Why I love secondhand books 📚 Book haul & favourite classics

Collecting my favourite books in vintage editions ✨ Secondhand book shopping with me in York!

Books mentioned 📖
The Sound of Music by Maria Von Trapp
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Howard's End by E. M. Forster

Places mentioned 📍 @OxfamGB book shop in Low Petergate and Micklegate

Videos mentioned 🎥

❓ FAQ:
What type of videos do you make? I love book shopping videos featuring my favourite book shops across the UK (especially in Yorkshire and London) and cozy chatty vlogs about my recent reads!
Where do you live? I live in York with my husband Ben and two cats (Sybil and Freyja). I lived in London for 7 and still visit multiple times a month for work 🇬🇧
What do you do for work? I work in the book publishing industry in marketing!
What did you study? I studied English Literature at York St. John University (BA) and University of York (MA) specialising in the 18th Century
Who are your favourite authors? I love Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and Agatha Christie to name a few!
Favourite eras of history? I'm obsessed with the Tudors, Georgians and Victorians! I also love reading about the 1940s home front

Keywords: Come book shopping with me, Favourite book shops in York, cosy reading vlog in Yorkshire, charity shop book haul, thrift shop book haul, Vintage classics book haul, antique book haul, Oxfam book shop haul #bookshopping #booktube #bookhaul #thrifting

[theknightssayme]

I wish in Portugal we had more second hand bookshops and charity shops as in the UK! My favorite finds are also the ones that have dedications and writing on it, I feel so privileged to have them 📚

[MJ-in-Canada]

Your charity shops are so much cleaner and tidier than what we call “thrift shops” here in Canada. Your shops are so cheerful in comparison while ours are a bit dismal. I find good quality books at low prices at yard sales/garage sales. 📚

[badfaithu]

Glad you found secondhand books in charity shops. Secondhand books are the best.

[booksandbabble]

I had to laugh when I heard how 'Drogheda' was pronounced in the Thorn Birds series. They pronounce it like drogeeda when really it should be pronounced like Dro-ha-da. It always makes me chuckle 😂

[fernandamurari]

A kindred spirit! Thanks for sharing a tiny bit of your collection!

[glendaslanina]

I love your method of not buying online, but instead the thrill of finding a special book in a charity shop. I, too, believe in the serendipity of coming across a favorite book. I have waited years to find a much wanted book. I do not collect multiple copies of the same book, but I do collect vintage middle grade dog books. That collection started with a book gifted to me when I was very young. Odd timing that you are mentioning Rebecca, one of my favorites too. I have been looking for my copy for days. It must be in my house because I do not lend out my books. You have inspired me to keep searching. Thank you for this video. 📖

[WhatVictoriaRead]

What a lovely haul! I have multiple editions of The Handmaid’s Tale and it’s one I’ll always collect ☺️💛📚

[pppppp]

Your background setting is so pleasing to the eye✨✨ I just love your colour coding of everything! I would also love to visit the UK one day and spent the entire holiday exploring York💕 Thank you for the video as always. -Yuki from Japan

[summerg.]

I have multiple's of Jane Austen's novels, especially Persuasion which is my fave of hers. I also have a collection of old dictionaries, for some reason I'm fascinated with old dictionaries. I have quite a few medical ones too. 📚

[CathyFrontier]

Would LOVE to see a video of books you have multiple editions of! I collect editions of The Hobbit which is my favorite novel. ❤

[danielleptc]

I have that same photo of Virginia Woolf - thanks for reminding me that I need to find a place to hang it! I used to be a collector, but got rid of about 2/3 of my books for various reasons... Now I'm thinking I might like to have a few different editions of "A Room of One's Own."
"This is going to go in the casket with me" made me laugh so hard! I'll be referring to those as "casket books" from now on.
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[sezhouse]

📖thank you love all the books featured.

[ambarrose]

Okay, as a recent follower you surprised me here with thorn birds. Not many people remember that book in this new age of constant new releases. I've known the story for more than a decade, perhaps two. While the reality of the book puts us out of our comfort zone nowadays, at the time of the book what was written was very common in a way. I would love to discuss that book more.
I love browsing second hand book stores. We find such gems. Besides, you get books that have already gone through one or three or God knows how many owners. They have been loved, they hold memories... And I find that personally I love those books more because of that.

[GemmaCreegan-tpdk]

Love browsing op shops (charity shops) in Melbourne, found a nice set of Anne of Green Gables in one for a dollar each. Love all your classics❤I have a lovely hardback P&P 1995 TV series tie in edition😊love Howards End & Room with a View too📚

[MysteriousBibliophile]

I loved this video! One of the things I particularly enjoyed was your thoughts and reasons as to why each of the finds was precious to you. You've made me want to read Howard's End and The Thorn Birds :) I would definitely be interested to watch your video about your different editions.

Yes! I love The Sound of Music! And going around to second-hand bookstores and op shops. I have found a few vintage books with personalised notes. A Jane Eyre edition (one of my all time favourites) I found was gifted to a 16yr old in the first half of the 1900's (can't remember the exact date). Those notes tell a story all on their own :)

[GuiltyFeat]

That's the edition of The Great Gatsby that we were given in school when I started my A-levels back in the mid-80s. I still have it, of course.

[sarahogborn]

I collect editions of Peter Pan! It’s a particularly enjoyable book to collect as there are so many editions with wonderful illustrations ☺️

[joysedgwick]

NT secondhand bookshops are the best 📕 📖 📕! Now to watch your video about Morden Hall, one I have never visited ❤

[gilliankelly]

Another great video! My two favourite books are Rebecca and The Great Gatsby, so I was delighted to see them both there! Also, my best friend's first crush was Colin Firth as Mr Darcy so she would love that edition of Pride and Prejudice. I'm a film scholar, mainly focusing on classical Hollywood, so my movie tie-in book collection tends to be from 1930s-1950s. A lot of these books are too fragile to open fully to read (especially the mass market paperbacks) so they are my 'collecting' books and the reprints are my reading versions. I did read one from the 1940s because it was out of print but I was very cautious the whole time! 📖

[ingaurban]

I would love to see a video about the books you have multiple editions of. I have multiple editions of Jane Austen's books (about six editions of almost each book) 😊