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  • These will include top of the range antiquarian books and manuscripts plus modern firsts, fine maps, prints - the best that the international book market has to offer. (bookbase.com)
  • The Library has an excellent collection of English auction catalogues relating to the sale of books and manuscripts, with extensive holdings of Sotheby's and Christie's catalogues back into the mid-nineteenth century, alongside catalogues of many of the major booksellers of the last century. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Ed owns Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts in Portland, Oregon, and Lee owns The Ridge Books in Calhoun, Georgia. (blogspot.com)
  • Today only around 200 manuscripts (11 in the Kaufmann collection), and about a hundred books, often annotated by him have been identified. (columbia.edu)
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  • Biblio spotlights "the core of our business model: the independent booksellers who bring their expertise, enthusiasm, and professionalism to soon the used and rare book trade. (blogspot.com)
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  • When Mike Henbrey reminisced for me about his time working at Sawyer Antiquarian Booksellers in Grafton St and showed me these evocative photographs of London's secondhand bookshops taken in 1971 by Richard Brown , it made me realise how much I miss them all now that they have mostly vanished from the streets. (spitalfieldslife.com)
  • Copies of a favourite book, rendered more precious by the way I obtained them and now a souvenir of those dusty old secondhand bookshops that were once my landmarks to navigate around the city. (spitalfieldslife.com)
  • I used to spend a lot of time visiting the bookshops along Charing Cross Road, enjoying the wonderful, musty smell of the books. (spitalfieldslife.com)
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  • Walpole Galleries, This is the first book auction catalogue of The Walpole Galleries, November 12, 1915. (colophonbooks.com)
  • A Catalogue of Choice Books, Selected from recent Purchases. (colophonbooks.com)
  • Do you prefer to view a catalogue, or to browse or search the stock of a particular bookseller? (bookbase.com)
  • There is a card catalogue of almanacs from 1501-1800 - arranged in chronological order and in two divisions: 'British' and 'Foreign' - in the Rare Books catalogue annexe. (cam.ac.uk)
  • A card catalogue in the Rare Books catalogue annexe lists the ballads by title. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Many of the sales catalogues held in the Library have not been listed in any catalogue or index, especially booksellers' catalogues. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Our holdings are also recorded in the online English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), though classmarks are not always included and you may need to cross-check with iDiscover. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Anastatic copies are reproductions, in black and white or in color, of rare books, used in place of the originals because they are no longer available or difficult to find. (limitededitionbook.com)
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  • Learn the difference between signed and inscribed books. (biblio.com)
  • Naturally, if a book is signed and inscribed by the author and dated close to the publication date of the book, it will carry more weight than if all variables were the same but the book wasn't dated, or it was dated much farther from the publication date. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • The Antinomian Press was established by Ben Kinmont in 1996 to print and distribute books and ephemera in support of project art. (oakknoll.com)
  • The many other interesting articles include a look at W. Heath Robinson's wonderful children's books, Sydney Berger writing on book fairs, and for the ephemera and playing cards collectors out there, lavishly illustrated articles on vintage Jokers and travel ephemera. (oakknoll.com)
  • The Bibliophile Bookbase was the first multilingual antiquarian books search web site when it went on-line in 1997 and remains one of the best offering rare books direct from the bookdealers. (bookbase.com)
  • A copy of the List of catalogues of English book sales, 1676-1900, now in the British Museum (1915) annotated with Cambridge holdings stands at B885.1. (cam.ac.uk)
  • The Golden Age of American travel books, collecting vintage paperbacks and children's books, the WWI political cartoons of Louis Raemaekers, what every collector should know about book formats, auction reports on Tolkeiniana and Victorian mysteries, another great column on collecting by Nicholas Basbanes. (oakknoll.com)
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  • IN THIS ISSUE: L. Gordan on E.B. and R. Browning in Italy, W. Brown and K. Blewster on Jackie Gleason's collection of books on the paranormal, D. Ressinger on the memoires of the Huguenot refugee Jacques Fontaine, an article and publication checklist for the Bird & Bull Press, the library of Umberto Eco, bestselling war novels of 1948, AND. (oakknoll.com)
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  • D. Thompson on George Orwell as a print and radio journalist, plus articles on W.M. Thackeray, Charles Dickens, the libraries of the University of Toronto, books on chess, the novels of the preacher. (oakknoll.com)
  • Browse a selection of signed rare books with a personal touch, autographed presidential biographies, renowned first edition novels signed by Nobel Prize Winners, golf legends leaving their imprint on their works, and many others. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • We offer a wide range of used, out-of-print and antiquarian books in most subjects, for readers and collectors alike. (biblio.sg)
  • A special thrill for many book collectors is the ownership of signed or inscribed books, to see and hold that long-desired signature of that famous person we have always admired. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • Rare Book Cafe is a gathering of collectors and lovers of old, rare, and collectible books. (blogspot.com)
  • Sotheby's, The Schoyen Collection began in 1955 with the acquisition of a printed book containing a manuscript fragment. (colophonbooks.com)
  • 26 items from The Roycrot Press, a lengthy section on drama and the theater, American and English authors in original bindings and books. (colophonbooks.com)
  • THE AUSTERE ACADEMY (volume 5) is not only stamped/inscribed, but has the rare original dust jacket: several, but not all, of the titles were available in jacket only if ordered directly from the publisher, and very few were printed. (typepunchmatrix.com)
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  • Below is a brief guide to collecting signed books, including a glossary of signed book terms and a guide to finding signed books. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. (biblio.com)
