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1	Book Finds: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books more books like this by Ian C Ellis add to wishlist In this valuable guide for book collectors, Ellis includes listings for more than 1000 of the most collectible books and authors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.82! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide more books like this by Robert M Overstreet add to wishlist This price guide is a must-have for any comic book collector. It includes more than 2,000 black-and-white illustrations throughout the text, a gallery of hundreds of color images of some of the most popular collectible comic books, and informative essays written by top experts on comic book topics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.27! \| SVS
3	A Gentle Madness more books like this by Nicholas Basbanes add to wishlist The author traces the history of books and their collectors. He begins with the library in Alexandria 2500 years ago and moves through time to present day collectors and collections. The text is supplemented by 16 pages of b&w photos, line art, and engravings. see all copies from $6.77! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the 21st Century more books like this by Nicholas A Basbanes add to wishlist From the author of "A Gentle Madness" comes a 21st-century guide to book collecting that deals with the traditional methods of acquisition and the electronic tools now available on the Internet. Topics include how to determine if a book is a first edition, the importance of dust jackets, scouting flea markets, how to work book fairs, and the ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $12.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	ABC for book-collectors more books like this by John Carter add to wishlist This reference contains over 450 alphabetical entries ranging in length from a single line to several pages. Each entry consists of a definition and analysis of the technical terms of book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with comments on such subjects as auctions, facsimiles, fakes and pirated editions. It should be a valuable book for ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
6	Marriage of Heaven and Hell more books like this by William Blake add to wishlist No work has challenged its readers like Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". His "Proverbs of Hell" have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of these. Most extraordinary is the revolutionary method of its making. The "Bodleian Library" copy is one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World more books like this by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone add to wishlist The authors rrecount how they became interested in collecting books and describe the interesting people they have met in the course of their collecting. see all copies from $2.20! new only from $13.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Men from Earth more books like this by Buzz Aldrin add to wishlist Picking up where The Right Stuff left off, and commemorating the 20th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the historic moon walk, here is not only the incredible personal story of one of America's premier astronauts, but the whole story of the spirit and challenge of the Apollo Space Program. 16 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide more books like this by Richard Russell add to wishlist Book collecting began in the 15th century and has grown in popularity ever since. Now collectors can pore over more than 5,000 listings and check the value of their collection. Collectible books written in English are organized in 12 categories, including Americana, banned, fantasy, horror & science fiction, mystery, occult & paranormal and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Huxford's Old Book Value Guide more books like this by Huxford, Lisa Stroup (Editor) add to wishlist Published annually with no intended repetition of material from previous editions, Huxford's Old Book Value Guide lists 25,000 book titles with current values. Much more than a typical price guide, this reference also includes a comprehensive index of pen names cross-referenced with the alphabetical book listings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Hours of Catherine of Cleves more books like this by John Plummer (Commentaries by) add to wishlist This edition reproduces the 15th-century illuminated Book of Hours belonging to Catherine of Cleeves. The prayers and their accompanying 157 illustrations are presented alongside commentary by Plummer, former curator and Research Fellow Emeritus at the Pierpont Morgan Library. see all copies from $4.57! new only from $28.61! \| first editions
12 view cover	Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore more books like this by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone add to wishlist This is the second installment in a series dedicated to the love of books and book collecting. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone first wrote about their passion for books in USED AND RARE: Travels in the Book World; here they offer more adventurous tales of book hunting and purchasing. They also consider the Internet's impact on the used- and rare-book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.77! \| first editions
