Just got done cleaning up my office and finally putting all my reference and general books away. Realized I have a shitload of reference books. Some have gone up in value 5-6 times what I paid for them since they went out of print.

Here are the gun-related reference books in my library.

On top of the bookshelf are assorted non-standard sized books on Japanese, German, US, and Belgian firearms.

1st/Upper row is assorted various countries' firearms on the left (Finnish, Chinese, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Yugoslavian, Swiss, etc.), general non-country-specific firearms reference in the center, and FN firearms on the right.

2nd row is German firearms on the left and in the center, then French firearms in the center-right, and British firearms on the right.

3rd row is US firearms.

4th/Bottom row is military history overflow.

There's another partially seen bookshelf on the left with more military history books. And a third partially seen bookshelf on the right with fiction and other non-gun/military reference books.

Half or less of it:




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One pile of overflow that are awaiting good homes or boxing to keep.





My library data base has over 2100 separate entries, and it needs some updating with recent acquisitions. I have given away or otherwise disposed of perhaps 100 or so, but they’re all books that I own or owned at one time.

And about 300 on my Nook ereader (not including the archived titles).

Added: Most often used references and others.

Older photo.
Left half is mine, right half is the wife's

We offloaded a shitton of paper books about 6 years ago. 36 boxes. We keep a few that cannot be replaced, and have e copies of everything else.

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Did not know there were two additions to the War Baby books. I have only 4 carbines.

I think maybe I'll post some of the books I want to get rid of at some point.

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Originally posted by p08:
Did not know there were two additions to the War Baby books.

Yep!

Volume 1 came out in 1992, then Volume 2 quickly followed in 1993.

Volume 3 came out more recently, in 2013.

I have about 1800 books in my library - will grab a few photos and post them up.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
One pile of overflow that are awaiting good homes or boxing to keep.

If you decide to get rid of Across an Angry Sea please let me know.

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Originally posted by p08:
Just got done cleaning up my office and finally putting all my reference and general books away. Realized I have a shitload of reference books. Some have gone up in value 5-6 times what I paid for them since they went out of print.

History of the German General Staff? I didn’t think I’d ever see that on anyone else’s shelf.

Pretty dry reading, though.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

My books, currently look like this, except stacked against one whole wall of my office.

Since moving into our new home, other projects have been keeping me busy, and I haven't even got bookshelves yet.

One of these years........

These are my nicest ones. I still have stacks of hardbacks and tons of mass market paperbacks in my closet. I made the shelves, too BTW.

One wall in our living room is bookshelves, we have bookcases down our hall, we have tubs of books in our barn.

I collect books on Africa between 1850 and about 1963 when the continent began seriously shrugging off colonialism. And pick up again with stuff on the Rhodesian Bush War.

IMG_1476 by Brad Benzing, on Flickr

A few fishing and outdoors books

IMG_1475 by Brad Benzing, on Flickr

I'm a major Hemingway fan.

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Originally posted by Pyker:
If you decide to get rid of Across an Angry Sea please let me know.

I have been looking, but I believe it's gone.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by Pyker:
If you decide to get rid of Across an Angry Sea please let me know.

I have been looking, but I believe it's gone.

Thanks anyway!

Plus 1234 on my Kindle and more at my office. I just took 13 moving boxes full of book of books and traded them in for credit too.