Author: Luther Samuel Livingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
Author: Katharine K. Leab
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914022374
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914022374
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Auction Prices of Books
Author: Luther Samuel Livingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Auction Sale Prices
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide
Author: Richard Russell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440225060
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
This new edition of Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide provides readers with the information and values to carve a niche for themselves in a market where rare first editions of Jane Austen's Emma and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone recently sold at auction for 254,610 dollars and 40,355 dollars respectively. Organized in 13 categories, including Americana, banned, paranormal and mystery, this guide discusses identifying and grading books, and provides collectors with details for identifying and assessing books in 8,000 listings.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440225060
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
This new edition of Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide provides readers with the information and values to carve a niche for themselves in a market where rare first editions of Jane Austen's Emma and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone recently sold at auction for 254,610 dollars and 40,355 dollars respectively. Organized in 13 categories, including Americana, banned, paranormal and mystery, this guide discusses identifying and grading books, and provides collectors with details for identifying and assessing books in 8,000 listings.
International Directory of Second-hand Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual
Author: James Clegg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
The Dictionary of the Book
Author: Sidney E. Berger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538151332
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Named a Library Journal Best Reference of 2023 - From Library Journal's Starred Review: "This ambitious and entertaining update solidifies Berger’s volume as a must-have title for librarians, booksellers, collectors, and students of the book arts and book history." This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality. The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term—more than 2,000—that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge, including: The book as physical object Typeface terminology Paper terminology Printing Book collecting Cataloging Book design Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description Physical Condition and how to describe it Calligraphy Language of manuscripts Writing implements Librarianship Legal issues Parts of a book Book condition terminology Pricing of books Buying and selling Auctions Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books Book collecting clubs and societies How to read and decipher new and old dealers’ catalogs And much more The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography—more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538151332
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Named a Library Journal Best Reference of 2023 - From Library Journal's Starred Review: "This ambitious and entertaining update solidifies Berger’s volume as a must-have title for librarians, booksellers, collectors, and students of the book arts and book history." This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality. The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term—more than 2,000—that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge, including: The book as physical object Typeface terminology Paper terminology Printing Book collecting Cataloging Book design Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description Physical Condition and how to describe it Calligraphy Language of manuscripts Writing implements Librarianship Legal issues Parts of a book Book condition terminology Pricing of books Buying and selling Auctions Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books Book collecting clubs and societies How to read and decipher new and old dealers’ catalogs And much more The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography—more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries. More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1892
Book Description
The Bookworm
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
"Librarian," International Directory of Booksellers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description