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THE PASSION FOR BOOKS; A GUIDE TO BOOK COLLECTION.
Cataldo, Gerard M.
First edition. A concise guide to book collecting for book lovers and collectors. The author is a rare book dealer and lifelong collector. This enjoyable guide presents the basics in a readable and highly informative manner, covering the early days of printing through the terms used in collecting circles, developing relationships with book dealers, attending book auctions and fairs, working with the internet, collecting trends, the basics of identifying editions, deciphering book collations, recognizing issue points, and caring for collections. This informative guide is an important book for the collector and general book lover. Cataldo is the co-author of First in Their Hearts: The Early Biographers of George Washington. Soft cover trade edition, signed by the author.
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LIBER LIBRORUM, 5,000 JAHRE BUCHKUNST.
by Vervliet, Hendrik D.L.
German translation of this work, first published in 1972. Twenty-four contributions or chapters by 24 scholars and experts: P. Culot, K. Gardner, A. Gaur, R. McLean, H.D.L. Vervliet et al., with 264 illustrations, color or black-and-white. In four sections: early history of books and writing, books in the orient, western manuscript books, and the printed western book (beginning with block books). Much attention is paid to illumination and illustration, with due notice of binding. A useful general work, particularly for the history of books before printing. Bibliographies at ends of chapters, list of illustrations at end. Shaken, covers almost detached from block at back hinge. Jacket lightly chipped at top and bottom edges. Slipcase somewhat soiled, lightly worn, bumped on three of the back corners.
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