John Carter’s ABC For Book Collectors has long been regarding as the most informative reference book on the subject of book collecting. Now comprised of upward of 500 entries it remains, to this day, a seminal reference book for booksellers and collectors alike. Originally published in 1952, The ABC’s has been revised and updated over the years by Nicolas Barker. It is now in it’s Eighth Edition and includes additional words and terms created by the introduction of web-based collecting.
Book Patrol is pleased to present The ABC’s of Book Collecting, one entry at a time.
For the Twitterites among us – we will be posting a tweet to coincide with the latest entry. It will look something like this: ABC’s of Book Collecting – title of the days entry- link to the post
We would like to thank Oak Knoll Press, the publishers of the Eighth Edition, for their kind permission.