  • IN THIS ISSUE: K. Blewster on Sherman Alexie, K. Vonnegut on himself, C. Grossman on the Limited Editions Club then and now, R. Meador on The Death of a Salesman, K. Jones on a bookstore in W. Texas, D. Thompson on collecting Beatles books, K. Peterson on Hemingway in Cuba, Dodgson's own first edition copy of Alice at. (oakknoll.com)
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  • Perhaps it is a rare book from your childhood or a particular edition of a book that you wish to give as a gift. (biblio.com)
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  • Graziano seems to be confused here since his note of purchase of this book from Teglio in 1649 is on f. 3v of Kaufmann B 812 , corresponding to the Hanau 1627 edition. (columbia.edu)
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  • I arrived half an hour after my local library's most recent Friends' sale and found at least three booksellers already there who had run through the aisles, selected a stack of books, and were hoarding them in the corner. (blogspot.com)
  • When a sale first opens, everyone fans out and I really feel that everyone has an equal opportunity to spot the "good" books, whether they are dealers or not. (blogspot.com)
  • I also feel strongly that there are enough books in the world for everyone, so there's no need to be greedy, rambunctious, obnoxious, or rude at a library sale. (blogspot.com)
  • Once inside a sale, I stack up books in a corner, too, with my coat thrown over them, or I shop while my husband takes armloads of books from me every few minutes. (blogspot.com)
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  • This collection includes circa 1000 English auction catalogues, 108 booksellers' catalogues and some 60 proposals and specimens, most of which are catalogued online. (cam.ac.uk)
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  • - Inscribed Copy - An inscribed copy is the term used for a book with an author's signature and a general inscription. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
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  • Terrific collection of Lemony Snicket works, including first printings of every volume of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS - 8 of which are stamped and inscribed by the author, and one with the rare dust jacket - along with Snicket's autobiography, stamped and signed by Handler. (typepunchmatrix.com)
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  • Thus, we buy and sell Steinbeck primary first editions in dust jackets, signed/limited editions, his appearances in anthologies, his periodical appearances, books and periodicals about Steinbeck, film and theatre memorabilia, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items. (jimbooks.com)
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  • And I'm also a book collector, and want inexpensive books for my own library. (blogspot.com)
  • Whether you're just beginning your collection or are a seasoned collector, what should you consider when looking for and purchasing a signed book? (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • Chronicling the arduous adventures of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, this collection includes all 13 volumes from THE BAD BEGINNING to THE END, with more than half of the books containing Lemony Snicket's specific method of signing: an embossed stamp with ink inscription "with all due respect" and the date. (typepunchmatrix.com)
  • Coming from a important collection of occult books & SECRET SOCIETY. (limitededitionbook.com)
  • The Edna Webster Collection comes with a copy of the publisher's advance sampler featuring a selection of upcoming works by five writers being published by Mariner Books including Brautigan. (gregorrarebooks.com)
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  • A remarkable collection of articles examining various facets of Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich's numismatic activities and the legacy of the collection he formed and the books that he either wrote or underwrote. (numislit.com)
  • Signed Books: Add to Your Collection or Find the Unique Gift! (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • A signed book is a sought-after collectible for a bibliophile, and it can add exponential value to a book collection. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • Scroll to the bottom of the post for a list of noteworthy signed books to add to your collection today. (bookstellyouwhy.com)
  • His lists, however, are incomplete and sometimes incorrect since certain books that are in the Kaufmann collection are absent there, and apparently he attributed more than one purchase to a mistaken seller. (columbia.edu)
  • Click here to see an example used for an 8th-century Old Testament Book of Esther ( Cary Collection , Rochester Institute). (abc-clio.com)
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  • First page reads that the meeting was attended by 8 Judaic librarians for Congregations and Institutions in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Ohio, including Rabbi Philip Goodman from the Jewish Book Council. (danwymanbooks.com)
  • The Pussy is more keenly attuned to our present crisis than most of what gets noticed in the New York Review of Books . (hooverhogblog.com)
  • IN THIS ISSUE: D. Lobban on Aldus Manutius, P. Cuneo on Johnson and Garrick, D. Porter on the Hogarth Press and its proprietors, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, R. Meador on bookstores in Ann Arbor, N. Basbanes on the Archive of the Indies and the Biblioteca Columbina in Seville, R. Young on miniature books, AND MUCH MORE. (oakknoll.com)
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  • In a world where freedom of speech, ideas, and religion clash with various forms of fundamentalism, where, post-9/11, democratic societies debate the limits to freedom of speech, Forbidden Fruit calls on all of us to examine the long history of censoring ideas and reminds us that the impetus to ban books is still very much alive. (davidmasonbooks.com)
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  • It's the 36th episode of Rare Book Cafe - Coffee Break, and the good news is that co-host Lee Linn is on the mend from the fractured arm and leg she received after a bad fall at the end of the Books in Boston Shadow Show. (blogspot.com)
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  • So Bronwyn and I drove down to Hamilton last Thursday with our good friend Liz Morton for the dual launch of Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2021 and my own new poetry book The Oceanic Feeling . (blogspot.com)
  • It is best to assume that a "fair" book is in rough shape but still readable. (biblio.com)
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