Not Your Average Collection Tour: A Private Showing w/ Tom Ayling

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• BU

  @butchrodgers9559 · 7 months ago

  My two favorite book collectors on YouTube TOGETHER IN ONE VIDEO!?

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• SK

  @Skylarktt · 7 months ago

  That Anglo-Saxon to Latin to English book OWNED by Professor Tolkien himself, what a sight that must have been to behold in person!

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• TH

  @THE_KlNG · 7 months ago

  This isn't a job. It's a calling.

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• JA

  @jamestkirk6198 · 6 months ago

  Tom’s a real great guy - blazing a super trail in the UK rare books market… a real breath of fresh air 👍

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• EM

  @Emberdweller · 7 months ago

  I really never paid too much attention to books or editions. But after finding your channels, I'm amazed that some of the books you showed still exist! Now I'm obsessed :d

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• DO

  @Donkersloot67 · 4 months ago (edited)

  Never knew channels like this existed.  Very nice 🙂. I’m collecting books to start a family library for my children (4 and 6yo) and I have about 8,000 books so far. Oldest is a velum paper from 1472 I believe. But all is boxed, untill our home is being redone and a library created. Can’t want to unpack all boxes and be amazed by what I collected (as I have no idea anymore 😂). Btw, I never have time to read any books myself, but still recognise the importance of book collecting. Anyways, this channel has a new follower 👍

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• OG

  @OG-Klas · 4 months ago

  Legendary collab 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

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• KE

  @kenthomas1109 · 7 months ago

  My tangential question is who makes your clamshell boxes? They’re amazing on their own!

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• SK

  @SkeleVale · 13 days ago

  i am so happy to have found that you also have a youtube page, as i have recently deleted all other social media and had followed you on tiktok for some time. this makes me very happy to stumble upon!

• DR

  @DR_Hiss · 2 months ago

  What an awesome format. I could watch this stuff all day.

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• CH

  @cherylrleigh1912 · 7 months ago

  It doesn't get much more fun than this. More please!!!

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• WA

  @WatchtowerHunter · 3 months ago

  Just saw your most recent show and tell with Tom this month (June 2026).  It was beyond phenomenal.  It was a highlight of my life as a lifelong lover of books.

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