Does anyone have any recommendations for books about books?

Was based on and it has gotten me interested in book collecting. I? M looking for good books about book collecting, book collectors or collections, or just books that explain the intricacies of books like what info can be gleaned from the copyright page and for that matter is the copyright page called the copyright page.

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Here are a few suggestions. The best simple guide to book collecting is John Carter’s ’ABC for Book Collectors. ’ It has been in print almost continuously since it was first published in 1952.It explains all the technical terms in an informative, witty style and is indispensable.

Many people in the field use it for a lifetime. Other books that are worth while include Zempel’s ’First Editions: A Guide to Identification,’ which lists the policies of various publishers for indicating first editions.(Some publishers have changed their policies several times over the last 100 years.) A fun book to read about collectors and book dealers is ’A Gentle Madness’ by Nicholas Basbanes. Lots of good anecdotes here, and again, a witty style.

A great book that is no longer in print is ’Printing and the Mind of Man’ by John Carter and Percy Muir.It is a list of the 350 or so books that have changed history, from the Gutenberg Bible to Einstein and beyond, with wonderful, short explanations as to what their impact was. If you can get a used copy, by all means do so. That’s just for openers.

If you get interested in this, a good site you should know about is: http://www.oakknoll.com/. They are publishers and sellers of books about books, and you’ll find some other possibilities, browsing their site. Sources: Personal experience and opinion tabbycat's Recommendations ABC for Book Collectors Amazon List Price: $25.00 Used from: $23.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 9 reviews) For some reason the Amazon widget-machine only lists the 7th edition, but get the 8th, which is also available from them.

Tabbycat's Recommendations First Editions: A Guide to Identification Amazon List Price: $60.00 Used from: $49.99 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) tabbycat's Recommendations A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books Amazon List Price: $20.00 Used from: $5.65 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 17 reviews) tabbycat's Recommendations PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN: The Impact of Print on Five Centuries of Western Civilization Used from: $75.00 .

Here are some suggestions.... Several years ago, when I was publishing Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon’s Marketplace and Other Online Sites my friend Gen Kazdin offered to pull together a casual bibliography on bookselling for booksellers. I still think it is the best I have seen.... and I have cut and pasted (with old links) below Happy reading, Windwalker Gen Kazdin’s Casual Biography My friend and colleague Genevieve Kazdin is the proprietor of a very well-run online bookshop on Cape Cod, called Dunes Studio, and she contributed mightily to the usefulness of Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon’s Marketplace and Other Online Sites by distilling years of experience and education into the following casual, annotated bibliography of books about bookselling and book collecting. I thank her heartily for her contribution, her good humor, and her support, and I urge everyone who finds this bibliography helpful or illuminating or amusing, or not, to go directly to her online storefront and buy one or two of her listings, which I can assure you from personal experience will then arrive, very carefully packaged, with lightning speed.

-Stephen Windwalker Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon’s Marketplace and Other Online Sites by Stephen Windwalker Availability: We ship within 24 hours, excepting holidays and weekends Product Details: Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Harvard Perspectives Press; ISBN: 0971577838; (June 5, 2002) Average Customer Review: Based on 13 reviews. Amazon. Com Sales Rank: 2,583 Complete Guide to Starting a Used Bookstore: Old Books into Gold by Dale L.

Gilbert Used: from $9June 5, 20028 Paperback: 197 pages Publisher: Chicago Review Pr; ASIN: 0914091891; (August 1986) Windwalker says: "a terrific guide to running a brick and mortar used bookshop. " Among the Gently Mad: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book-Hunter in the Twenty-First Century by Nicholas A. Basbanes List Price: $2June 5, 20027 Price: $17.50 You Save: $7.50 (30%) Product Details: Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

; ISBN: 0805051597; (November 2002) Amazon. Com Sales Rank: 71,551 Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Basbanes’s guide to book collecting is a more practical, but no less impassioned, complement to his earlier history of bibliophilia, A Gentle Madness. He presents useful tips illustrated with charming anecdotes about the collecting habits of everyone from Winston Churchill to Umberto Eco.To Basbanes, book collecting isn’t about making money, but "about gratifying a passion in a sensible way.

