Unbelievable Gems at a Rare Book Shop. Sonny Ideker Bookseller
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Roswell, GA is home to this very special shop.
In this video we go through- Latin Manuscripts, Exclusive Shakespeare, Amazing bindings and sets, Front-edge Paintings, Third Reich Propaganda, Sonny has got it all.
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“Just stuff.” - Sonny. I literally teared watching this and look forward to doing it there. This place is now on my bucket list.
My pleasure to share 💪
I’ve been a collector for over 25 years. This is the way books should be displayed - accessible. These books have been handled for hundreds of years. They were meant to be looked at, not merely housed on a shelf. As long as one takes proper care, they may be enjoyed for another several hundred years. Best antiquarian book video I’ve seen. Thank you!
I think if the guy had 20 he would feel different but the fact that he has thousands probably changes his perspective
Thank you for this amazing video ❤
This made my day.
This is mindblowing! the amount of wisdom and joy and tragedy and all of life that is bound up in these books. And the fact that many of them were somewhere in the world, existing, long before, during, and after so much human history. it's insane this place exists!
I cant wait to get by there again, Sonny is the best!
Sonny is a treasure. He is such a kind and knowledgeable man. You can tell he enjoys sharing his passion for collecting. I’ve been in his shop a few times, and each time he’s taken as much time as I had to show me cool individual things like these.
Yessir!
Wow. This was a feast. I must have paused the video a dozen times to read titles and to zoom in! 😂 So many gorgeous volumes. That Wizard of Oz ! Beautiful. Thank you 🙏🏻
I cannot tell you how many times I have returned to this video. Incredible book dealer. 😎📚👍
I cant believe this bookstore actually exists. Usually when I see books like these in a used bookstore, there is a section protected by glass. This is just all right there, in the open. That portable Shakespeare would "be your iPad." Yeah, I would be more than happy to trade an iPad for that haha One day, I will be visiting there.
Amazing! What a beautiful place. I have only seen books like this in rare book libraries! It sounds like he actually can make a go of it, too, which sort of surprises me. The portable Shakespeare is such a cool little box! And those fore-edge paintings!
Good day, Noah. it was a little sad seeing this video. The times you've visited have you ever seen anyone under 30 in the shop? As you know I discuss comics on my channel. I'd stopped reading them for over 20 years. I was reading books instead and visiting bookstores in the cities I lived in Texas primarily Austin and Houston. Bookstores like that were not common place in the late 80's when I began frequenting them but were sprinkled around enough to be visible. I got to know the dealers or usual suspects as I referred to them. Some had great home collections: 1st James Joyce Ulysses, Ezra Pound Canto's (Moderns were big at the time) when I visited their houses. Dealers liked me because I was young (18 when I began going to the stores). Even though I didn't buy the big books, I'd drop some money on Ford Maddox Ford, Milan Kundera, or John Fowles first editions (granted money I didn't have). What I immediately noticed though was the infrequency of anyone under 30 at these stores. Mainly white haired or slightly grey shoppers. No regeneration, I thought. One shop I'd visit in in Austin had a 1st edition of Nabokov's Eugene Onegin 3 volume hardback collection. It was pricey. I'd pat it whenever I entered, hoping one day to save enough to buy it. On Saturday morning I showed up and it was gone. The guys (the two owners) were smiling when I asked them what happened to MY Eugene Onegin. They said Larry McMurtry had paid a visit and bought them along with many other books for his bookstores in Archer City , Texas. I never forgave Larry for that, Years later I shared that story with his son, who is a fine musician, and he thought it was funny:) By the late 90's Half Price Books had emerged as buyer or rare and collectible books. HPB's, which began in Dallas, have a strong foothold in Texas. For years they rarely ventured into this area and now they were outbidding the rare and collectible shops. And to make matters worse, chain bookstores and retail began moving into areas where the stores were located. Unless the shops owned the land, they couldn't afford the rising property values and had to move or close down. When I moved from Austin in the early 2000's there were still quite a few bookshops left. When I returned to visit in 2018 all of them were gone (except for HPB'S). I assume many of those shops went online to survive or sold off their collections for cheap. I now find John Fowles, Milan Kundera, and Ford Maddox Ford first editions for cheap at the few used books that are around here, if any by these writers even appear. Nothing like Sonny's collection though (except for James Michener who sits in the clearance first edition or not. No one reads him anymore). Nice bookstore, from a galaxy far, far away.
