. Do you keep both, or which one do you sell?
or as another example, TR's African Game Trails, I have a First Edition and I also have the Capstick Library edition but I have the complete set of the Capstick Library. Do you keep both
Same question with the NRA Leather Bound books, keep those or the original editions or both?
Just curious what you all do in this situation.
Thanks
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Keep all of them- the current market is in the crapper- RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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I think selectively keep both, assuming space is not an issue. I would rather read a trade edition than an original. I do sort of like quality sets, even if not first editions. I have a few things I think are rare that are not even out. I have inadvertently ended up with not so hard to obtain duplicates, its kind of a pain to try to sell, so they might end up as loaners or given away. Hope it brings much enjoyment.
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Keep the copies that mean more to you - the ones that 'speak' to you and more represent your own ethic and the person you are. Usually these will be the first edition/first printings and signed or inscribed copies. The copies from a more recent leatherbound set are only valuable as part of that set - not individually.
I have purchased additional copies simply to get a better dust jacket for an inscribed original, and so forth.
In the end it won't matter a lot, except to you and the person you perceive yourself to be.
Be true to thine self.
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I often buy lesser copies of duplicate books just to pass on to friends who appreciate then. Not gun related but I've passed along many copies of Samuel Hyde's "Pistols and Politics" and Ambrose's "Citizen soldiers".
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At this point in my life it is time to winnow down the library.
I have often bought books to upgrade condition or to have a better edition.
Book prices have fallen, are still falling, and the increase in postage has killed off much of the mail order hunting and fishing book trade.
Fewer young people collect anything, including rare books.
I have sold quite a few books in gun shows, but Covid-19 has called a halt to that.
Giving a really compelling book to a good friend is really satisfying.
Despite being a book collector and reader since I was a small child in my Father's book shop, I still get a thrill at finding a book that I have never encountered before, or a difficult to find book for a family member.
Last edited by Saskbooknut; 08/13/20 07:37 PM.
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Giving a really compelling book to a good friend is really satisfying. Despite being a book collector and reader since I was a small child in my Father's book shop, I still get a thrill at finding a book that I have never encountered before, or a difficult to find book for a family member.
Giving books for gifts works for me. It allows others to follow the same path the giver has tread!
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Instead of just signing it, I have asked a couple of the current popular authors to write a note to my son from the perspective that he my find it and read it after I'm long gone. I don't doubt that there may be a time when I start getting rid of these things, or the family just liquidates them, and all will be forgotten, but that's okay too.
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Ive recently been getting more into rare books though Ive not yet upgraded any yet where I ended up with a duplicate. I think some of mine are so niche and expensive that they would be pretty hard to sell. I also have a particular book that I will always buy if its cheap just to specifically have more copies to sell. Ive recently been putting info on some of these books online: https://aaronnewcomer.com/tag/documents/  
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I have a pretty large library of the books I've read going back to many that were in my Fathers library. I don't really collect rare books but some have just turned out that way. The real gem of what I have are my Fathers many hunting and shooting books. He and my Mother were great duck and upland game hunters and these books of his date from before the war right up until he passed in the 1980's. When I'm looking for a rare book I've found these sites useful : www.bookfinder.com, www.biblio.com and www.used.addall.com . All these sites and others were once available on a website called "Literascripta" but it disappeared as this most recent generation has switched to other forms of amusement.
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