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He wrote, “As far as book collecting in the UK, I would say it was in a pretty healthy replace.me internet is a challenge for magazines and collectors tend to go. Antiquarian & Collectible Books for sale – Free shipping on many items – Browse rare books & antique books on eBay. Download free ebooks about Caring for Rare Books, Restoring Rare Books, Collecting First Editions, and Collecting Newbery or Caldecott.
 
 

 

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Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Facebook : FB has emerged recently as an interesting place for the bookishly inclined.

Searching “Pages” for the author, genre, book, character, etc. Twitter : Like FB, Twitter is a bit of a surprise to be included. Use one or more of the filtering services to get an idea e.

Alternatively, find a twitterer you like and see if they have a ” biblio ” list UI is clean and efficient. They do good works, too opening libraries in S.

Forums can be interesting and useful to the emerging book collector There is no question they have a deeper pool of dealers with the noted caveat that the term “dealer” is somewhat looser. Expect a low signal to noise ratio on common-uncommon material They have a knowledgeable pool of sellers and a fair bit of interesting and useful reference materials.

There is no doubt that they have a stunning selection of new material and an increasingly deep offering of “used and rare”.

They have made noise of late that they are creating a venue for “rare and collectible” material N. It is increasingly difficult to properly describe “unique” copies, you can not provide scholarly links in descriptions, and they have made it difficult to communicate directly with the book sellers. They are the pound gorilla in the room, but they move a lot of books You can search on BF to search all the major selling venues at once.

Private Libraries Association : An association comprised of collectors, based in the UK, but with chapters worldwide. Great exhibits and resources. Maine’s Baxter Society. Find one near you and join Scholarships are available. You learn good things and get to spend time with collectors, dealers, and librarians. Americana Exchange : A very strong collection of resources and a finger on the pulse of the book auction scene.

Fine Books and Collections Magazine : Far and away the best journal for the book scene currently in print. They do quarterly paper editions, but the site is frequently updated and is data rich for any lover of books. Subscribe to the print edition, frequent the site, read the email newsletter, follow the blog.

So there you are. Obviously, there are many other good sites. There are many great library sites British Library, Folger’s, Lilly, etc. The key when buying “well” is dealing with a bookdealer you can trust Buyer, as always, beware. Feel free to add other’s below. Teach me something I do not know The Fine Books Blog.

Association Copies in the Spotlight at Firsts London. Bright Young Booksellers: Ryan M. Book Dealer: Children’s Books. E M Maurice Books.

 
 

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