Book Collecting for Everyone

By Terry Julian

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0969431619
• ISBN13: 9780969431619
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Signature Pub
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A perfect introduction for the beginning bibliophile.

A wonderful book for the novice bibliophile. This slim (87 pp.) volume is a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon's read. It mixes helpful hints on how to read dealer's listings with snippets of historical lore and suggestions for must-have reference books. I learned that 8vo in a dealer listing referred to the dimensions of the book (not the number of volumes), that the pulp that formed the basis for early European paper came from recycled underwear, that the reference book I was just outbid on on Ebay was one that I really DO want in my library and more. Two things sum up my reaction to this book: a immediate desire upon finishing the book to write the author and tell him how much I enjoyed reading it; and the feeling of kinship I had when I read one of the included quotes - one that I want on my tombstone when the time should come. "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a sort of library." -Jorge Luis Borges