Modern Book Collecting : : a Basic Guide to all Aspects of Book Collecting--What to Collect, who to buy From, Auctions, Bibliographies, Care, Fakes and Forgeries, Investments, Donations, Definitions, and More
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Call Number: 002.075 Wi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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What to collect -- How to build an author collection -- Starting with an unknown author -- It's never too late -- Dealers and collectors -- Buying at auction -- Other sources -- Collector's condition -- How to identify first editions -- Bibliographies -- A book production -- The care and protection of your collection -- Fakes, forgeries, and facsimiles -- Investment -- Donating or selling your collection to an institution -- Definition of terms -- Appendix one : list of book auction firms handling books of interest to collectors -- Appendix two : sources for modern first editions -- Appendix three : clubs for book collectors -- Appendix four : the fifty most important books of American literature published since the end of World War II.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xiv, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781602399853
1602399859
SUBJECTS
Book collecting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature, Modern -- Collectors and collecting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Book collecting -- United States.