John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors is now available on line - FREE!

I've just received this announcement from Oak Knoll:

Oak Knoll Press and the British Library have given permission to the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) to make available for non-commercial use a digital copy of their latest edition of the classic book ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter as revised by Nicolas Barker.

The link is here.

Thank you for posting this. :)

This would be interesting to me.

Touchstone fairy: ABC for Book Collectors

The link doesn't work anymore. Best price I find for a reprint is $18.

ABE has used copies starting about $4

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Well, it is 6 1/2 years old!

This describes ABC for Book Collectors:

https://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/30-john_carters_abc_for_book_collectors.h...

Here is where you can download a free PDF with permission from the publisher:

https://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/29-abc_for_book_collectors.html

It is an excellent resource for bookselling and collecting terminology so that you can better understand descriptions and make more accurate communication with fellow bibliophiles.

Having a printed copy is also good.

James