Pilgrim
Puritanboard Commissioner
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Since we have many readers on board, I thought this would be a good question.
Secondly,
How did you go about obtaining your library?
Thirdly,
What is the best means of gaining a sizable libary with limited resources?
1. Somewhere around 500 I'm guessing, with maybe 300 theological and the rest historical/political/literary. Almost all of the theological books are useful, but most of them are by contemporary authors. I need to add more older books by Reformed and Puritan authors; most of what I have now are Puritan Paperbacks, along with a few SDG books. I have a lot of MacArthur, Sproul, Lutzer, Piper, and Spurgeon, among others.
I also have at least a couple hundred sermons on tape, maybe more.
2. Used bookstores for most of the historical/political stuff, (in Baton Rouge when I lived there, not Central La.--but the best one there was driven out of business by Barnes & Noble). Many of the Puritan and Banner titles were purchased several years ago from a locally owned store that was changing locations and put everything at least 40% off. I was carrying books out by the box load. Jacob, Mr. Davis had a lot more Reformed stuff at the old downtown store. Problem was, a lot of them had been on the shelves for years and it was even harder to find what you were looking for there since the store was much larger.
I haven't done much online shopping, but that's about to change since I basically don't have any choice.
3. Used bookstores (whether online or brick and mortar), Ebay (sometimes). If you're in a university town, you can probably amass a lot of used books in a hurry if you're willing to spend the time looking.
How's the book hunting in Jackson, Jacob?