I am interested in book collecting...but am not knowledgable. Can someone tell me what the international collectors library is? Is it worthwhile to pursue a collection of these books?

According to Webster's Third (supported with etymology), Eberhard Sauppe's Dictionary of Librarianship, and Parat (S. & W. von Keitz: Library and Information Science), the word is incunabulum (sg.) or incunable. Thus, the plurals would be incunabula and incunables. How-ever, in some places...

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Please forgive possible off topic,as I have posted this question on Yahoo ''Bookbinder!group'',and due to lack of response I ask it of this group. The question refers to the subject matter,an old book 1792,at some time during its long life it was rebound and at some later date someone had cut or...

Hello folks, with reference to the topic ...condition - price - rarity...British Sportsman book, I have managed to obtain all the missing prints and text, the artists and engravers are known, and I am now in the process of searching the history of the above Author? This gentleman would appear to...

Hello Folks, I recently obtained a copy of what could be termed as a quite rare book,....namely....authur...WILLIAM AUGUSTUS OSBALDISTON title...THE BRITISH SPORTSMAN,OR,NOBLEMAN,GENTLEMAN,AND FARMER'S DICTIONARY,OF RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT...London...printed by J=2EStead...sold by Champante and...

I have two appaent first editions (1955 Collins) of Andrew Boyle's No Passing Glory the Cheshire biography. However the DJ are different. One white with a blue strip and blue writing while the other is blue with a white strip and white writing. Has anyone any idea what happend here. Is one...

One of the authors I collect is John Buchan. Recently I saw a 1st ed. copy of "The Island of sheep" complete with a yellow dust jacket. The DJ had sticker attached indicatiing the the book had a heavy binding for library use. The book itself is no different to other Hodder and Stoughton bindings....

Hi, I have just picked up a book at a local fair. "All in a Day's March" by Belchem. It has a interesting inscription "David Belchem my companion on many battlefields and now my Chief of Staff. Montgomery of Alamein F.M.". I thought I was lucky after checking in the internet the signature appeared...

I'm a little out of my depth here, as I'm not a professional collector, and my books are mostly paperbacks, so hopefully someone will indulge me. I have several hundred paperbacks that have been sitting on my bookshelves for about a year and a half (they were in storage until then). The...

Hi collectors: I've come across a nice copy of an 1869 edition of "Agricultural Qualitative and Quantitative Chemical Analysis," edited by G. C. Caldwell. In all the listing sites, I find reference only to a print-on-demand copy of this book. Seems odd, because I look up lots of books, some quite...

Hello, We are currently using Insight Software's SmartTracker books for our collection (1,000+ volumes, mainly rare Americana). It's been easy to use and mostly adequate for our needs, but I'm wondering if any of you have suggestions for other book collecting software. Many of the ones I've...

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I'm new to this group, so I apologize if I make any faux-pas. I have the following volume: BILDHEFT NEUZEITLICHER STELLUNGSBAU It translates roughly as "Illustrated Manual of Modern Field Position Constructions" That's not the best translation, but the best one I can come up with. My German is...

Hello All, I was at a book auction several weeks ago and I won an old photo album from the late 1800's. In it were 2 tin type photos in paper frames, made from a heavy paper, heavier than cardstock, and had a design sort of pressed into it. One frame was in very bad shape but the photo was good,...

Hello All, New to this newsgroup, but an old hand at newsgroups, a regular at alt.marketing.online.ebay, and peruse a bunch of others as the need arises. Am an eBay, powerseller and do most of my research online (eBay username: equipmentrecyclers). My father left behind a nice collection of...

My online store, ALMOST FREE is currently having a HUGE book sale. We have over 1,500 books for sale for only a penny. NOT eBooks, 100% real books! Visit the book section of our eBay store at this link: http://stores.ebay.com/Almost-Free?refid=store Click "Books" on the top left of the page.

My online store, ALMOST FREE is currently having a HUGE book sale. We have over 1,500 books for sale for only a penny. NOT eBooks, 100% real books! Visit the book section of our eBay store at this link: http://search.stores.ebay.com/Almost-Free?refid=store Click "Books" on the top left of the...

I just picked up 32 books printed by the Literary Guild from the late 20's early 30's. I know that they are book club, I got them because of the dust jackets. They all have the eagle in a deco design. My question is does anyone know of a resource for the Literary Guild that tells when they...

Hi. I just saw the collection of an avid Modern Library collector. The collection, over 2000 books (probably a little more than 800 titles) was impressive- he had numerous copies of titles, some rarer illustrated editions with slipcase, a large majority of first editions and even had the more...