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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Owl Books
Publication date
November 1, 2003
Pages
288
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2 reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805074413
ISBN-10
0805074414
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.00
Other format details
reference
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Internet Bookselling Made Easy!: How to Earn a Living Selling Used Books Online (Volume 1) | Patience & Fortitude | Book Finds | Patience & Fortitude | A Gentle Madness | Rare Books Uncovered | Used and Rare | The Care of Fine Books | A Splendor of Letters
Internet Bookselling Made Easy!: How to Earn a Living Selling Used Books Online (Volume 1) | Patience & Fortitude | Book Finds | Patience & Fortitude | A Gentle Madness | Rare Books Uncovered | Used and Rare | The Care of Fine Books | A Splendor of Letters
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Offers a field guide to modern book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first or book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description:
From the author of A Gentle Madness , the book that delighted bibliophiles everywhere, comes a twenty-first-century guide to book collecting that deals with both the traditional methods of acquisition and the electronic tools now available on the Internet.
Sharing the superb insight he has gathered from booksellers over the years, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a refresher course on the fundamentals that endure, while questioning certain practices of doubtful validity. Topics include how to determine if a book is a first edition, how to spot book club editions, the significance of dust jackets, scouting the flea markets, how to work the book fairs, and the importance of handling the goods, as well as discussing less tangible issues like spotting trends and shaping a focus. Then he takes a careful look at Internet buying, pro and con, illuminating how you can use these electronic tools to your advantage, and making this the book no modern collector will want to be without.
Sharing the superb insight he has gathered from booksellers over the years, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a refresher course on the fundamentals that endure, while questioning certain practices of doubtful validity. Topics include how to determine if a book is a first edition, how to spot book club editions, the significance of dust jackets, scouting the flea markets, how to work the book fairs, and the importance of handling the goods, as well as discussing less tangible issues like spotting trends and shaping a focus. Then he takes a careful look at Internet buying, pro and con, illuminating how you can use these electronic tools to your advantage, and making this the book no modern collector will want to be without.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Henry Holt & Co (November 1, 2002)
9780805051599 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Offers a field guide to book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first of book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling.
About: Offers a field guide to book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first of book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
2 reprint edition from Owl Books (November 1, 2003); titled "Among the Gently Mad: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-First Century"
9780805074413 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Offers a field guide to modern book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first or book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling.
About: Offers a field guide to modern book collectors that covers both traditional and electronic methods of acquisition, discussing such topics as how to spot first or book club editions, working a book fair, dust jackets, and book handling.
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