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Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books
by Ian C. Ellis
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Features
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Perigee Trade; 3 Updated edition March 7, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399532382
ISBN-13: 978-0399532382
Product Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
Book Description
An updated edition of the essential insider's resource.
For the experienced collector or someone embarking on a new hobby, this newly revised and updated edition of Book Finds reveals the secrets of locating rare and valuable books. Includes information on first editions and reader's copies, auctions and catalogs, avoiding costly and common beginner mistakes, strategies of professional "book scouts," and buying and selling on the Internet.
About The Author
Ian C. Ellis has been working as a book dealer for more than 20 years, haunting bookstores around the world. He currently specializes in science fiction and mysteries.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books (Revised) (Paperback)
I bought this book as I was starting into book collecting. But with about 4 months of intensive collecting and study under my belt, I found it not to have too much new or really useful information. Is is, however, very well written and engaging enough that I read the entire book. If you are starting at a slower pace than I did or if you are just thinking about becoming a book collector this is a fine place to start. It has chapter-length overviews of all the important realms and activities of book-collecting. The only weak-spot, but an important one, is in the area of internet books. In being about 2-3 years behind, it is not an adequate introduction to the range of online resources available to the new collector. Most useful was a list of "1001 more-or-less collectible books" listed by author at the back. (Lacking years of experience, such lists are critical for my reference). This is a useful thing to have around at book sales and the like (along with a good guide to first editions) although not especially wieldy as provided. I found that I finally photocopied the entire section in half-size and ended up with a more useful 5-6 page foldup that I could carry in my pocket. Note that this last section is NOT a price-guide and is not especially discriminatory... for many authors their rarest first book is listed along with much less collectible later works (and since the listings are alphabetical by title, rather than chronological by publication date, you will not be able to use it for parsing-out "first books". Overall a useful starting resource but one that you will rarely use once your collecting becomes a more serious affair.
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Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books
by Ian C. Ellis
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