" He urges collectors to buy books that they know and develop specific areas of interest to avoid "buying blind-the most frequently committed transgression in book collecting. " He insists that it is possible to acquire first-rate collections on modest budgets, and extols the virtues of select Internet sites. Particularly intriguing are Basbanes’s descriptions of the most interesting collections he has encountered.

Among these are the George Arents Collection at the New York Public Library, which consists of several hundred thousand objects in 20 languages on the history, literature and lore of tobacco, as well as the Jay Miller Aviation story Collection at the Central Arkansas Library, consisting of 6,000 books on flight history and 50,000 aviation journals, along with hundreds of aircraft operation manuals. Basbanes also offers some startling figures. A first issue copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, for example, recently went for $15,000.

Though targeted primarily at prospective collectors, this lively book will appeal to any book lover, as Basbanes’s enthusiasm is infectious. Collected Books: The Guide to Values 2002 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn List Price: $7June 5, 20027 Used Beware - the market changes quickly and such a book can be outdated before it hits the stores. It does help in setting values, however.

" Book collecting : the book of first books by Allen Ahearn Used: Edition Gen says: "Do you remember Larry McMurtry’s first book? It can be important to know the titles of the first books of current popular authors. Ahearn is a great help in tracking down this information."

Huxfords Old Book Value Guide: 25,000 Listings of Old Books With Current Values (Huxford’s Old Book Value Guide, 13th Ed) List Price: $1June 5, 20028 Hardcover - 396 pages 13th edition (May 2001) Collector Books; ISBN: 1574322184 Next Edition: Paperback (14th) Gen says: "Again, such guides quickly go out of date and should not be used as absolute pricing guidelines. The value of this book, for me, is giving publication dates and information for many books, and clues as to their relative values to the author’s other works. " Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World and Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone List Price: $11.95 and $12.95 Paperback; Used The reader learns along with the Goldstones.

" Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian Ellis List Price: $14.95 Paperback - 320 pages 2nd edition (February 6, 2001) Perigee; ISBN: 0399526544 Used Other online dealers have scoffed at this one, but I find it contains a great deal of information: a glossary; help in identifying first editions, BCEs; reference suggestions; and perhaps most helpful of all, the attitude that book selling can be done well and with ethics intact. Ellis wisely does not publish a price guide for books he recommends. He knows how misleading such a guide can be after only a short time.

This book is worth reading -- and if you do not find it of value, why, resell it online! " A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes List Price: $20.00 Used from $17.00 Paperback: 656 pages Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

; ISBN: 0805061762; (March 1999) Gen says: "Passionate about books? Read about some of the great, renowned collectors, many with unlimited funds, and some with minimal assets. This is essential reading for anyone seriously collecting, or even dreaming about it."

Booked to Die: The Mystery That Introduced Cliff Janeway (Used, Dunning seems to have researched this well, and therefore this is a pleasant way to pick up some of the tricks of the trade. " Windwalker says: "By making and keeping a vow to forego posting on any message boards during my vacation down the Cape last month, I was able to enjoy reading half a dozen books including John Dunning’s The Bookman’s Wake, which is just a terrific read -- it is a very good mystery novel but the bonus is that it is chock full of the flora and fauna of antiquarian bookselling, and that makes for a wonderful way for any bookseller to continue his self-education...." Parnassus on Wheels (Used, They were written about 1917, and are as old fashioned as you might guess. When Roger Mifflin meets up with Helen McGill, they elope together in Roger’s wagon and travel around selling books.

Eventually, they settle in Brooklyn and open a store. Maybe they will not help you sell books, but they will put a smile on your face, and share the book-magic that Roger and Helen felt. Not bad, for a summer day’s read!

" Books: Identification and Price Guide (The Confident Collector) by Nancy Wright List Price: $1June 5, 20027 (Used, " Price Guide to Cookbooks and Recipe Leaflets (Used, " Cookbooks Worth Collecting (Used, If we are reading for pleasure and relaxation, we might as well pick up the terms used in the publishing business and come away with a sense of the industry. Who says earning needs to be boring? " The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk, Jr and E.B.White List Price: $7.95 (Used, Since many have difficulties with spelling (use a good spell-checker) and with the vagaries of English grammar, I recommend this small, concise volume as perhaps the easiest way to refresh all those rules we learned in third grade.

