How to Buy Rare Books. A Practical Guide to the Antiquarian Book Market. Christie's Collectors Guides)

Hardback. First Edition. How to Buy Rare Books. Book collectors may be born not made, but there are still rules and techniques to be learnt. What is morocco? Where can you buy a first edition of Keats? How do you buy at an auction? This book aims to provide answers to basic but important questions like these. It gives new collectors all the information they need to get started - and some which even the experienced collector may find useful. The book trade is discussed in all its aspects: how to read catalogues, how books are priced and what the terms mean, what to look for and what to avoid, how to build a coherent collection, how old books were made and how they should be cared for. Fully illustrated with examples of famous and collectable books - as well as examples of what not to buy - the book is supplemented by a glossary of common terms, suggestions for following up your interests, and lists of the best bookshops in your area. Bargains can still be found, and whether you are paying £10 or £10,000 have a feel for the market and knowing what to look for in a book will pay dividends: here is a guide tp help you to develop those skills. With 149 illustrations, 16 in colour. 160 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…