Download or read book Book Collecting written by John Herbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Book Collecting A Guide for Amateurs written by J. Herbert Slater and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs" by J. Herbert Slater. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book Book Collecting written by John Herbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rare Finds written by David Bauman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare Finds is a friendly, wide-ranging introduction to the world of rare book collecting. It is intended for those with a budding interest in this exciting field rather than simply professional booksellers and librarians. The guide contains an easy-to-use Glossary as well as sections devoted to Frequently Asked Questions, Book Production, and Format. Lavishly illustrated, it includes chapters on all major collecting areas.

Download or read book Collecting Children s Books written by Jonathan Scott and published by Diamond Publishing Group Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a complete list of children's works by over 200 collectable authors and illustrators, and provides help in identifying the collectable editions of all the works listed. It also includes a guide to the value of every first edition.

Download or read book Instant Expert written by Matthew Budman and published by Random House of Canada. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know: what is collectible, strategies for buying and selling, the value of an author autograph, how books are made and more. This is a comprehensive guide to online resources, conferences and conventions, shops, organizations and an annotated bibliography. For the millions of reader who love books!

Download or read book How to Collect Books written by John Herbert Slater and published by London : G. Bell. This book was released on 1905 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ABC for Book Collectors written by John Carter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collected Books written by Allen Ahearn and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 1991 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and up-to-date guide to current market values of collectible books in America.

Download or read book Slightly Foxed But Still Desirable written by Ronald Searle and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The catalogues of antiquarian booksellers are written in a parallel language which can fool anyone not initiated into the mysteries of its complexities. After a lifetime of scanning these codes Ronald Searle has become an expert in decoding those poetic, exotic and usually approximate descriptions. InSlightly Foxed he offers his own guide to foiling the devious schemes of wicked booksellers forever.

Download or read book Book Collecting a Guide for Amateurs written by J. H. Slater and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paradise Postponed written by John Mortimer and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways. Henry, novelist and former 'angry young man' turned grumpy old reactionary, decides to fight the will and prove their father was insane. Younger brother Fred, a mild-mannered country doctor, takes a different approach, quietly digging in Simeon's past, only to uncover an entirely unexpected explanation for the legacy. An exquisitely drawn saga of ancient rivalries and class struggles, featuring a glorious cast of characters, Paradise Postponed is a delicious portrait of English country life by a master satirist.

Download or read book Understanding Book collecting written by Grant Uden and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1982 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work makes available a mass of useful information, including details of the technical aspects of book making, the vexed question of first editions and the matters of completeness and condition. Contains an excellent glossary.

Download or read book Book Finds written by Ian C. Ellis and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1996 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experienced insider in antiquarian book markets offers advice on finding, buying, and selling used and rare books, and provides an index of more than one thousand of the "most collectible" books and authors.

Download or read book A Gentle Madness written by Nicholas A. Basbanes and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gentle Madness continues to astound and delight readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. The book captures that last moment in time when collectors pursued their passions in dusty bookshops and street stalls, high stakes auctions, and the subterfuge worthy of a true bibliomaniac. An adventure among the afflicted, A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas Basbanes brings an investigative reporter's heart to illuminate collectors past and present in their pursuit of bibliomania. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Download or read book Collecting Moments written by Sendpoints Publishing Co Ltd and published by Sendpoints. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone believe cancerians are oldies freaks and stay-at-homes. As a typical cancerian, I am obsessed with everything vintage and have great curiosity about old things and hold them in awe. Retro style, literally means a style infused with a sense of age, which may be popular in the past or restore the past trend after it is out of date. Nostalgia is the origin of retro style. One said that the nostalgia is the pain from an old wound, a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone.

Download or read book Book Collecting written by Allen Ahearn and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 1995 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meat of this reference for amateur and professional book collectors is a list of thousands of books with suggested prices for the first editions, which can also be used to price later editions. Other sections suggest what books to collect, where to buy them, what to look for, and the fundamentals of building and maintaining a collection. Also useful for book dealers and librarians. Updated from previous editions, the frequency of which is not noted. No general index, but most of the sections are alphabetical. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR