Somme1916 Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 My love for books inspired me to start this thread and I was curious to know if other Pals collected/accumulated WW1 books like I do? So how many WW1 books do you own? Not magazines, pamphlets, brochures but bound books? I was rearranging my book case last night and I took a count. I have 58 1/2 books on WW1. The 1/2 is because I count one book I have, "The Great World War 1914 - 1945", as 1/2 because it covers both wars as one. Come on all you book nuts let's here from you. Cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 71 books in total and another 12 if you include the osprey books that are associated with WW1. Thats paperbacks and hardbacks. Double that and add some for all military history topics and well over 150 osprey titles. God! Arm. ps then you get to novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Hi Jon I have the same love of books on the Great War, I have so many draws full of them that I am running out of space to put them. But I do not buy so many books these days as money goes on researching the Shropshires. I must have over 120, stopped counting a long time ago, but I know of some who have many many more then this. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 My total is 248, which has surprised me. I ought to get out more. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Apart from about 400 German regimental, divisional and corps histories, I have a few hundred other books about WW1... I stopped counting my books a long time ago... Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 This topic runs the risk of running into the "mine's bigger than yours!" variety When I saw this thread I first guessed at around 100, like Tom I was rather shocked to count them and find around 210.....have not bought any more for 2 months now so I might be a recovering addict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 This topic runs the risk of running into the "mine's bigger than yours!" variety OK, I confess that I'm smaller than you guys. My collection stands at just 85 books, and about a dozen of the Osprey titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 At the last count about 90, although I have yet to beat my father whose total stands at well over 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Never mind Racing' - it's not size that matters, it's what you do with it (them)...apparantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikke Bertha Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Hello An interesting question. I counted 124 books including 7 or 8 Ospreys. I have about 600 - 700 books but no more space so I have to purge the bookcase every now and then. WWI is one of my favourite periods. I have far more Napoleonic books. I have now started to have some elderly books re-cased. With the bookbinders now are Tyng, Van der Essen and both volumes of Joffre's memoirs. That will cost 136 euro - I could buy a lot of books for that! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn_Hammond Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 This is obviously a shoddy attempt by my wife to get me to confess my shameful book-buying deeds. Well it won't work. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 93 and three more on the way and my partner is now beginning to moan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Sixty books all bought in the last 10 months since my interest moved to WW1 I have over 150 books covering WW2 and numerous others with a military interest. I'm quickly running out of space. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 I couldn't possibly count mine .. if I did my beloved might realise that Ive moved even more onto he gardening book shelf....... Seriously I can never have enough books on the subject .... currently 40+ and many more on non WW1 military history. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salientpoints Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 236 military books probably 99% of which are WW1 or WW2 - around 70 are WW1 related. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I work with over 330,000 other books where over 8500 are military titles which constantly are changing as new ones come out and others go out of print, so its difficult to know how/when to stop etc... We have now run out of bookshelves at home...so I need to stop buying books and save to buy a bigger house! Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 I am long ago out of book space and many WW1 books are on the floor, it's hard to find the one I want at times, I guess there are 225 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 At the moment I am at 112 linear feet of shelf space for WW1 and WW1 related books - I haven't had the time to count them. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 That much paper makes a rain forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Whatever my total is just went up 1. I know a retired Paris pediatrician who lives in the Argonne in Chatel Cherey, very small, wife owns much of the land where Alvin York killed about 25 Germans, captured 125 October 8, 1918. Amazing thing, I asked him about the poilu portrait in house, his grandfather, he was in French Army 14 to 18 so was wife's! Interesting guy. Grandfather private soldat, asked if he was not promoted, waS he a socialist? " We are ALL socialists!" Anyway, he has sent book on the village, lots of good war time photos, shop signs in German, shell damage etc,in French of course and they cost $40 for paperback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somme1916 Posted 26 February , 2004 Author Share Posted 26 February , 2004 WOW! I am most impressed. Glad to hear from each of you. I hope more write in. One reason I'm so glad to hear that so many of the Pals have so many books is that my wife snipes at me from time to time for having so many myself. I will now shamelessly use some of this data as a shield. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 I've been asking myself this for some time, so a count: 319 excl. Osprey and museum guides, but including Battleground Europe and the like. Around 50 WW1 DVDs and 100 WW2 books + 100 WW2 DVD's I would guess. Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 If any of you want to reduce your collections you can send them to me! 125 personally + usual pamphlets/guides/maps Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hornby Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 I currently have 473 Great War Books, 100+ on other military conflicts, 150+ magazines on the Great War, 25 Videos and CD's. After filling all the book shelves the floor space is rapidly deminishing It's a good job that the builder who put up the loft extension insisted in putting in new joists! Other wise I would be in with the kids. If anyone knows of a way to pass book shops without entering can you forward me the cure please Great hobby though. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Who's counting? It's not how many books you have that matters, it's how many you have either read, learnt and inwardly digested or have used as reference. As for partners opinions, all I can say is that if their opinion counts for little, perhaps they have picked the wrong one. At least Kate and I share the interest and share the bookshelves. If you have a library, a personal one at home or a public library of one form or another, enjoy and use it. If not, well, why bother ..... Above all, however, history does not truly reside in books or in primary sources in archives. By all means read and collect and research but don't automatically believe the written word - inform yourself and draw your own conclusions at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 It's not how many books you have that matters, it's how many you have either read, learnt and inwardly digested or have used as reference I could not agree with you more Martin, I can say I've read every one of my books, well except for the 9 OH, I only dip into them for references, I think my brain would explod if I sat down to read one from start to finish Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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