As a collector and dealer of scarce and antiquarian books, I am often put off by what I consider deceptive displays for books being offered. Very often "What You See Is What You Get" could not be further from...
For many people,the question of whether a book is a first edition or not is very important. To collectors it makes a big difference, and the value of a book that is a first edition is quite different from that...
Whether or not you are antiquarian book collector, a seller of first edition books, a novice vintage book buyer or simply someone who has inherited a book from the past, it is critical that you are armed with...
A writer and a rare-book dealer visited the booksellers of Manhattan who used to own shops--and in a few cases still do--on what is known as Book Row, Fourth Avenue in the Village. They tell stories, reminisce about books, speculate as to why the...