Got some good news for you. I'm 25 years old and have only a few under my belt, but it's not as dead as you think it is ;)
Thank you so much for letting us tag along with you to this wonderful place. The smell of all those old volumes must have been wonderful. Books are so magical and to see how they were valued so highly as to the craftsmanship given to the printing and binding. Truly a lost art!
That sure is the truth. So bindings so beautiful you could cry
The whole look of the shop is just wonderful!
Aw yeah! 😍
Amazing! Spectacular Book shop! 🙂😉
Wonderful video. A real treat to see books of this quality, and people who appreciate them.
Wonderful video! I loved hearing the shop owner discuss the books and how they were bound and what they were made out of as you moved around the store.
incredible, thank you Sunny, from here in Belgium 👌🙏
I have no idea how I got here, but this was totally fascinating
😎👍
What a fabulous shop! Thanks for sharing this! :)
Thank you! Utterly wonderful. I shall certainly be watching this again and again. I would be in paradise in that shop. It's a pity it's so far from the UK!
Two edge paintings in one? amazeballs!
Ikr, unbelievable.... They don't make 'em like they used to 😝
Daaaaaamn great video - if that was my store I don't think I'd ever leave!
Man, I am in awe any time I get by to see Sonny!
Man, I need to raise the per capita percentage of rare used books stores in my immediate proximity.
This looks like my perfect bookstore! Thank you for sharing this with us, Noah 😊
Aw yea! Glad you dig it brother 😎
Amazing, thank you both.
That was awesome! Such a nice librarian/collector with an amazing collection. Bless his heart! Thanks for sharing this. But now we need moar ... pls :) Cheers!
Remarkable bookshop. That sideways book shelf was very interesting
Thank you for sharing this peaceful moment in such an amazing location. Cheers from France ;-)
A really beautiful shop 😍 The Augustine from 1691 looks very cool! The illuminated vellum used as binder's waste in the Aquinas book is also fascinating!
He always pulls out the unexpected! I knew you would like this action, Amy 😁
Very cool! Thanks for sharing your visit.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Great stuff! I can only imagine how many awesome things that gentleman knows.🤗🤗🤗
It is wonderful conversation always with Sonny 😎
Wow is right! Beautiful shop. Thanks for taking us along.
So happy you enjoyed it. There is much more beauties, we could have done an hour+
“Very Coooool….”
After the 100th time.
Gag….
In my teens and twenties, I invested in books that were worth thousands of dollars. But during a move, someone took my most valuable pieces that I kept in one special box and sold them all to a bookstore who undersold every piece within a week. I was so heart broken, I could not bring myself to buy rare edition books again. I have already long forgiven who took my collection, as it was a mistake, but I do have regrets about not keeping up with collecting books, but it is never too late to start again. Even though I gave it a rest for a little while, I would recommend being a collector. If you can find one good acquisition, then you will be hooked! Just guard your collection!
Wow, thank you 😌🙏
Im guessing you never got any kind of reimbursement or anything from the person or the books store?
@@bunnygirlerika9489 No. I didn't. But that book store is long gone at this point. And I do not ask for compensation from someone who made a mistake. It was my mistake to trust her in the first place. But I think I should stay away from collecting books now, anyway. I was actually considering buying an original Erasumus book here recently, but I thought about the condition of the other books in my hot and dry library. I should spare any valuable book to come into my house when I am basically a lizard. Hahaha!
@@Pet.Wifey.Voice.Of.Reason thats when you buy ONLY the few that are to your favorites, and ones you know u can properly protect. I myself collect books but none them are anything special, just standard paper and hardbacks. Wish i could afford special rare ones. But honestly i want to read my books and an old rare book I wouldn't want to risk it (though thay would be different with newer rare books I.E. folio society etc....).
But yea sometimes its hard to know who to trust. And even when u know someone can be trusted, that doesnt mean they can be trusted with everything and anything. Whqt exactly happened that they ended up screwing up and taking them? Was it on purpose or accident, but of both?
@@bunnygirlerika9489 no way! Just showing an awesome spot in my region...spread the book joy!
13:15 I’m surprised to see that set of Gibbon’s! What a brilliant idea to design the spine that way.
