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Book collecting : a comprehensive guide / Allen and Patricia Ahearn.
LIBRA - Special Z987.5.U6 A35 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahearn, Allen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting--United States.
- Book collecting.
- Books--Prices.
- First editions.
- English imprints--Collectors and collecting.
- English imprints.
- United States.
- English imprints--Collectors and collecting--United States.
- First editions--United States.
- Books--Prices--United States.
- Books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1995 edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Putnam, [1995]
- Contents:
- Book collecting
- What to collect. First editions
- Proofs and advance review copies
- Limited editions
- Paperbacks or paperwraps
- Literary prize winners. The Booker Prize; The Caldecott Medal; The Edgar; The Edgar for Best First (Mystery) Novel; The Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Achievement; National Book Award; The Nebula Award; The Newbery Medal; PEN/Faulkner Awards; Pulitzer Prize Winners for Literature; Pulitzers Prize Winners for Drama; [and] Pulitzer Prize Winners for American Poetry
- High spots in literature. Anthony Burgess's Nine-nine novels; Cyril Connolly's The modern movement; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones, 1748-1948; Merle Johnson's High spots of American literature; Jacob Blanck's Peter Parley to Penrod.
- Cont.): Queen's Quorum
- Sources for books. Catalogs; General used-book stores and sales; Specialist dealers; [and] Auctions
- Knowledgeable buying. First issue or state and "points";Bibliographies; Pricing; Other considerations; Condition isn't everything
- it's the only thing; Dustwrappers or dust jackets; Autographed books; [and] Glossary
- Some suggestions. Building a collection; Caring for books; Insurance and appraisals; Credit; Bargaining; [and] Selling your books
- First edition identification by publisher. Reprint publishers and book clubs
- Using this guide. A first book; Estimated values; [and] Condition
- The first book list
- Appendix A. Pseudonyms
- Appendix B. Book dealers
- Appendix C. Auction houses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-480).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ahearn, Allen. Book collecting.
- ISBN:
- 0399140492
- 9780399140495
- OCLC:
- 31514985
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