Book Hoarding Nightmare! 🤢 

Love the pointers. The more that you are on the lookout for, the more that you will find

New subscriber here. My passion is hunting for antique books. I would have been in Heaven in that place.

What a challenging pick ! Kind of a fantasy to be turned loose in a house just stacked with good books. Bummer that you didn't find more of what you were looking for but it did look like you found some cool stuff. Thanks for the video, Phil ... really enjoyed it. oldnndway

I thought this was probably the best video to comment on but have you done a video or talked a little bit about how you check the books you pick up/receive or how you identify issues with them (what you do when you find them with mould, booklice, etc)? I've not found one yet and had a bit of a search but no luck (though I did find your Wizard of Oz video with 'bookworm' weirdly, but that was a cool one to watch along the way). Elsewhere there are lots of videos from pest controllers and such but just wondering how a bookseller manages that. Not a sexy subject, I know, but I've just encountered my first bug in a box of vintage books I received and now I'm all set for burning down the apartment and everything else within a 10 mile radius!

Wow. It's amazing that the foundation of the house is still standing.😮 Glad you were able to find some gems.

Great video. Did you see the auction a couple weeks back in Scranton, PA? They were dispersing the remnants from the Scranton library's holdings. Around 3,000 books total. I'm not sure if anyone locally (NE Ohio) attended. I had a previous engagement or I would have gone. I've been trying to vacuum up all the Civil War titles I can lay my hands on. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos.

Thats incredible how many books there are

Nice finds. I really love digging through book hoards like that, but the back-breaking isn't always worth it.

Absolute Awesome Video, Thank you Phil.

Looks like paradise to me amongst all those book boxes and stacks, however, 2things come to mind. First spiders, so that’s a nope for me and second, seeing you holding your car keys when you talk about washing your hands Phil, can you imagine misplacing the keys in this joint…..just saying😜😜🤪🤪

I love those kind of picks. Going back years ago, I picked through a house--packed--and I mean every wall in the house from the top to the basement was loaded with ONLY pocket size paperbacks. The house was in Marine Park Brooklyn. When I arrived there were two ladies picking through. The books were selling for 25-cents. I removed about 20-banker size boxes from that place. I wish I'd picked through the house that you just did. I would have turn it upside down. You know better than I, but I fear you may have left gems behind. Hopefully not. God only knows, how much more, Lovecraft, and occult books, were buried deep in piles of boxes. Anyhow, I hope you scored enough books to cover the cost of the trip. I aways enjoy these kind of videos. 😊

I have Danse Macabre by Stephen King. Bought it and read it about 30 years ago, and in it King gives a recommended reading list. I went out to several used bookstores at the time and.purchased as many paperbacks as I could find on the list. Still have them.

I am flabbergasted by not only the number of books in the horder house, but by the absolutely disgusting condition of them. You have more intestinal fortitude than I, that's for sure. I would not have lasted ten minutes in that mess. Booktube appreciates your sacrifice! I'm glad you found some good stuff there, but really they should have been paying you to haul it away.

Hi book peddler! A few videos back you had some vintage clip art catalogs. Did you sell those? What are they?

There are times I sit here in my apartment thinking "this place is so cluttered!" and then I watch a video like this. Nope, I'm doing good. I'd be wanting to wear gloves and masks... maybe a hazmat suit?? You picked up so many cool things! Definitely still a market for horror, etc. Guillermo Del Toro also brought out a Netflix horror series "A Cabinet of Curiosities" last year which included adaptations of Lovecraft's work, so I wouldn't be surprised if that brought him to the attention of those that may not have encountered his work before (even if the series itself didn't quite hit the mark for many).

Off topic, If you have or come across a sub $100 New Directions Siddhartha in the slipcase i am in the market for one. Actually in the market for any interesting affordable editions of Siddhartha or Steppenwolf for that matter. I see them online but I'd rather wait and find one in the wild or from a seller i can trust. ✌️

Make sure you quarantine your picks. You don’t want to introduce any unwelcome hitchhikers.

Do you have fun rummaging through collections of books like this when you have to think of the financial side of it or does that ruin it for ya?

That environment is skin crawley.. Brave on you.

Poor older(vulnerable)lady. Little did she know when she decided to have this book-trader into her home, that she,her home,lifestyle(which is nobody's business)& book archive, would be subjected to the judgmental, dismissive, bad-mouthing, reductive attitude evident in the video from trader & viewer alike! Shameful. Badly done, 'Mr', badly done!

I'd use a mask and gloves in that situation. Just sayin'

Great finds! Do the books have a musty/old book smell to them? I’m always trying to find ways to get the musty smell out of books. Any tips? Thanks Phil!

Curious, are you hiding a bald spot? Oftentimes guys in capa with nice beards are hiding baldness…..Had fun watching a couple of your vids, thank you for the helpful tips!