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Originally published in 1936, Dale Carnegie's examples are laced with references and stories relevant to his day and to his recent history, gleaning lessons from Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War generals, English kings, John D. Rockefeller, and many others.<br />
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But don't be put off by the age of this book or think that Carnegie's "old" stories and examples hold no meaning in today's world and times...they do! The book's insights and lessons are relevant to any decade, any organization, and any situation involving people. That's part of what makes this book such a classic - it's timeless.<br />
The basis for the book is the fact that of prime interest to everyone is people: how to understand and get along with people; how to make people like you; and how to win others to your way of thinking. But the methods Carnegie suggests are not about tricking or cajoling others, or taking advantage of them. They are about focusing on others' needs and wants, just like you would like others to do with you.<br />
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The importance of being "good" with people is evident by studies performed at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and others. These investigations revealed that "about 15 percent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering - to personality and the ability to lead people." To me, those numbers are astonishing and run counter to where we actually invest so much of our time, attention, energy, and resources.<br />
In no way can this summary do the book justice but, for the sake of our purposes, let's briefly review some select principles from each of the book's four sections.<br />
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<u>Part One - Fundamental Techniques in Handling People</u><br />
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<ul><li><strong>Don't criticize, condemn or complain</strong>. Criticism is often futile and merely puts people on the defensive. Instead try to understand why people do what they do.</li>
<li><strong>Give honest and sincere appreciation</strong>. If you can arouse enthusiasm in people and a sense of good will, you can begin to realize the true power of appreciation.</li>
<li><strong>Arouse in the other person an eager want</strong>. Henry Ford said that "If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own."</li>
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<u>Part Two - Six Ways to Make People Like You</u><br />
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<ul><li><strong>Become genuinely interested in other people</strong>. Care about them and their interests. Do things for others that require "time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness."</li>
<li>Smile. It's been said that "<em>People who smile tend to manage, teach and sell more effectively, and to raise happier children</em>." It's a simple enough idea, so I wonder why so few people seem to follow it.</li>
<li><strong>Be a good listener</strong> and encourage others to talk about themselves. A young boy once said to his mother, "<em>Mom, I know you love me very much because whenever I talk to you about something you stop whatever you are doing and listen to me</em>." Wow, that hits home!</li>
<li><strong>Make the other person feel important</strong> - and do it sincerely. William James said, "<em>The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated</em>." Help someone feel appreciated and how could they not like you?</li>
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<u>Part Three - How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking</u><br />
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<ul><li><strong>The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it</strong>. Sure, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.</li>
<li><strong>If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically</strong>. Any fool can try to defend his mistakes, but it raises one above the herd to admit one's mistakes.</li>
<li><strong>Get the other person saying "Yes, yes" at the outset</strong>...and keep your opponent, if possible, from saying "No." Use the "Socratic method" to garner trust and agreement.</li>
<li><strong>Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires</strong>. Just because they may not be consistent with your own, it doesn't mean they are wrong and you are right. Strive to be open to others, you may learn something.</li>
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<u>Part Four - Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Rousing Resentment</u><br />
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<ul><li><strong>Ask questions instead of giving direct orders</strong>. No one likes to take direct orders, so give people the opportunity to do things themselves.</li>
<li><strong>Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to</strong>. If you want to improve a person in a certain respect, act as though that particular trait were already one of his or her outstanding characteristics.</li>
<li><strong>Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest</strong>. Be sincere. Be empathetic and match the benefits of doing the thing you suggest to the other person's wants.</li>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>There is so much wisdom packed into the pages of this book that it seems impossible to digest it all. However, <strong>if you take Dale Carnegie's principles and lessons to heart, you can't help but be more of who you want to be and accomplish more than you ever thought possible</strong>. And you'll develop some truly meaningful relationships along the way.<br />
