Nicholas A Basbanes
Author
Publisher
enzler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Murders plague a university library--and only an intrepid book cataloger can solve them. For the staff of the library at the center of The Widening Stain, it's easy enough to dismiss the death of a woman who fell from a rolling ladder as nothing more than an unfortunate accident. It's more difficult, however, to explain away the strangled corpse of a man found inside a locked room, surrounded by rare and obscure erotica. And that's not all--a valuable...
5) Among the gently mad: perspectives and strategies for the book hunter in the twenty-first century
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
This new, full-color edition of Modern Book Collecting offers advice that answers all the basic questions a book lover and collector might have—what to collect and where to find it, how to tell a first edition from a reprint, how to build an author collection, how to get the best price from dealers, how to understand the prices and rarity of books, and more. With a handy dictionary of terms used in auction and dealer catalogues and a new
...Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Feed your inner bibliophile with this volume on unearthed rare and antiquarian books. Few collectors are as passionate or as dogged in the pursuit of their quarry as collectors of rare books. In Rare Books Uncovered, expert on rare and antiquarian books Rebecca Rego Barry recounts the stories of remarkable discoveries from the world of book collecting. Read about the family whose discovery in their attic of a copy of Action Comics No. 1--the first...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Everything you need to know about collecting books, in one classic guide. Modern Book Collecting answers all the most important questions a book lover and collector might have--what to collect and where to find it, how to tell a first edition from a reprint, how to build an author collection, how to get the best price from dealers, how to understand the prices and rarity of books, and more. Robert A. Wilson reveals the world of collecting, focusing...