Modern Book Collecting

by Robert A. Wilson

Book Overview

From what to collect and who to buy from to how to care for a collection

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394501144
• ISBN13: 9780394501147
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Outdated but very useful

The information in the book is a little aged, but it is still applicable and useful. This book will remain in my reference collection.

Great Book!!

Good reference book for book collecting. I read it as often as I can.Good book to have if you collect or sell books

Modern Book Collecting

From Publisher's Weekly - Publishers Weekly: Wilson's guide combines discussions of the basics of book collecting with helpful appendices.

A Modern Classic

Robert A. Wilson is something of a legend in the book world. His experience can be useful to the beginner. If you buy no other book on the subject than this you could do much worse.

The book you wish all booksellers would read!

A lot of info. in a small and convenient package - this is the book I consult most frequently when checking editions because of its handy edition-checker listed by publisher. Its also the book that I wish were required reading for all those online bookseller wannabe's listing book-club editions as "first edition" and other clueless faux-pas that cause us serious book people immeasurable grief and gray hairs! A good, palatable and easily-digested overview of the book-collecting world to initiate the uninformed and usher them into the esoteric world of bibliophilia! Recommended for collectors also.