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| | Book collecting - definition of Book collecting in Encyclopedia |
 | | Book collecting is the bringing together of books which in their contents, their form or the history of the individual copy possess some element of permanent interest, and either actually or prospectively are rare, in the sense of being difficult to procure. | | | While many book lovers (bibliophiles) accumulate volumes for a personal library, the serious book collector is interested in the physical books themselves, not just their content. | | | As another example of the value of a small collection, both for delight and for historical and artistic study, mention may be made of the little roomful of manuscripts and incunabula which William Morris brought together to illustrate the history of the bookish arts in the middle ages before the Renaissance introduced new ideals. |
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| | book collecting. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Such fields include Americana; books illustrated by famous artists; early books on natural history (especially those with colored plates); books printed by such noted private presses as the Kelmscott Press, the Cuala Press, and the Nonesuch Press; early books recounting travel and exploration; ancient manuscripts; and letters. | | | Contemporary accounts mention personal manuscript collections in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; because manuscript media—scrolls and papyri—were scarce and expensive (and illiteracy general), collecting was confined to religious leaders and heads of state. | | | The three traditional approaches to collecting first editions are the author collection, the subject collection, and the cabinet collection. |
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| | Comic book collecting: Just the facts... |
| | Comic book collecting is the result of an interest in antiquity, and nostalgia (Longing for something past), as is all collecting (The act of gathering something together) by its very nature. | | | Comic book collecting is like all other collecting; while most collectors do so for personal interest in the enormous capabilities of the medium and the vast casts of characters, a few also collect exclusively for profit. | | | Veteran comic book fans pointed out an important fact about the high value of classic comic books that was largely overlooked by the speculators: original comic books of the Golden Age of Comic Books (additional info and facts about Golden Age of Comic Books) were genuinely rare. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/co/comic_book_collecting.htm
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| | Souvenir Spoon Collecting Book Shop |
| | James is a classic spoon collector's resource and the seminal work for several other books. | | | The authoritative source for Columbian Exposition souvenir spoons, McGlothlin's book is hard-bound with 170 pages, numerous illustrations and an invaluable price guide. | | | Limited number of copies of this out-of-print book. |
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http://www.souvenirspoons.com/framescollecting/collectingbookshopframe.html
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| | Romance Readers Resources, Book Collecting |
| | This eloquently written account of the world's greatest (and possibly craziest) book collectors features the story of Stephen Blumberg who stole 1000's of books from libraries that "didn't care." You won't be able to put this books down! | | | Obviously, in a trade paperback, there isn't room to print all the valuable books collectors want, but this book lists some of the more popular collectibles and their most recent value at auction. | | | Information about previously published works dating back as far as the 1950s, a listing of every book in every romance series, an index of author pseudonyms, and 75 profiles of romance writers are also included. |
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http://www.romantictimes.com/f_reader/f2res3a.shtml
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