Modern Book Collecting:A Guide for the Beginner Who is Buying First Editions for the First Time.

Robert A. Wilson

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ISBN 10: 0394501144 ISBN 13: 9780394501147

Published by Knopf, 1980

Language: English

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Title: Modern Book Collecting:A Guide for the Beginner Who is Buying First Editions for the First Time.
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1980
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0394501144
ISBN 13: 9780394501147
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated quarter cloth and green boards.

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This guide describes everything you need to know about collecting recently published literature. Robert Wilson indicates how to identify known and emerging authors worth collecting; how to find those first editions, with a list of the various labeling styles of well-known commercial and small presses; how to spot a fake; and how to sell your collection to an institution. The appendices alone are a valuable resource for collectors, with lists covering such information as book auction firms, clubs for book collectors, and Wilson's picks for the 50 most important American books since World War II.

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