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• Beginning Book Collectors Guide Of Descriptive Terms
• by neibelung( 1701)
• 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... 

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  Books | Collecting | 1st Edition | Vintage | Guide

• 776 of 809 people found this guide helpful

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• What exactly is a Remainder Mark?
• by bibliomania23( 677)
• 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... 

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  Book Collecting | Remainder Mark | The Da Vinci Code | Tolkien | Rare books

• 541 of 551 people found this guide helpful

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• Grosset & Dunlap: A Beginners Guide
• by cornercube( 13)
• 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... 

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  books | collecting | first editions | series | publishers

• 372 of 389 people found this guide helpful

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• Practical Guide to Maintaining Antique / Vintage Books
• by wesellitindy( 1276)
• 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... 

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  Books | Antiquarian | Care | Preservation | Collecting

• 302 of 319 people found this guide helpful

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• Oz Book First Editions: How to Identify
• by avantgardebooks( 884)
• Beware the Oz books advertised as first editions on Ebay! Many of these books are not actually the original printings of these books. Usually this is an innocent mistake on the part of the seller, stemming... 

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  Oz book | Wizard of Oz | First Edition | Baum | children's books

• 228 of 234 people found this guide helpful

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