The Book of First Books

Ahearn, Allen

Quill & Brush

The book of first books

<p>This is the fourth edition of BOOK COLLECTING. It attempts to show that book collecting is enjoyable and a reasonably good investment over the long run.  It explains some of the terms used in the trade and how to identify, purchase, care for, and sell first editions. It also includes an interpretation of the rationale that drives collecting interests, which admittedly may be an attempt to explain the unexplainable. BOOK COLLECTING includes tips, trends, terms and more for the experienced or novice collector. Covers how and what to collect, books as objects, collecting for the fun of it or for investment, first-edition identification, the economics of the trade, sources for books, knowledgeable buying, theories on pricing, condition grades and guidelines, estimating values, signed books, limited editions, and more. With appendices listing first-edition identification by publisher, terms used in the book trade, author and general bibliographies, literary prize winners & high spots, and more. By the author of COLLECTED BOOKS: THE GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION AND VALUES, a standard reference for the book collectors and dealers. Praise for past editions includes, "Here is a guide for the novice book collector and a reference tool for the more experienced bibliophile" (The Washington Post); "The best reference work I know on the subject is Book Collecting: A Comprehensive Guide by Allen and Patricia Ahearn. We keep a copy at ABE, and I use it much as a Scrabble player uses a dictionary." (Rick Pura, Advance Book Exchange); "Talk to any bookseller anywhere for any length of time, and you'll encounter the name Ahearn. Book Collecting should be required reading for all beginners, and booksellers and experienced collectors" (Dianne Young, Southern Living); "Best single-volume source for libraries" (Library Journal).</p>

Collection of First Books

Allen Ahearn

Richard Peabody

Patricia Henley

Book Collecting: The Book of First Books

Book collecting: The book of first books

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Fourth edition. There are 3500 first books listed in this edition. This book explains some of the terms used in the trade and how to identify, purchase, care for, and sell first editions. viii , 255 pages. stiff wrapper papers. 8vo..

Author Price Guides

<p>From the publisher: Contains sample signatures, brief biographical sketches, and information for the identification of the first U.S. and U.K. editions of fifty-one authors</p>

Author Price Guides, Volume Two

Ahearn, Patricia

Gertrude Stein: A Bibliography

Literature & Fiction

Wilson, Robert A.

Uphill, Arthur

History & Criticism

Patricia Ahearn

Our books are shipped with tracking. Ahearn's Author Price Guides.

Author Price Guides. 1998. Volume II.

Allen And Patricia Ahearn

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