How to Collect Books (Classic Reprint)
Author | : J. Herbert Slater |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-09-09 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781528533881 |
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Excerpt from How to Collect Books The modern collector - Necessity for rules - The Roxburghe Library - Fashion in book-collecting The question of cost - Scarcity Uncut books Original bindings and variations - Binding parts or numbers - Large and small paper copies Limited editions - Editions de Luxe - Pedigrees of books Buying to sell again - Imperfect copies and Odd volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.