Book collecting : a modern guide /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peters, Jean, 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : R. R. Bowker Company, 1977.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • What book collecting is all about
  • Buying books from dealers
  • Buying at auction
  • The antiquarian book market
  • The art and craft of collecting manuscripts
  • Descriptive bibliography
  • fakes, forgeries, facsimiles, and other oddities
  • Physical care of books and manuscripts
  • Organizing a collection
  • Appraisal
  • The book collector in the world of scholarship
  • The literature of book collecting