Modern Book Collecting

8vo. xiv, 270 (2) pp, foreword, preface, I. What to Collect; II. Now to Build an Author Collection; III. Starting with an Unknown Author; IV. It's Never Too Late; V. Dealers and Collectors; VI. Buying at Auction; VII. Other Sources; VIII. Collector's Condition; IX. First Edition; X. Bibliographies; XI. A Book Production; XII. The Care and Protection of Your Collection; XIII. Fakes, Forgeries, and Facsimilies; XIV. Investment; XV. Donating or Selling Your Collection to an Institution; XVI. Definitions of Terms; Appendix: 1. List of Book Auction Firms Handling Books of Interest t Collectors; 2. Sources for Modern First Edition; 3. Clubs for Collectors; 4. The Fifty Most Important Books of American Literature Published Since the End of WWII. index with b&w illustrations. First Edition, 1980. Cream paper-covered boards with decorative grey cloth backstrip and gilt lettering.