Book Collecting Q&A | How To Build Your Home Library

Hello! I hope you're all having a good week. Today, my Mum and I are answering your questions on book collecting and building a home library. Please see links below for my recommendations on buying vintage books and some favourite publishers. Do let me know if you consider yourself a book collector and what type of books you collect. Or are you tempted to build a collection now?
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GENERAL VINTAGE / SECONDHAND BOOKS:
I mainly shop from ABE Books (abebooks.co.uk - sells around the world), but also use eBay and Etsy

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S (AND SOME ADULT) BOOKS:
I personally recommend the below UK-based book dealers:
Caroline O'Sullivan (Encore Books): https://www.encorebooks.co.uk/
Sally Dore (Topsy-Turvy Books): http://www.topsyturvychildrensbooks.c...
Gill Bilski: https://gillbilski.com/catalog.php
Sarah Key at The Haunted Bookshop: http://www.sarahkeybooks.co.uk/
Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye: https://childrensbookshop.com/

I also recommend checking the list of book dealers on the Girls Gone By website: https://www.ggbp.co.uk/dealers/

BUYING BOOKS FROM ABROAD:
I recommend Blackwells (affiliate link): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/hom...

PUBLISHERS I LOVE AND COLLECT:
Girls Gone By Publishers: https://www.ggbp.co.uk/
Fidra Books (no longer publishing)
Persephone Books: https://persephonebooks.co.uk/
Greyladies Publishers: https://www.greyladiesbooks.co.uk/
Slightly Foxed: https://foxedquarterly.com/
Little Toller: https://www.littletoller.co.uk/
Dean Street Press: https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/
Virago Modern Classics (hardbacks and paperbacks)
Virago Editions of Angela Thirkell, Rumer Godden, Elizabeth Taylor etc
British Library: Crime Classics: https://shop.bl.uk/collections/crime-...
British Library: Women Writers: https://shop.bl.uk/collections/britis...
Pan Heritage Classics: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/bo...

BEAUTIFUL EDITIONS OF CLASSIC BOOKS:
Penguin English Library (clothbound hardbacks and paperbacks)
Chiltern Publishing https://www.chilternpublishing.co.uk/
The Folio Society: https://www.foliosociety.com/uk
Wordsworth Collector's Editions: https://wordsworth-editions.com/colle...
Thomas Nelson 'Seasons' editions with laser-cut dust-jackets: https://www.thomasnelson.com/blog/201...
V&A Collector's Editions of Puffin Classics: https://shop.penguin.co.uk/collection...

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