A general discussion of collecting cool things.
A Collection a Day #47 – Modern Library Books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. In 1917, the Modern Library series was introduced, and over 750 titles have been printed since then. The goal of the series was to reprint the world’s best books. They are an affordable way for the masses to read and [...]
A Collection a Day #45 – “Mars” books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I’ve been doing a lot of books lately. I guess I may be reaching the limit of my collections, but I probably have enough books to bore you for weeks! Here is another idea for a collection — books with a [...]
A Collection a Day #43 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Edgar Rice Burroughs is the grand-daddy of science fiction and fantasy novels as we know them. If you have never read his John Carter of Mars series, do yourself a favor and check them out. It still amazes me how [...]
A Collection a Day #42 – The War of the Worlds, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. One of my favorite kinds of collections is one that shows a variety of depictions of the same thing. Here are four different paperbacks of H.G. Well’s classic, “The War of the Worlds.” This book has been around [...]
A Collection a Day #38 – More Ace Double Sci-Fi books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Here are some more recent Ace Doubles. The left half of this photo shows one side of the books, while the right half shows the flip side. I love a good deal, and the buy one, get one [...]
A Collection a Day #30 – Ace Double Sci-Fi Paperbacks, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Who doesn’t like a two-for-one deal? Ace Doubles are two novels in one book. Finish one novel and then you just flip it over and you have a whole different novel with its own cover. Sci-fi greats such as [...]
A Collection a Day #10 – Vintage Western Paperbacks, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. The best thing about collecting old Western paperbacks is that you can still occasionally find them in used book stores. While most of the vintage sci-fi books have become scarce, westerns have not been totally picked over. If I see [...]
Stephen Gertz over at SeattlePi blogs wrote an interesting article about collecting vintage paperbacks and how the market is starting to grow. What was once shocking or sinful, is now fairly common in our society. The steamiest of titles are now highly sought after by collectors. While the trade in rare and antiquarian hardcover books is [...]
LEGO and Star Wars, two of the world’s most recognized and successful franchises, have been collaborating since the 1998 release of the first LEGO Star Wars mini figures. DK Publishing joins the party with the exquisitely photographed and minutely annotated Visual Dictionary… complete with an exclusive Luke Skywalker mini figure! It’s a comprehensive visual guide [...]
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