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Book Collecting 2000: A Comprehensive Guide
by Ahearn, Allen; Ahearn, Patricia
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399145745
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145742
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The owners of the Quill and Brush Bookstore in Maryland are back with a completely revised & updated version of their landmark guide to the estimated market values of over 5000 books.Adding another 1000 books to include the work of 6000 authors, this new edition for the millennium includes prices for 1986, 1995, & 2000, along with invaluable lists of prize winners, author pseudonyms, dealers, auction houses, & how the Internat has forever altered book collecting. A First Edition, First Printing, this hardcover large 8vo has red paper over boards with a deeper burgundy cloth-wrapped spine lettered in bright gilt. Condition is Near Fine: as bright & crisp & clean as Brand New save for a small spot to top outside page edges. Else, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with just a tad of shelfwear. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022003
- Title
- Book Collecting 2000: A Comprehensive Guide
- Author
- Ahearn, Allen; Ahearn, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399145745
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145742
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BOOK COLLECTING COLLECTOR ANTIQUE ANTIQUARIAN VINTAGE WORTH VALUE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books; Antiques/Collecting; Reference/Bibliography/Dictionaries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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