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Modern book collecting / Robert A. Wilson

by Robert A. Wilson

A guide to collecting nineteenth- and twentieth-century books, including techniques for identifying first editions and navigating the rare book market. It features a dictionary of terms and a directory of publishers, auction houses, and dealers.

Accession 11601 ISBN 0394501144 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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