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Books: A Memoir
Books: A Memoir
by Larry McMurtry
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In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a... (read more)

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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
by Paul Collins
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Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside — to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants — and forty bookstores. Taking... (read more)

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 ABC for Book Collectors 8th Edition
ABC for Book Collectors 8th Edition
by John Carter
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Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you... (read more)

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A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks and Advertising Cookbooks: A History of People, Companies, and Cooking
A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks and Advertising Cookbooks: A History of People, Companies, and Cooking
by Bob Allen
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A well-researched guide for cookbook collectors, loaded with histories, dates, sizes, and values. Hundreds of examples of cookbooks and booklets from many years are photographed in full color and black and white. 2002 values.... (read more)

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Collected Books 2002 (Collected Books: The Guide to Values)
Collected Books 2002 (Collected Books: The Guide to Values)
by Allen Ahearn
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Here is the largest and most comprehensive single-volume guide to current market values of collectible books in America. Used by most book dealers and serious collectors in the country, this guide explains how to identify first editions of books and... (read more)

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Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks
Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks
by Gary Lovisi
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Its no secret the sexy and racy cover art of femme fatales from the golden age of paperbacks and magazines exalts the female form in all its sexy and sultry allure. Still today, these lustful, and sometimes lurid images are enticing and artistically... (read more)

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Book collecting :a comprehensive guide
Book collecting :a comprehensive guide
by Allen Ahearn
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The meat of this reference for amateur and professional book collectors is a list of thousands of books with suggested prices for the first editions, which can also be used to price later editions. Other sections suggest what books to collect, where... (read more)

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Collecting Modern Books
Collecting Modern Books
by Catherine Porter
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Modern first editions and other books of the 20th century can reach surprisingly high prices. This superb guide to prices and quality takes a closer look at categories such as English and American Literature, Childrens Literature, Illustrated Books, and... (read more)

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Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks
Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks
by Gary Lovisi
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It's no secret the sexy and racy cover art of femme fatales from the golden age of paperbacks and magazines exalts the female form in all its sexy and sultry allure. Still today, these lustful, passionate and sometimes lurid images are enticing and... (read more)

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CC Books Ident.Pg 1st Ed (Confident Collector Series)
CC Books Ident.Pg 1st Ed (Confident Collector Series)
by Nancy Wright
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The booklover's guide to collecting Here, for everyone who treasures books, is professional advice on how to recognize those that have become rare and valuable. Whether it's a century's old book of poetry you found in the attic, you great-grandmother's... (read more)

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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture
by Nicholas A Basbanes
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In 1995 Nicholas Basbanes introduced a resonant phrase to describe the obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books, a condition more commonly known as bibliomania, one he christened in his book A Gentle... (read more)

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Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback
Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants: The Art of the Paperback
by Steven Brower
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A visually dynamic homage to the paperback. In 1968, John Leonard, then editor of The New York Times Book Review, listed the many merits of mass-market paperbacks: "They can be stuffed in purses, left in buses, dropped in toilets, used as coasters, eaten... (read more)

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Bookmarks (Giorgetti, Le Mostre)
Bookmarks (Giorgetti, Le Mostre)
by Marco Ferreri
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Each of these three books presents a fascinating history of the art and design of a particular object, detailing, with hundreds of painstakingly-collected examples and informative texts, the multitude of varieties of pencils, cutlery, and bookmarks... (read more)

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Huxford's Old Book: Value Guide
Huxford's Old Book: Value Guide
by Sharon Huxford
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Primarily an aid for people with an attic full of old books trying to decide whether any would be worth trying to sell. Places a retail price--the dealer's selling price, not buying price--on nearly 25,000 specific editions, and lists scores of buyers... (read more)

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The Official Price Guide to Collecting Books, 4th Edition (Official Price Guide to Collecting Old Books)
The Official Price Guide to Collecting Books, 4th Edition (Official Price Guide to Collecting Old Books)
by Marie Tedford
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This is an irreplaceable sourcebook to the current values of thousands of books, from the old and rare (Charles Dickens' The Chimes in a 1931 edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham can sell for $500) to the more modern (Asimov, Clancy, King and... (read more)

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Bad Girls Need Love Too
Bad Girls Need Love Too
by Gary Lovisi
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A Lust for Life Anxious to undress, these dangerous dolls ply their womanly wares to get whatever they want: men, power and sex - lots of sex. Yet to quench their fiery desires they crave more, much more. See, even sultry sinners long for love. Bad Girls... (read more)

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Little Book of Big Little Books
Little Book of Big Little Books
by Bill Borden
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In the thirties and forties a new breed of comic book hit the stands -- the wonderfully chunky little picture books known as Big Little Books. Spiffy miniature hardcovers that fit in the palm of your hand, they told thrilling adventure stories and... (read more)

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Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide
Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide
by Patricia Edwards
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Whether your collection features a hefty helping of grandmas worn, but cherished cookbooks from years past, or a few recipe-rich treasures of your own, this fact and photo-filled guide will feed any cookbook fascination. This reference, written by the... (read more)

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Antique Trader Book Collectors Price Guide (Antique Trader's Book Collector's Price Guide)
Antique Trader Book Collectors Price Guide (Antique Trader's Book Collector's Price Guide)
by Richard Russell
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*Strong presence in online auction market - - majority of auctions feature pre-1950s editions*Appeals to serious collectors by featuring a list of classic rarities in each collecting category*Only full color guide to book collectingBook collecting may... (read more)

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Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print
Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print
by Christopher De Hamel
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A unique visual history of the worlds best-selling book of all time, Bibles provides a rich snapshot of the biblical bookmaking tradition through images from fifty rare and important Bibles. As the captivating and colorful images collected here reveal... (read more)

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