Amazing. I have never seen anything like that before.
Now my ultimate dream is to have any one of these books!❤️
Stunning
Thank you for sharing this! My son and I were in awe. We liked so many of the books. My son would like to know how Sonny acquires such wonderful books. This was phenomenal!
Sonny has been acquiring these editions for a long time, mostly through shows. It is a community like any other where the major players all know each other! So happy yall enjoyed this
Great tour thanks!
I want those books written by the different saints! I love the writing of saints. Its SO interesting to see how different each one of them was. and there difference in opiones and beliefs despite being all being part of the catholic church and vatican etc.... some of them were so far ahead of their time in their philosophy. Not to mention they give us a good idea of how things were during their time periods.
confessions be saint Augustine is my favorite. He had such a beautiful way of writing that its like reading poetry. When he talks about about his mother and her passing it was so heart breaking. Would actually love to see you talk about writings sometimes.
What a beautiful, beautiful shop🤩🤩🤩🤩 thank you for sharing
My pleasure 😍
Beautiful. 💚
Wow.. speechless.
That was really cool thank you! Can’t believe those double fore-edge paintings.
It is awe inspiring how much care and effort went into books in times past. Thanks Ian 😎
Wow amazing thanks for making this video 😀
I'm glad I remembered to do it, as well 😝 usually I just talk and oogle books
I can't imagine getting to touch these books!
Heaven.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, the pleasure is all mine. I'm just glad I thought to pull the camera out instead of just immerse myselfn
Amazing place!
Awesome! Lovely place to be...:)
Amazing! But was I the only one screaming at the video "USE COTTON GLOVES TO HANDLE THAT BOOK!"?
If it makes you feel better, it's generally accepted that best practice is to handle with clean dry hands because gloves decrease dexterity and therefore increase the chance of causing damage. On the other hand, antique books should be stored flat, not standing up...
Wow! That would just be great to see.
It is an amazing shop
LOVE IT. Thank you
My pleasure to share!
What a treasure trove. Id go broke spending all my money there
The special, even one-of-a-kind, items keep coming 🤯
amazing video & that shop owner is amazing
Yeah he's amazing. Kept blowing my mind over and over 🤣
Id be so nervous with customers in that shop, just dreading the worst case scenario, like someone dropping an antique book and it breaking or ripping, or someone spilling their coffee on a stack of them or something. Id be the most irritating shopkeeper in the world
What a nice guy Sonny is.
Did you catch any price tags, Noah?
I'm guessing none of this stuff is cheap.
Those poetry collections look class.
None of it is cheap 😳 we made it a point not to talk numbers for the video. Thousands of dollars for many of those sets
1:12 Wow this is really weird. This is the first vid of yours Ive watched, Just started getting into old books, was at a thrift shop earlier today and got that exact same copy of Gone With the Wind you see on the bottom left here, not as good condition but still very cool
Very 😎
What a great collection.
This guy is amazing
Mesmerizing stuff 🧐 The ease with which Sonny handles those volumes is impressive. My first question for him would be about environmental considerations, how does he battle that Georgia humidity? 😶🌫️
Thanks Nancy! What a badass, eh? Next time I go I will ask him. It is ridiculous here 🤣🤣
What a beautiful antiquarian book shop!!!!!!!!
We just kept going...an amazing collection
Yeah!!! Amazing!!!! you have a most attractive 10 volumes set of Boswell’s Johnson in stock. Its lavishly gilt calf spines with contrasting red and black labels are difficult to find in other shops.
Wow how cool!
Glad u like 🙏
The amount of times I said wow during the whole video....wow!
No way this is 20 minutes away from me. I need to make a visit very very soon
Yeah buddy! He is legit
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse I couldn't wait so I went today. Very thankful for this video or else I would've never known this treasure existed. Sonny showed me a few different 17th century editions of Ovid's Metamorphoses, which was great bc I'm reading it currently. I also got to see a big ole volume of Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Now I have a reference for what Gwyon's copy looked like in The Recognitions haha.
@@clayton7463 yessir! I am so happy brother!
Sooooooo many boooooooooks 😍📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📖📖📖📖
This is crazy! My doctors office is 5 miles from here. No doubt I will be stopping by!
