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See More... Basbanes, Nicholas A. AMONG THE GENTLY MAD, PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE BOOK HUNTER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
New York Henry Holt and Company 2002 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xi, 250, (2) pages.
First edition. The newest book from the author of A Gentle Madnessand Patience & Fortitude. Ten chapters of good advice mingled with great book stories. With a select bibliography of the subject.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 72626

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See More... Bielschowsky, Ludwig. DER BÜCHERSAMMLER, EIN ANLEITUNG.
Darmstadt Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen 1972 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 374, (2) pages.
An introduction to book collecting for amateurs and professionals, based on the author's experience. Indexed. With bookplate of private collector's club stamped "withdrawn."
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 48390

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See More... Bielschowsky, Ludwig. DER BÜCHERSAMMLER, EIN ANLEITUNG.
Darmstadt Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen 1972 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 374, (2) pages.
An introduction to book collecting for amateurs and professionals, based on the author's experience. Indexed. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 115394

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See More... Blum, Rudolf BIBLIOGRAPHIA, AN INQUIRY INTO ITS DEFINITION AND DESIGNATIONS
Chicago American Library Assoc. (1980) 8vo. cloth. 251 pages.
First edition in English. Translated from the German by Mathilde V. Rovelstad.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 20684

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See More... (Bookbinding) Greenfield, Jane THE CARE OF FINE BOOKS.
New York Skyhorse Publishing 2007 8vo paper wrappers 154 pages
New edition with foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Here is a concise and readable handbook on how to care for any book of value. For collectors, librarians, and curators, this work is an elegant summation of their responsibilities and techniques. Sections include a brief history of book-construction methods, a discussion of the nature of fine books and their component materials, and thorough advice on the storage and handling of books, securing a collection against fire, flood, theft, or other mishap; and the cleaning and repair of books. Well-illustrated with over 200 line illustrations.
Price: $ 12.95 other currencies Order nr. 104585

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  (Book Collecting) THE OLD BOOK VALUE GUIDE.
Kentucky Collector Books (1988) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 368 pages.
An easy reference guide listing 25,000 books arranged alphabetically by author. Each listing includes title, date of publication and current market value.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 56002

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  (Book Collecting) THE OLD BOOK VALUE GUIDE.
Kentucky Collector Books (1978) small 4to. cloth. 288 pages.
An easy reference guide listing 23,000 books arranged alphabetically by author. Each listing includes title, date of publication and current market value.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 58419

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  (Book Lover's Library) Wheatley, Henry B. HOW TO CATALOGUE A LIBRARY
London Elliot Stock 1889 small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. xii, 268 pages.
First edition. An explanation of cataloguing rules then in vogue and a history of older cataloguing methods. Contains a chapter on cataloguing the small library. Bookplate.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 752

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  (Book Lover's Library) Wheatley, Henry B. HOW TO FORM A LIBRARY
London Elliot Stock 1886 small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 248 pages.
First edition. Chapters on How Men have Formed Libraries, How to Buy, bibliographies, Child's Library, etc. Covers show some rubbing.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 754

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  Bossange, Hector MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE FRANÇAISE
Paris Hector Bossange et Fils 1855 8vo. quarter leather over over paste paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. vii, 481 pages.
First edition. (Sabin xxiii). "An admirable list of the best French literature." 1167 books are described. Covers rubbed and front hinge cracked. Bookplate.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 852

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See More... Brieger, Lothar. DAS KUNSTSAMMELN.
Munich Delphin-Verlag (1918) 12mo. paper-covered boards. 184, (8) pages, with 16 illustrations.
Second edition. An introduction to art collecting including fine bindings.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 48555

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  Buchsbaum, Ann PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PRINT COLLECTING
New York Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (1975) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages.
First edition. A manual for those interested in prints.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 13881

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See More... Buijnsters, P.J. HET VERZAMELEN VAN BOEKEN. EEN HANDLEIDING.
Utrecht HES & DE GRAAF 1992 21x14,5 cm stiff paper wrappers.
Tweede, vermeerderde druk 1992. Illustrated. A guide to book collecting.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 103291

