Modern Book Collecting: A Basic Guide to All Aspects of Book Collecting: What to Collect, Who to Buy From, Auctions, Bibliographies, Care, Fak (Häftad)
avRobert A. Wilson, Nicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9781602399853 - UTGIVEN: 2010-11"Modern Book Collecting" offers advice that answers all the basic questions a book lover and collector might have--what to collect and where to find it, how to tell a first edition from a reprint, how to build an author collection, how to get the best price from dealers, how to understand the prices[...]
Patience & Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go about the Quixotic Task of Preservin (Häftad)
avNicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9780060514464 - UTGIVEN: 2003-03The author of A Gentle Madness explores the history and continuing relevance of books, introducing readers to librarians, readers, writers, scholars, bookbinders, booksellers, and collectors around the world. Reprint.[...]
A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World (Häftad)
avNicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9780060580803 - UTGIVEN: 2004-11In A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience & Fortitude, a companion w[...]
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books (Häftad)
avNicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9780979949159 - UTGIVEN: 2012-05A Gentle Madness continues to astound and delight readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. The book captures that last moment in time when collectors pursued their passions in dusty bookshops and street stalls, high stakes auctions, and the subterf[...]
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History (Inbunden)
avNicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9780307266422 - UTGIVEN: 2013-10A Best Book of the Year: "Mother Jones," "Bloomberg News, " "National Post," "Kirkus Reviews"
A consideration of all things paper--its invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses), proliferation, and sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, co[...]
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History (Häftad)
avNicholas A. Basbanes
ISBN: 9780307279644 - UTGIVEN: 2014-07A Best Book of the Year: "Mother Jones," "Bloomberg News, " "National Post," "Kirkus "
In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes--the consummate bibliophile's bibliophile--shows how paper has been civilization's constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, [...]
Modern Book Collecting (Pocket)
avRobert A. Wilson, Nicholas A. (INT) Basbanes, Robert A. Wilson
ISBN: 9781629147918 - UTGIVEN: 2014-12Everything you need to know about collecting books, in one classic guide. "Modern Book Collecting" offers advice that answers all the most important questions a book lover and collector might have--what to collect and where to find it, how to tell a first edition from a reprint, how to build an auth[...]
The Library (Pocket)
avStuart A. P. Murray, Donald G. David, Nicholas A. (FRW) Basbanes
ISBN: 9781616084530 - UTGIVEN: 2012-03Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished - and the treasures they've housed have evolved from early stone tablets to the mass-produced, bound paper books of our present day. The Library invites you to enter the libraries of ancie[...]
The Care of Fine Books (Pocket)
avJane Greenfield, Nicholas A. (FRW) Basbanes, Nick (AFT) Lyons
ISBN: 9781628737936 - UTGIVEN: 2014-05The Care of Fine Books is a thorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage, Jane Greenfield has created a succinct yet complete resource for anyone who wants to preserve and protec[...]