I, personally, tend not to buy from someone who can’t cope with the differences among there, their, and they’re. " Make Money Self-Publishing : Learn How from Fourteen Successful Small Publishers by Suzanne P. Thomas How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company: A Small Business Guide To Self-Publishing And Independent Publishing by Peter I.

Hupalo Damn! Why Didn’t I Write That? How Ordinary People are Raking in $100,000.00...or more Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!

By Marc McCutcheon The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book (3rd edition) by Tom Ross, Marilyn Ross The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book by Dan Poynter Other Essentials and Not so Essentials Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions by Bill McBride See all new: from $12.95 See all used: from $12.95 Publisher: McBride Pub; ASIN: 0930313062; 6th edition (January 1, 2001) Searching For That Elusive First Printing, July 23, 2001 Reviewer: agnostictrickster from Whittier, California "I owe quite a lot to Bill McBride and his A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions. When I started collecting books in earnest over a decade ago, I knew very little about first editions more correctly ’first printings’. My first education in ’firsts’ came from a 3rd Edition of this handy little book.

I always carry it now the 6th Revised Edition when I’m doing the used bookstores somewhere the urban counterpart to the rock collecting I do in the outback and many times Mr. McBride’s little book has saved me from buying a book misidentified as a ’first’ and has helped me find a few bargains when a long sought ’first’ was not identified as such. Before you challenge the used bookstore circuit my favorites are in San Francisco, Berkeley, and the Los Angeles/Orange County area or, braver yet, the yard sale/estate sale/swap meet/Goodwill circuit, make sure you have a copy of Mr. McBride’s little book in your hip pocket." Book Collecting 2000: A Comprehensive Guide (Collected Books, 2000) by Allen Ahearn, Patricia Ahearn (Used, To throw the book out is unthinkable!

The damage isn’t serious enough for professional attention, but you don’t want to risk further damage. What do you do? This elegant do-it-yourself kit containing manual and mending materials provides the solution.

* mending tears * reattaching loose pages * flattening wrinkles or folds * drying water damage * reinforcing covers * repairing dust jackets * repairing book corners * tightening books in their cases * fixing loose labels and bookplates * reattaching paperback covers * cleaning and care * resources -- Kit includes: * The Book Repair Manual -- written by experts on the preservation of books and illustrated with photographs and drawings -- provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 repair projects and includes anecdotes about book collecting and book lovers. The Manual is handsomely designed and bound in hardcover. * 25 repair items (many in multiples), run the gamut from neutral pH adhesive, a bamboo brush, transparent mending tape, a stainless steel microspatula, and mat board to cotton gloves and bristol board.

The mending materials are of the highest archival quality, and the only materials not supplied are common household items such as paper towels and scissors. These tools and materials are not only difficult to find, but would cost well over $100 if purchased individually. * A source list for materials.

This unique kit provides step-by-step instructions and all the materials you need to patch, preserve, repair, and restore the books you love in your own home--with no previous experience required. " The Used Book Lover’s Guides from Book Hunter Press By David S. And Susan Siegel Your personal guides to 8,000 used, out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers in the United States and Canada with a combined inventory of over 200 million used books.(Click on a book’s graphic to navigate to that title on Amazon, or click here to go to the Book Hunter Press website).

So. Atlantic Mid Atlantic Midwest Pacific Coast Canada New England Central States The New Gold in Your Attic by Van Allen Bradley See all used, Barringer Used & new from $24.95 Product Details: Paperback. Publisher: Unknown; ISBN: 0971250308; large print edition (August 2001) ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter, Nicolas Barker Our Price: $17.50 Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Oak Knoll Press; ISBN: 1884718051; 7th edition (April 2000) Amazon.

Com says: "This seventh edition of John Carter’s classic text contains in-depth descriptions of every aspect of antique and modern book collecting from A to Z. All terms are alphabetized for quick reference, including how to take care of pigskin, morocco, or Russian leather, how to tell japon vellum from India proof paper and how to determine "very good copy" in a collectible volume. For first edition collectors, Carter’s definition of "follow the flag" explains the historical issues surrounding first and native first texts.

