Hardcover Book with dustjacket

Robert A Wilson

MODERN BOOK COLLECTING

Knopf, 1980, First Edition stated

Sized 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", 270 pages

Nice condition. The dustjacket has light edge wear, corner wear. a bit of surface wear here and there, nothing major. First endpaper is a little wrinkled.

If you are interested in collecting Rare First Editions, this is the book for you!

This guide describes everything you need to know about collecting recently published literature. Robert Wilson indicates how to identify known and emerging authors worth collecting; how to find those first editions, with a list of the various labeling styles of well-known commercial and small presses; how to spot a fake; and how to sell your collection to an institution. The appendices alone are a valuable resource for collectors, with lists covering such information as book auction firms, clubs for book collectors, and Wilson's picks for the 50 most important American books since World War II.

New York, Gertrude Stein, United States, World War, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Rupert Hart-Davis, Descriptive Bibliography, Kent State University Press, Scarecrow Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, William Faulkner, Dylan Thomas, Garland Publishing, Bibliography of Works, Black Sun Press, James Joyce, John Updike, Pulitzer Prize, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Swann Galleries, The Phoenix Book Shop, William Carlos Williams, Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles modern book collecting, most modern books, ascending numbers, later printings, copyright page, identical dates, beginning collectors, bound galleys, specialist dealers

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