The key to book collecting is buying the best possible material - and that's why it's important to work in a field where you can do that. And if you get creative, you can do this on any budget.

In this video I answer questions about this, and other things you've asked recently:

00:00 How to collect rare books on a budget?
03:31 What have I read recently? (The Book At War by Andrew Pettegree and Einstein In Time And Space by Samuel Graydon).
05:46 Do green books contain arsenic?
06:48 How were old books made?
08:03 Should we digitise old books?
09:00 Charlotte Bronte anecdote.
10:18 A book recommendation (So Long See You Tomorrow By William Maxwell)
11:20 A favourite poem (Musee De Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden)
13:05 Clive James on a Lost Vienna.