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Author : Ian C. Ellis
Edition : 3
Number of Pages : 336
Publisher : Perigee Trade
List Price : $15.95
Amazon Price : $9.06
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Product Description An updated edition of the essential insider's resource. For the experienced collector or someone embarking on a new hobby, this newly revised and updated edition of Book Finds reveals the secrets of locating rare and valuable books. Includes information on first editions and reader's copies, auctions and catalogs, avoiding costly and common beginner mistakes, strategies of professional "book scouts," and buying and selling on the Internet. Customer reviews How to make Money  by .. Hegelian (Concord, MA USA)
This guide treats books like commodities to be bought and sold to make money. Almost the entire focus is on the BIG money you can make scouting books. It reminds me of those no-money-down real estate seminars where you can supposedly learn how to make BIG money! (Drop me in any city and give me a map marked with bookstores and a $5 bill and I will have a $1,000 the next day!) The author brags about how much he made by buying such-and-such a book and selling it across town for three times as much. In one case (he refers to it twice, actually) he made enough on one book to take "a vacation to Europe." If you love books, this is not for you. If you love money, you can probably make more in a different activity. Incidently, values seem exaggerated throughout.
Very thorough  by .. Shawn Hazen (Chicago, IL USA)
The cover is misleading: it looks like it will be about antiquarian books. But it's actually about modern firsts, so more recent, jacketed-type books. If that's what you're into, this book is great. It covers everything from how the publishing industry works to the all-important detective skills required to identify a real first edition. And a lot of super-arcane details in between. It even mentions in passing a lot of authors and titles that I've never read, so it was a great way to discover new reading material. There's also a lot of ground covered regarding "scouting" and selling books, which will be super-practical for people going down that road.
Outdated by .. Chris Robert (Torrance, CA)
Without more extensive coverage of the internet marketplace, this book can only be considered out-of-date. For the most part, the kind of selling and trading presented here no longer exists as a profitable endeavor.
Without peer  by .. Paul Bogosian (Birthplace of Vermont)
The author loves his work and shares that love and knowledge in an immediately understandable way.
Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy and Sell Used and Rare Books by .. Shirley A Hickey (Green Bay, WI)
Excellent book for either the new seller or those already doing so. Information included is useful to help become an even better seller.
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Author : Bauman David
Number of Pages : 106
Publisher : Bauman Rare Books
List Price : $12.95
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Product Description Rare Finds is a friendly, wide-ranging introduction to the world of rare book collecting. It is intended for those with a budding interest in this exciting field rather than simply professional booksellers and librarians. The guide contains an easy-to-use Glossary as well as sections devoted to Frequently Asked Questions, Book Production, and Format. Lavishly illustrated, it includes chapters on all major collecting areas. Customer reviews Insufficient depth by .. Robert A. Moss MD (Fountain Valley, CA United States)
Since David Bauman represents the pinnacle of commercial rare book dealers I expected a bit more from this all too superficial book. He describes various types of rare books from different times and places which is certainly interesting for someone just thinking about collecting rare books, but I would have liked to hear more of his own experiences with some of the extraordinary volumes he's come across. Bauman's weekly add in the NY Times Book Review, while just a tempting little more than a listing, nonetheless has always struck me with a palpable sense of how books are a valued (often very highly valued) part of our culture. You get a liitle of this from Rare Finds and certainly some nice pictures, but just not enough of the human side of what these books mean to someone like Bauman and, in turn, what they should mean to us as collectors. How does he acquire such valuable works? How are they stored? Who buys a signed First Edition of Tender is the Night for $75,000? What do some great private libraries contain? and why? Unfortunately these and similar questions aren't addressed. Instead, Rare Finds is a rather brief, pedestrian tour of book collecting in general with little to excite the reader.
Related Search : rare finds , collecting , guide book
Format : Teacher's Edition
Author : Harcourt Brace
Publisher : Hmh School
List Price : $205.41
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Product Description Spiral-bound softcover w/a leopard painting featured on the cover. Related Search : vol 2 , finds gr4 , te rare
Format : Student Edition
Author : Harcourt Brace
Number of Pages : 607
Publisher : Hmh School
List Price : $75.70
Amazon Price : $7.01
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Product Description Textbook 8 1/8" x 10 1/4" Related Search : 4 , 97 gr , finds signatures
Format : Teacher's Edition
Publisher : Harcourt Brace & Co.
Used Price : $102.99 |
Product Description Glossy spiral-bound with a painting of a leopard on the cover. Related Search : rare finds , finds mark , k 6
Author : Harcourt Brace
Publisher : Hmh School
List Price : $87.10
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Related Search : signatures level , rare finds , 4
Format : CLV
Author : Harcourt Brace
Publisher : Hmh School
List Price : $221.91
Amazon Price : $28.00
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Related Search : sig99 , te gr4 , rare finds
Author : Harcourt Brace
Publisher : Hmh School
List Price : $221.91
Amazon Price : $28.00
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Product Description Huge edition 600 pages Related Search : vol 2 , te gr4 , sig99 |
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