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• Author/Creator:Ahearn, Allen.
  
• Title:Book collecting : a comprehensive guide / Allen and Patricia Ahearn.
  
• ISBN:0399140492
  9780399140495
  
• Edition:1995 ed.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Putnam, c1995.
  
• Physical Description:xiv, 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
  

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Shirley 8429
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Local Notes:BEIN Shirley 8429: Dust jacket.
  
• Other formats:Online version: Ahearn, Allen. Book collecting. 1995 ed. New York : Putnam, c1995
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. [461]-480).
  
• Contents:Book collecting -- What to collect. First editions -- Proofs and advance review copies -- Limited editions -- Paperbacks or paperwraps -- Literary prize winners. The Booker Prize; The Caldecott Medal; The Edgar; The Edgar for Best First (Mystery) Novel; The Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Achievement; National Book Award; The Nebula Award; The Newbery Medal; PEN/Faulkner Awards; Pulitzer Prize Winners for Literature; Pulitzers Prize Winners for Drama; [and] Pulitzer Prize Winners for American Poetry -- High spots in literature. Anthony Burgess's Nine-nine novels; Cyril Connolly's The modern movement; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones, 1748-1948; Merle Johnson's High spots of American literature; Jacob Blanck's Peter Parley to Penrod.
  Cont.): Queen's Quorum -- Sources for books. Catalogs; General used-book stores and sales; Specialist dealers; [and] Auctions -- Knowledgeable buying. First issue or state and "points";Bibliographies; Pricing; Other considerations; Condition isn't everything -- it's the only thing; Dustwrappers or dust jackets; Autographed books; [and] Glossary -- Some suggestions. Building a collection; Caring for books; Insurance and appraisals; Credit; Bargaining; [and] Selling your books -- First edition identification by publisher. Reprint publishers and book clubs -- Using this guide. A first book; Estimated values; [and] Condition -- The first book list -- Appendix A. Pseudonyms -- Appendix B. Book dealers -- Appendix C. Auction houses.
  
• Subjects:Book collecting--United States.
  English imprints--Collectors and collecting--United States.
  First editions--United States.
  Books--Prices--United States.
  
• Also listed under:Ahearn, Patricia.