Lucky lucky, Sonny is awesome
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse yep, my dad and I are going on Wednesday! So glad I found your video! :)
fantastic
Ikr **swoons**
What's wonderful (besides the books themselves, of course) is the store--the wooden shelves, the layout, the accessibility of the volumes instead of the forbidding sterility of books behind glass, even the 'accessories,' including the shelf that either is, or has been made to resemble, a printing press. And, obviously, what every antiquarian book store needs... a friendly, knowledgeable, enthusiastic owner. As a retired reference librarian with nearly nine thousand books in my own collection, I would run wild in this place.
I can't help wondering where the massive amount of capital necessary to stock such a store would come from, and whether some of the more expensive items aren't in fact being sold on consignment. Insurance for even the small portion of the stock we saw can't be cheap either. As a rule book store owners don't tend to be millionaires, but maybe this one is a retired banker.
Sonny has been in the antique book business for a long time, bonafide. All my favorite booksellers around Atlanta knows him by name 😎
One day I will have my own personal library. Inspired! Thank you, Mark
Those pictures on the page edges were amazing.
One of the most interesting flourishes, right? Let's bring it back!
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse Yep I want a book with pictures on the guilding. I'm most envious. If lived near that book shop I be there at least once a week. Except for the Nazi propaganda highly impressive. You had good repore with the owner as well he comes across as a good guy.
@@michaelmcgee335 Sonny is a good guy and we had met and talked books on a couple previous occasions. At least an hour each visit 💪
Thank you for this video. Sonny is an awesome guy and has a tremendous shop! I wish I could go and spend a day there.
Does he sell any of the books? I saw a couple I would be lucky to have.
Yeah man...he is a book-seller 😎
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse thank you for the reply. Completely my mistake. My intention was to ask how can I get connected with him to purchase a book or two in a subtle way.
@@BoardGamesBooksAndWhat look up Sonny Idecker Bookseller and you should find what you need 😎
A SHRINE
Yesssss
Library/Bookstore list to sleep in.
Haha ikr! It is obvious - Sonny loves his work 😁
My question is this: how do you start on this journey ? Was this shop left to you, did you have millions on which you invested in books ? Which part of this unbelievable collection was your first purchase ?
I thought it would be just books you own. This was cool. Imagine being afraid to open an ammo box, thinking there might be something dangerous in there. Arguably the propaganda may have been more dangerous.
Ikr... Sonny blows my mind with special things he has. I am glad that I remembered to take my camera out! Every time I visit it is an hour+
Wow...paradise or heaven?
Both
I don't have time to converse, I'm too busy reading.
I like your style 😎
I'm always astonished how these books end up in America.
Like the war chest? Amazing huh?
Anyone interested this store is online.
Greetings from the UK, what a bookshop.!
Thank you for sharing this gem with us, a wonderful video.
Does Sonny have an email address by chance??
If you search Sonny Ideker Bookseller, it is easy to find a website with contact info 😎
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse many thanks, and all the best & stay safe 👍😃
I LIKE BOOKS
OLD
💪😎
Can you provide a link for Zohar you have in the background?
It is the Pritzker Edition of the Zohar. You can find it on the Stanford University Press website
Great video. What were you guys listening to?
If any music it was what was playing over the antique mall's speakers 😝
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse It was very odd, but I will have to listen again more closely to it. It seemed like maybe it was event driven, like maybe not music at all. Something like a kids playground.
I'm living in the wrong Georgia.
😂🤣🤣
Does he have a website?
I think so but, no listings for sale, I think....good luck!
19:15 как это?
I sell books online, but I would never be willing to expose my valuable books to theft like that. Way too easy for a book worth thousands of dollars to sprout legs and just "walk away".
Ok
Dante .......'!!!!!!!!
Sonny has got it all 😝
WOW. Really great.
(unfortunately, though, you didn't show any old Bibles.)
Next visit I will keep that in mind. He has it all 😍
Those hands though!!! Ask him to eat some raw meat and dairy! It should fix him right up!
If u were rich you would so buy so many of those books wouldnt you? Cause i know i was would.
Yes I would 😝😝
@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse i feel like when ur in a book store ur wife has to babysit you lol
@@bunnygirlerika9489 haha! Not far from truth 😝
stop saying cool and one awesome is one to many, 5th cool already geeze
How we talk brother 😝