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See More... Carter, John & Nicolas Barker ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 8TH ED. (U.S.)
Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 tall 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages
Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable as well as the most informative reference book on the subject. Here, in over 490 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms used in book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comments on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, 'points', rarity, etc. This eighth edition has been revised by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector and incorporates additional words created by the introduction of web-based collecting. ABC for Book Collectors retains its humorous character as the one indispensable guide to book collecting while also keeping us up-to-date with modern terminology.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 75338

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See More... Carter, John ABC FOR BOOK-COLLECTORS
New York Alfred A. Knopf (1960) 8vo. half cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 191 pages.
Second U.S. edition, from the sheets of the second English edition.Jacket is price clipped. Name in ink on free endpaper. Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 1299

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  Carter, John ABC FOR BOOK-COLLECTORS
New York Alfred A. Knopf (1953) 8vo. cloth. 196 pages.
Second edition, revised. U.S. printing. Lacks jacket. Spine faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114406

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  Carter, John ABC FOR BOOK-COLLECTORS 6TH ED.
London Granada (1985) small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages.
Reprint of the sixth edition, revised with corrections and additions by Nicolas Barker. Barker has incorporated the changes John Carter was about to make on this edition before his death and includes changes of his own. With many binding terms defined. Some wrinkling of jacket spine.
Price: $ 22.50 other currencies Order nr. 41203

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See More... Carter, John TASTE & TECHNIQUE IN BOOK COLLECTING, A STUDY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
Cambridge University Press 1949 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 201, (3) pages.
Second impression, corrected. Two main sections; the evolution of of book collecting and the method of book collecting. A classic book in the field. Jacket has tape repair on back which doesn't show through to front.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 12850

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See More... Cataldo, Gerard M. THE PASSION FOR BOOKS; A GUIDE TO BOOK COLLECTION.
Chestertown, MD Chester River Press 2010 8vo stiff paper wrappers xiii, 72 pages
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.
Price: $ 21.00 other currencies Order nr. 107215

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See More... Cim, Albert. PETIT MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR DES LIVRES.
Paris Ernest Flammarion n.d. (circa 1920s) 12mo. quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands, with original paper wrappers bound-in. 254, (2) pages
Extracted by Cim from his five-volume work, l'Encyclopédie du Livre (Flammarion, 1905-8). Includes discussions of paper, format, printing, binding, arrangement of libraries, bibliographic classification. Several illustrations of contemporary book shelving. Leather rubbed on spine. Printed on cheaper paper.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 114412

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  Coblentz, Kathie THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY GUIDE TO ORGANIZING A LIBRARY.
Philadelphia Running Press (2003) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 128 pages
A guide to organizing, cataloguing, maintaining, and expanding home libraries. Table of contents, introduction, guide for further reading.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115702

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See More... Collison, Robert L. BOOK COLLECTING, AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN METHODS OF LITERARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETECTION.
London Ernest Benn Ltd. (1957) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 244 pages.
First edition. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 2773

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See More... Collison, Robert L. BOOK COLLECTING, AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN METHODS OF LITERARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETECTION.
Fair Lawn Essential Books (1957) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 244 pages.
First U.S. edition. Piece out of bottom of spine of jacket.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 4238

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  Collison, Robert L. BOOK COLLECTING, AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN METHODS OF LITERARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETECTION.
London Ernest Benn Ltd. (1957) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 244 pages.
First edition. With a catalogue description of this book taped to endpaper. Jacket chipped with tear at head of spine.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 34453

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  Connolly, Joseph. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, THEIR VALUE TO COLLECTORS.
London Orbis Publishing Limited (1984) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 318 pages. 32 pages of photographs.
A revised and updated version of the 1977 edition. This lists all the modern authors with bibliographical details and indicates the value of each title in both English and American editions. "Scale of Values" bookmark loosely inserted.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56011

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