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We’ve helped form every type of collection imaginable, from works banned and censored through the centuries to books that inspired classic films.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Many collectors, however, don’t necessarily collect around a specific focus. Some search for the books they’ve loved throughout their lives, those that taught, inspired or moved them. Of all types of collecting, this is perhaps the most personal: what other groups of objects can better reflect one’s passions?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Americana – </strong>From the earliest voyages of discovery to the founding of a new nation, from the exploration of the West to the turmoil of the Civil War, Americana is among the most compelling areas of collecting.<br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Art, Architecture and Design</strong> – Artists’ books – also known as livres d’artiste – provide the collector with an excellent opportunity to own original works produced specifically for that book and signed by an important artist. In the early eighteenth century Giacomo Leoni’s translation into English of <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Andrea Palladio’s I Quattro libri dell-architettura</em> (first published in 1570) solidified the late Renaissance architect’s reputation and led to the revival of his classical architectural theories, sparking the movement that became known as Palladianism.<br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Children’s Books</strong> – Once upon a time, children’s books weren’t necessarily – or even usually – fun. It sounds strange today, when toddlers <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Pat the Bunny</em>, beginning readers sound out a menu of <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Green Eggs and Ham</em> and throngs attend midnight bookstore parties for the release of Harry Potter’s latest adventure. But education, not entertainment, drove the earliest literature for young readers.<br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">History, Government and Thought</strong> – Whether your interest leads along academic or highly personal routes, whether you are in search of first-hand accounts or histories narrated by later voices, a collection built around classic histories can be fascinating. Great ideas in philosophy may represent the spirit of their age, or dissect it, but their influence is seldom limited to one field or discipline. For who could persuasively argue that the works of Plato or Aristotle are not profoundly resonant in medicine, architecture, literature and music?<br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Literature</strong> – Author and critic Italo Calvino wrote, “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” As overwhelmed as we might be considering the range and sheer number of important works of literature produced through the centuries, one of the fascinations of collecting is that by seeking out the books we think are most important, we bring a certain order to the great expanse and preserve in our collections those books that had a significance for us – as individuals and as a society.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Music</strong> – Collectors of landmark musical scores enter the worlds of Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Puccini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Gershwin and other brilliant composers whose works continue to thrill us. Music collecting is not confined to musicologists or academics; it is neither difficult nor arcane, but an arena with enormous intrinsic appeal.<br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Photography</strong> – Whether in snapshot, portrait, calotype, positive or negative, panorama, daguerreotype or print, the all-powerful eye of the camera has launched one of the fastest growing fields for the rare book collector to explore. With both art and technology in its genes, photography bridges centuries, tracing its origins back to our earliest speculations about vision, sunlight’s transformative mysteries, and the delights of the <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">camera obscura.</em> Part magic, part memory, with painting as a forefather and cinema a second cousin, this is a fascinating area.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Religion</strong> – One cannot ignore the Bible’s tremendous influence on world thought and literature. The Bible, of course, was the first book ever printed, and while a Gutenberg Bible of 1455 is no longer a realistic goal for private collectors, many magnificent editions printed in later centuries are.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Science, Medicine and Natural History</strong> – William Hazlitt defined science as “the desire to know causes,” and the collector of rare scientific and natural history books share that passion. The great works of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, botany and astronomy represent not only the investigation of the hidden causes that move the visible world, but also the celebration of human curiosity, research and insight that made such investigation possible, and those revolutionary shifts in human thought that made the mysterious understandable.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Sport and Leisure</strong> – Chief Justice Earl Warren remarked, “I always turn to the sports page first, which records people’s accomplishments. 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Thick 12mo, contemporary full white satin fully embroidered in colored silks and silver thread, all edges gilt and gauffered. Housed in a custom clamshell box.</span> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">$16,000.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Early edition of the King James Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Metrical Psalter and the Genealogies, which includes 34 pages of woodcut genealogies and a double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land (with an inset map of Jerusalem), in a splendid contemporary embroidered binding.