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1kiwidoc
Redigeret: sep 17, 2007, 7:07 pm

I was recently in a second hand book store - querying the validity of an edition. The owner pointed out a good resource online for book collectors

Bookthing

See what you think!?!

2lilithcat
sep 17, 2007, 10:27 pm

Maybe it's all the ads, and colored boxes, and such, but it looks awfully cheesy to me. They seem to be more focused on selling their own publications than to making information readily available, and also more focused on book selling than book collecting.

3kiwidoc
sep 17, 2007, 11:08 pm

Yes #2, I think you are right. It looks like a site for book sellers. And it is a bit too commercial for my taste, too. I haven't had time to read any of the articles yet. Any other web suggestions?

4bookstopshere
sep 20, 2007, 1:40 pm

what kind of resource are you looking for? what do you want to learn?

6lilithcat
sep 20, 2007, 4:54 pm

ABEbooks has some good newsletters. There's no cost for an on-line subscription.

The
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
site also has sections specifically for collectors.

7kiwidoc
sep 23, 2007, 12:34 pm

Thanks for the online resources #5 and #6. Appreciate it.

8andyray
feb 26, 2010, 6:31 pm

I am sooooo surprised hardly anyone knows about FIRSTS magazine, now in its 20th year. Based in Tuscon, Arizona, this quality zine uses heavy paper stock and beaucoup pix of first editions. just type in FIRSTS in the search box and read about what they have already published in the back issues file. Eazch year is broken down into the monthly contents, and it has been a valuable resource to me, along with americxan book prices current and bookman's price index.

9benjclark
feb 27, 2010, 9:22 am

And in case you missed it Fine Books & Collections is going back to a print edition. This time a quarterly.

10Steven_VI
mar 5, 2010, 4:35 pm

I use Vialibri.net which is a meta-search engine to look for antiquarian books. Rarely fails me.

11rudel519
mar 22, 2010, 9:57 pm

Bookfinder.com and Vialibri.net work best for me. Abebooks.com works great for e-mailing you when a book that you are looking for or that meets your search argument is listed for sale. That works great if you are collecting an author, or books from a set or from a small publisher. Got a book last week from a small publisher I collect that I didn't know existed using that method.