Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 276 pages
- Published by: The Lyons Press
- Edition: 1st Edition August 1, 1992
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1558211799
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1558211797
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Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 11.2 ounces
Product Review
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.
From Publishers Weekly
Wilson's guide combines discussions of the basics of book collecting with helpful appendices.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader ReviewsA 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.
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