From what to collect and who to buy from to how to care for a collection.
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This guide describes everything you need to know about collecting recently published literature. Robert Wilson indicates how to identify known and emerging authors worth collecting; how to find those first editions, with a list of the various labeling styles of well-known commercial and small presses; how to spot a fake; and how to sell your collection to an institution. The appendices alone are a valuable resource for collectors, with lists covering such information as book auction firms, clubs for book collectors, and Wilson's picks for the 50 most important American books since World War II.
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Wilson's guide combines discussions of the basics of book collecting with helpful appendices.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
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The book you wish all booksellers would read!,
By thecastlebookroom "thecastlebookroom" (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Modern Book Collecting (Paperback)
A lot of info. in a small and convenient package - this is the book I consult most frequently when checking editions because of its handy edition-checker listed by publisher. Its also the book that I wish were required reading for all those online bookseller wannabe's listing book-club editions as "first edition" and other clueless faux-pas that cause us serious book people immeasurable grief and gray hairs! A good, palatable and easily-digested overview of the book-collecting world to initiate the uninformed and usher them into the esoteric world of bibliophilia! Recommended for collectors also.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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Good, but outdated.,
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This book is outdated and also the author is a bit of a bragger about his collection and experiences in the book collecting world. It does, however, have some good rudimentary knowledge for a beginning book collector (not much use I would say to a seasoned collector).
35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is old.,
By James S. McRae (Laurinburg, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Modern Book Collecting (Paperback)
The copyright date on this book is 1980. That's right, over twenty years old and the title says modern. The book is sorely in the need of an update. I was disappointed in lack of recent infomation dealing with the internet. It is a good source on basic book info, however. I would recommend looking elsewhere for anyone interested in this subject.
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New York, Gertrude Stein, United States, World War, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Rupert Hart-Davis, Descriptive Bibliography, Kent State University Press, Scarecrow Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, William Faulkner, Dylan Thomas, Garland Publishing, Bibliography of Works, Black Sun Press, James Joyce, John Updike, Pulitzer Prize, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Swann Galleries, The Phoenix Book Shop, William Carlos Williams, Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles New!
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modern book collecting, most modern books, ascending numbers, later printings, copyright page, identical dates, beginning collectors, bound galleys, specialist dealers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Gertrude Stein, United States, World War, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Rupert Hart-Davis, Descriptive Bibliography, Kent State University Press, Scarecrow Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, William Faulkner, Dylan Thomas, Garland Publishing, Bibliography of Works, Black Sun Press, James Joyce, John Updike, Pulitzer Prize, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Swann Galleries, The Phoenix Book Shop, William Carlos Williams, Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles New!
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- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee on page 177, and Back Matter
- Three Lives (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Gertrude Stein on page 13, and page 52
- University of Pittsburgh by Tim Williams on page 146, and page 153
- Carl Sandburg - American Writers 97: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers, No. 101) by Gay Wilson Allen on page 169, and page 208
- John Barth (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers, No. 91) by Gerhard Joseph on page 142, and page 168
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- Instant Expert: Collecting Books by Matthew Budman on page 80, and page 136
- Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the 21st Century (A John Macrae/owl Book) by Nicholas A. Basbanes in Back Matter
- Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes in Back Matter
- Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian C. Ellis on page 255
- Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence Goldstone on page 100
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