Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors.

Connolly, J.

ISBN 10: 0856136573 / ISBN 13: 9780856136573

Published by Orbis, London, 1985 reprint of [1984 first] edition,, 1985

About this Item

Cloth, 8vo, 317, [1] pp , 32 pp of plates. Connolly gives an alphabetic listing of English and American authors of "modern firsts", providing for each author a chronological list of works and an A-Z grading of their value. A laid-in card indicates a value range (as at 1984) for each grade. One lower fore-edge corner untrimmed and folded over, contents a little agetoned, otherwise Good in dustwrapper.

Seller Inventory # ABE-16451

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors.
• Publisher: Orbis, London, 1985 reprint of [1984 first] edition,
• Publication Date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0856136573
• ISBN 13: 9780856136573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference Works (Bibliographies)

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Synopsis

Lists the prices for American and British first editions of the books of major twentieth-century authors

Reviews

While interest in book collecting was once limited largely to old and rare volumes, collecting mania has broadened to include first editions of modern writers. This volume was published in England in 1984; a first edition appeared there in 1977 under the title Collecting First Editions. The selection of authors is strongly British, and though some from the Western Hemisphere are included there are surprising lacunae (e.g., Eudora Welty, Robert Penn Warren, Gabriel Garcia Marquez). Book values are indicated in British pounds. Avid collectors may find interesting the relative values of the included authors' books, as well as the reproductions of a few dust jackets. But some of the indicated values do not reflect U.S. prices accurately. For ongoing book values, librarians will continue to depend on the standard tools. Larry Earl Bone, Mercy Coll. Libs., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
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