Book collector must haves1/25/2024 The concept of a "rare book" is easy to comprehend it is a book which is seldom encountered and presumably exists in very small numbers. One could assemble an interesting (?) and fascinating (?) collection of esoteric, undesirable "rare" books for which there is little or no demand. One has only to understand that every book has a first edition and only popular or successful titles have more than one printing to see that not every first edition is desirable for definitions of edition and printing). ![]() In other words, not every rare book is valuable.Īnother misconception is that every first edition is collectible and valuable. In general, there is a lack of demand for old text books, old bibles, many self-help titles, long out-of-date technology handbooks, old encyclopedias, poetry by unknown poets, older fiction by unknown authors and some local business histories and many of these books are either rare or scarce. To take this concept a step further, there are thousands of titles of older fiction, most of which went through only one printing and for which there is no interest, unless a scholar or bibliographer is studying that area of fiction. Only Art's cousins are looking for a copy even his local library has no interest in the book. Arthur Deco's "Forty Years of My Poetry" which Art brought to a vanity publisher in 1965 and paid for the publication of 200 copies. There are many rare books for which there is virtually no market, i.e. Part 10 - Book illustrations - variety of & illustrators Part 9 - Some physical aspects of the book - bindings & paper Part 8 - Understanding book values & pricing Part 7 - Ephemera - what is it and is it part of book collecting Part 6 - Rarity & scarcity and supply & demand Part 5 - Bibliographies and other useful references Part 4 - Jargon - Condition and its importance Part 3 - Jargon - Reading a catalog description ![]() Part 2 - Importance of priority relative to book collecting Lucas: The Essentials of Book Collecting The Essentials of Book Collecting An Essay in Parts by Robert F.
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