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Book Collecting: A Modern Guide

by Jean Peters (Editor)

Other authors: Terry Belanger (Contributor), Joan M. Friedman (Contributor), Robin G. Halwas (Contributor), Daniel J. Leab (Contributor), Katharine Kyes Leab (Contributor)7 more, William Matheson (Contributor), Robert Rosenthal (Contributor), Willman Spawn (Contributor), Lola L. Szladits (Contributor), G. Thomas Tanselle (Contributor), Susan O. Thompson (Contributor), Robert Alfred Wilson (Contributor)

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Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.
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Good overview of the study of book collecting, but much is out of date due to the growth of internet sources. ( )
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Belanger, TerryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Friedman, Joan M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Halwas, Robin G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leab, Daniel J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leab, Katharine KyesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Matheson, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rosenthal, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spawn, WillmanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Szladits, Lola L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tanselle, G. ThomasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.

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4th printing Jan 1983 - brown cloth boards no DJ . Clean, tight binding, no marks. light wear to covers with slight bumping to spine extremities & corners.
Bought Oct 2010 £12.50  Come by Chance Books, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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