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ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS by Carter, John & Nicolas Barker - 2013
by Carter, John & Nicolas Barker
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ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2013. cloth, dust jacket. tall 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. Eighth US Edition With Corrections, Additions and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker.
Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable as well as the most informative reference book on the subject. Here, in over 490 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms used in book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comments on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, 'points', rarity, etc. This eighth edition has been revised by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector and incorporates additional words created by the introduction of web-based collecting. ABC for Book Collectors retains its humorous character as the one indispensable guide to book collecting while also keeping us up-to-date with modern terminology.
Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you! John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors has long been established as the most enjoyable as well as the most informative reference book on the subject. Here, in over 490 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms used in book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comments on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, 'points', rarity, etc. This eighth edition has been revised by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector and incorporates additional words created by the introduction of web-based collecting. ABC for Book Collectors retains its humorous character as the one indispensable guide to book collecting while also keeping us up-to-date with modern terminology.
- Bookseller Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (US)
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- ISBN 10 1584561122
- ISBN 13 9781584561125
- Publisher Oak Knoll Press
- Place of Publication New Castle, Delaware
- Date Published 2013
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London: The British Library, 2004. Hardback. 234pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. John Carter's classic "ABC for Book Collectors" has long been established as the most enjoyable and informative reference work on book terminology. Here, in over 490 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found the definition and analysis of the technical terms of book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with insightful comments on such subjects as auctions, conditions, facsimiles, fakes, points, rarity, organizations etc. This eighth edition, revised and expanded, and with an introduction by Nicholas Barker, editor of "The Book Collector", incorporates additions and amendments which have accumulated since the last edition was updated. Nicholas Barker worked with his friend John Carter revising the "ABC" up to the latter's death in 1975 and has faithfully preserved the subtle wit and spirit of the original. This is an…
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