If you’ve been to a used bookstore, a thrift store or a house with many, many books, you absolutely positively have seen one: a reprint of another book collected in a series to make great work more accessible to average reader of modest means—and squeeze out the last dollar from books that otherwise would drop out of print.

I stumbled onto John Krygier’s online collection of such books as I work my way through the University Library and went hunting for others reading, collecting or studying works of great literature meant for the common woman and man. Before that, in this episode, we delve into geography, his college teaching specialty.

Then, it’s on the Modern Library and more.

If you’ve ever wondered what geography is all about, the weird nuances of maps, or the joy of collecting less-expensive rarities, this is for you.

P.S. John Krygier mentions The History of Cartography, Atlas of Design, and Lawn People.