The book’s pages are charmingly labeled, showing you exactly where the half-title and tailpiece are located and what a printer’s imprint page looks like." Modern Book Collecting by Robert Alfred Wilson Our Price: $11.87 (Used, 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. " First Editions: A Guide to Identification by Edward N Zempel (Editor) Our Price: $60.00 Publisher: Spoon River Pr; ISBN: 093035818X; 4th edition (November 2001) Paperback Price Guide to Romance LARGE PRINT by Judy L.

Barringer See all new: from $24.95 Publisher: Unknown; ISBN: 0971250308; large pr edition (August 2001) Great resource! , April 12, 2002 Reviewer: A reader from GA: This is the perfect type price guide, no baloney, no wasted words, just the author, title and price. Perfect for my needs, I hope they do other genres too.

Not every author is included and some prices are different from the current internet prices but for the most part it is dead on. I found it extremely helpful. Selling Old Books the New Dot Com Way: Your Guide to Starting and Running an Internet Bookselling Business by Suzanne Pitner Paperback - 128 pages.

Easy to read with large type, small pages, with extra wide margins (June 5, 20027) iUniverse.Com Publisher’s description: "You can be part of the Internet book selling explosion! Learn the ABCs of online book sales! " Windwalker says: "Honest.

That’s what it says. " Sources: Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites by Stephen Windwalker .

Two series The first is a set of non-fiction books by Larry and Nancy Goldstone about their experiences as used/rare book collectors. Really well wrillen and funny. The second is a set of detective/mystery novels by John Dunning, fictional, about a private detective who also runs a used bookstore.

All of the novels are around rare books and murder. See below for individual book names. Icecorps's Recommendations Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales Amazon List Price: $13.95 Used from: $1.78 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 9 reviews) Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World Amazon List Price: $13.95 Used from: $3.958 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 39 reviews) Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore Amazon List Price: $3.958 Used from: $3.958 Average Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 (based on 23 reviews) The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel Amazon List Price: $23.959 Used from: $8.44 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 23 reviews) Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway Novels (Paperback)) Amazon List Price: $3.953 Used from: $0.80 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 77 reviews) The Bookman's Promise (Cliff Janeway Novels ) Amazon List Price: $3.953 Used from: $0.10 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 44 reviews) The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels (Paperback)) Amazon List Price: $3.957 Used from: $3.958 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 24 reviews) .

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Instant Expert: Collecting Books by Matthew Budman (Paperback - 9.959) Buy new: $19.959 $10.61 Used & new from $7.53 Get it by Friday, 9.9576, if you order in the next 9 hours and 34 minutes. Excerpt - page 1: "... writes in A Primer of Book Collecting: ..." › See more references to book collecting in this book. 4.

Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian C. Ellis (Paperback - 9.957) Buy new: $15.95 $9.958 Used & new from $9.959 Get it by Friday, 9.9576, if you order in the next 11 hours and 19 minutes. Excerpt - page 9: "... while most people think of book collecting only in terms of the ..." › See more references to book collecting in this book.5.

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes (Paperback - Mar 1999) - Bargain Price Used & new from $14.68 Books: See all 4713 items 6. Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions by Bill McBride (Paperback - 9.957) Buy new: $15.95 Used & new from $13.25 Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks Books: See all 4713 items 7.

First Editions: A Guide to Identification by Edward N. Zempel (Hardcover - Nov 2001) Buy new: $60.00 $59.957 Used & new from $49.958 Get it by Friday, Jan.26, if you order in the next 11 hours and 19 minutes. Books: See all 4713 items 8.

Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition (Official Price Guide to Collecting Books) by Marie Tedford and Pat Goudey (Paperback - 9.957) Buy new: $19.959 $12.78 Used & new from $10.54 Get it by Friday, Jan.26, if you order in the next 10 hours and 19 minutes. Books: See all 4713 items 9. Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone (Paperback - 9.958) Buy new: $13.95 $11.86 Used & new from $1.99 Get it by Friday, Jan.26, if you order in the next 9 hours and 34 minutes.

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One book that may interest you - I recently ordered "Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them". I haven't received it yet, so can't go into detail about it, but there were several great reviews here on amazon.com. Apparently, according to the reviews, it is a great book for writers as well as for people that just want to learn how to appreciate books as they read them.

Check out the reviews when you can. Adelhardt's Recommendations Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Amazon List Price: $23.95 Used from: $11.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 38 reviews) .

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