Introduction I put alot of effort and time into this guide, please take the time to scroll to the bottom and click on "guide was helpful" or "guide was not helpful". Let me start by saying I have invested...
Editions: Ever look at a Little Golden book and wonder which edition it might be. Well here is alittle information on the system used: 1. 1942-1946: Edition number will be found on the first or second page of...
Have you ever been looking at a listing and it is says the book is remainder marked? To this you are completely baffled wondering what exactly is a remainder mark. Here is quick guide to the explanation and...
What follows is a glossary of terms that we use when grading or describing a book. Its our shorthand code that tells about its defects and other information. These terms are the standard in the trade and are...
Have you noticed the number on the publishers page of a book and ever wondered what they mean? They are printer's code and provides information on the edition and printings of a book. The print code...
The difference between pottery, china, porcelain, ceramic, etc. may seem obvious to many, but to someone new to collecting, and now even newer to selling, I needed to know. Now that I do I would love to share...
It’s been a fairly open secret that J.D. Robb is the pseudonym of the more familiar New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts (click here for my Nora Roberts guide). But Ms. Roberts, and her publisher,...
IF THIS GUIDE IS HELPFUL PLEASE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're looking at this guide that means you want free money, and dont we all. But you do have to work for it. How? By going through rolls of coins...
Most book collectors do not want to find they have a book club edition book. Occassionally, a book club edition will be collectible, but that is usually because of ornate bindings. So how do you tell a book...
Grosset and Dunlap publishers were founded in 1898. Their creative approach to publishing included rebinding cheap paperbacks, putting their own dust jackets on surplus books from other publishers, binding...