Titre et auteur:

Book collecting : a modern guide / edited by Jean Peters.

Publication:

New York : R.R. Bowker Company, 1977.
©1977

Description:

xix, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-271) and index.
What book collecting is all about / William Matheson -- Buying books from dealers / Robin G. Halwas -- Buying at auction / Robert A. Wilson -- The antiquarian book market / Robert Rosenthal -- The art and craft of collecting manuscripts / Lola L. Szladits -- Descriptive bibliography / Terry Belanger -- fakes, forgeries, facsimiles, and other oddities / Joan M. Friedman -- Physical care of books and manuscripts / Willmam Spawn -- Organizing a collection / Jean Peters -- Appraisal / Katherine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab -- The book collector in the world of scholarship / Susan O. Thompson -- The literature of book collecting / G. Thomas Tanselle.

Résumé:

Twelve essays by noted book collectors, curators, and scholar cover auctions, dealers, descriptive bibliographies, forgeries, the organization of a collection, and the care of books and manuscripts.

ISBN:

0835209857
9780835209854

Sujet:

Book collecting.
Book Collecting
Bibliophilie.

Classification/genre:

Essay
essays.
Essays
Essais.

Vedettes secondaires:

Peters, Jean, 1935-2023, editor.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 79670
Cote: PO3036 Z987.B68; ID:85-B10170
Statut: Disponible