13 view cover	Sixpence House more books like this by Paul Collins add to wishlist The author, his wife, and their baby son move from San Francisco to Hay-on-Wye, in Wales--partly because it's cheaper, partly because it's the used-book capital of the world. In the end, they return to American, but in between the two moves they encounter a good deal of local color. Collins, a writer, also has some trenchant observations to make ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	Collected Books more books like this by Allen Ahearn, Patricia Ahearn add to wishlist Used by more book dealers and serious collectors in the country, this updated guide--featuring current values for more than 20,000 first editions--explains how to identify first editions of books and covers a wide range of subjects, including Americana, early printed books, literature, mysteries, science fiction, children's books, and photography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Degree of Mastery: A Journey Through Book Arts Apprenticeship more books like this by Annie Tremmel Wilcox add to wishlist In this memoir, an expert book maker and conservator discusses her initiation into the art as the first female apprentice to master book artist William Anthony. She also discusses her love of the trade itself and, in the process, gives detailed descriptions of what working on, making, and preserving beautiful books entails. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Songs of innocence & of experience. more books like this by William Blake add to wishlist Centered on the concept of the naive and innocent child, Blake's SONGS OF INNOCENCE represent pastoral worlds in which the child lives a safe and protected life of simple joys. In SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, many of the poems refer directly to their counterparts in the earlier volume, providing a different perspective: The world he presents is the city ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream more books like this by Carole Kismaric, Marvin Heiferman add to wishlist Cultural icons Dick and Jane were "born" in 1927 and flourished in the late '40s and '50s when post-war affluence promised a protected world of childhood innocence. Vintage in its look and feel and complete with cut-out paper dolls and a sample primer, Growing Up with Dick and Jane reminds us, in these overinformed and overexposed times, of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales more books like this by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone add to wishlist Antiquarian book collectors Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone share their adventures detecting forgeries in this window on the life of the passionate and eccentric world of rare books. In particular, they investigate one spectacular New England forgery in the late 1990s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.90! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days more books like this by Les Daniels, Geoff Spear (Photographer), Chip Kidd (Designer) add to wishlist A lavishly illustrated volume of large-format photography features original comic book artwork that depicts DC Comics's most significant characters and artists, in a tribute that showcases both pop-culture favorites and lesser-known classics, complemented by introductory essays and researched inform see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Book Collecting more books like this by Allen Ahearn add to wishlist In this new edition, the Ahearns have added 2,000 titles, with the 1978, 1986, and 1993 prices for each entry, and a new section on prizewinners, including Pulitzers, Nobels, Hugos, and such lists as the Burgess 99 novels. This guide goes on to identify which books to collect; where and how to buy them; how to judge their condition and care for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Modern Book Collecting more books like this by Robert A. Wilson add to wishlist From what to collect and who to buy from to how to care for a collection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Collecting Little Golden Books more books like this by Steve Santi add to wishlist Little Golden Books[registered] are highly treasured by collectors. Now collectors can accurately determine today's value for these childhood favourites in this updated edition. The world's leading authority on Little Golden Books[registered] tracks the history and evolution of these books since their debut in September 1942. Featuring more than 3 ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $14.50!
23 view cover	Antique Trader Collectible Paperback Price Guide more books like this by Gary Lovisi add to wishlist The humble paperback packs a lot into just a few pages, and that's without even getting into the storyline. Every imaginable genre and subject, from romance and science fiction to sleaze and the traditional western are among the pocket-sized reads you'll find in this price guide. The appealing intense, often graphic, passionate and sometimes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Warman's Little Golden Books Field Guide: Values and Identification more books like this by Steve Santi add to wishlist The same Little Golden Books that were cherished by generations of young readers now top more than one billion copies and are today's hot collectibles! Warman's Little Golden Books Field Guide fuses expert information with 700 color photos to create an outstanding resource for collectors of everything "Little Golden." Collectors of all ages will ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $2.16!
25 view cover	Warman's Little Golden Books: Identification and Price Guide more books like this by Steve Santi add to wishlist Written by the country's leading "Little Golden Books" expert, Warman's "Little Golden Books" represents these childhood treasurers in the format collectors are accustomed to: bright, colourful, nostalgic and indispensable! Collectors will be able to easily identify and assess classics like "The Poky Little Puppy" and modern issues with this book, ... see all copies from $5.83! new only from $10.80! \| SVS

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