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Collected Books
by Allen Ahearn and Patricia Ahearn
Product Description:
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 covers a wide range of subjects, including Americana,
early printed books, literature, mysteries, science fiction, children's
books, natural history, photography, and travel. Prices range from $200 for
Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, to $750,000 for the original London
1865 edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and beyond.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
This first revision since the original 1991 edition by the Ahearns, notable
rare book dealers and authors of Book Collecting: A Comprehensive Guide
(Putnam, 1995. 2d ed.), will prove a valuable resource for almost all public
libraries. They have increased the entries by nearly 5000, offering about
20,000 prices for the most widely collected modern first editions and first
American printings of works in English. Obviously, no single-volume work can
offer comprehensive coverage, and the Ahearns concentrate their attention
here on fiction as well as offerings in Americana, literature, children's
books, natural history, and travel. Also, they provide just a single
estimated price for each edition, assuming that books printed since 1950,
for instance, will be in fine condition with original dustwrapper, meaning
that the estimates tend to appear high at times. While this limits the
book's usefulness, space constraints necessitate selectiveness. Large
libraries may prefer Gale's "Bookman's Price Index" series, but this is the
best single-volume source for small and medium libraries.? Eric Bryant,
"Library Journal"
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