Book Collecting
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- A Guide for Amateurs
J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
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1. BOOK COLLECTING2. J. H. SLATER3. CHAPTER I.4. THE FIRST ENGLISH AUCTION SALE—FASHION IN BOOK COLLECTING—SPECIAL BOOKS OF REFERENCE RELATING TO PARTICULAR BRANCHES OF BIBLIOGRAPHY.5. CHAPTER III.6. CHAPTER IV.7. THE REASONS WHICH MAKE A BOOK VALUABLE—SCARCITY— SUPPRESSED WORKS—SOME BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE HANGMAN—WORKS PRIVATELY SUPPRESSED—WORKS OF LIMITED ISSUE—TRANSACTIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES—DEFECTS—"UNCUT" WORKS—IMPERFECT COPIES—"MADE-UP" COPIES—FAC-SIMILE LEAVES—LAYING DOWN—BOOKS PUBLISHED IN PARTS—LARGE-PAPER COPIES.8. CHAPTER VI.9. CHAPTER VII.10. CHAPTER VIII.11. CHAPTER IX.12. CHAPTER X.13. CHAPTER XI.14. PRINCIPAL SECOND-HAND BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO PUBLISH CATALOGUES.15. SPINK & SON,16. Naturalists' Stores,17. E. SUMNER'S18. WATKINS & DONCASTER19. JAMES GARDNER,