Not only is the actual language of book-collecting full of jargon and special terminology. The rules, conventions and taboos of the cult are also legitimately puzzling to the layman, and its technique involves many unsuspected subtleties. Here, under about 450 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms of book-collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comment on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, "points", rarity, and the like.
This is an essential reference book for every book collector, from aspirant to addict. It belongs on the private shelf of all but the most omniscient of librarians and antiquarian booksellers. And it will entertain any general reader who relishes the niceties of connoisseur-ship for their own sake.
Ref. 3976
Autor: Carter, John
Idioma: English
Editorial: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon (London)
1974
13x20,50 cm.
211 páginas. Tapas duras en tela editorial con sobrecubierta. Firma. buen estado.
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