BOOKS: Sources for Book Values and Book Collecting

Additional Print Sources for Book Pricing and Collecting

Ahearn, Allen.  Collected Books: the guide to values.  New York: G. P. Putnam ’s, 1998.    

*R-GAN 98-8172

A guide to identifying and pricing first editions and first printings.  Includes bibliographical references.

Bernard, Philippa.  Antiquarian Books: a companion for booksellers, librarians and collectors.  Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1994.

*R-GAN 95-4728                                                                                                               

Encyclopedic dictionary of antiquarian book collecting and book selling, with articles by various specialist contributors.  Especially good on private press books and illustrations.

Carter, John.  ABC for Book Collectors.  London: W. Shaw, 1995.

Pub. Cat. 95-1881 Shelf 12        

Essential dictionary of some 500 book-collecting terms, with definitions ranging from a few lines to several pages.