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">This early edition of the magisterial King James Bible, which was first published in 1611, has been lovingly bound in embroidered red satin. On both covers, a floral centerpiece in white, red, light green and dark green silks is surrounded by intricate silver thread work and smaller floral designs in blue, white and green. The spine is similarly adorned in floral designs of silver thread and multicolored silks. A roll border worked over with silver thread ornaments the outer edges. This highly decorative and unusual style of binding reached the height of its popularity and the pinnacle of its artistic development in the first half of the 17th century and is rarely found after the Restoration. The majority of such bindings were the work of professionals, members of the Guild of Embroiderers. Bible bound with an edition from the same year of Sternhold and Hopkins’ Metrical Psalter (bound after the New Testament), and with an edition from the same year of the Book of Common Prayer and the Genealogies (both bound before the Bible). With separate wood-engraved New Testament and Book of Common Prayer title pages. Includes Apocrypha. Text hand-ruled in red throughout. </span>Darlow & Moule 287. Herbert 369. STC 2257.<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> Early owner signature.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Interior exceptionally clean. A few signatures partially sprung, cords holding. Far less than the expected age-wear to beautiful and delicate embroidered binding; colors still bright and beautiful. 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Miller was a degenerate by my estimation at best and a lout as well and probably a cad as well. That's why I like reading him....he shines through every word. Very few wasted words as you'll agree. Miller most accurately depicts the darker side of human nature in this novel. <br />
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People purchase antique <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book" rel="wikipedia" title="Book">books</a> for diverse purposes. Some like the way these books make the room look elegant. Others do think about profits. And some collect themes or genres in antique books from periods to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author" rel="wikipedia" title="Author">authors</a>.<br />
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These books of antique <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_%28economics%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Value (economics)">value</a> give us a peek into the distant past. Not only the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_style" rel="wikipedia" title="Writing style">writing style</a> of these books but also the techniques of putting books together. The contents do little to these people. They are looking to go into the past by the fascinating way and style of the writing itself.<br />
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One of the problems with antique books is that they are very sensitive to heat and moisture. They are also not so easy to be handled frequently as they tend to be brittle. With usage crease, warped binding and tearing pages will cause the value to go down considerably. They need special attention with respect to age and value.<br />
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Keep them flat on a smooth shelf to preserve the shape because they are heavy. There are some large books that weigh a ton. Most antiques books that are over a hundred years old cannot fight the acidic elements of untreated wood. So keep them away from untreated or raw wooden surfaces. When you store them make sure they are not exposed to sunlight throughout the day.<br />
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You may find that some pay even $2000 for an antique book but remember that the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price" rel="wikipedia" title="Price">price</a> alone does not determine the value of a book. There are many other characteristics that go into evaluating a book. Rarity of a book and condition today says much about the value. But it is true that if the book is really a rare item the price of course is going to go up.<br />
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The original copy of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gone_with_the_wind" rel="rottentomatoes" title="Gone With the Wind">Gone with the Wind</a> is rare and has a big price than any other common version or book. If the antique book is autographed then the price will go through the roof. This will explain why authors signing the book events are valuable. If an authentic author's signature is found that book is valuable in any market. Apart from what the book is about and who wrote it how many owned it from the time of publication is significant.<br />
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The place to go and look for antique books is the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" rel="wikipedia" title="Antique">antique dealers</a> and shops. Among others you can try <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_shop" rel="wikipedia" title="Charity shop">thrift shops</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Flea market">flea markets</a>, swap meats and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_sale" rel="wikipedia" title="Garage sale">garage sales</a>. Some books may not be antique yet and may take a few years and you can start collecting them now. Take good care of them, preserve them and one day you can offer it as an antique to sell them for a profit.<br />
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There are some pointers to look. Look for 1st edition books, books in excellent condition called mint as well as those autographed editions which were popular those past years and by a known figure in their day.<br />
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Want to find out more about antique and collectible guide, then visit Robert Fenn's site on how to choose the best antique hunting for your needs.<br />
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<strong>“A Milestone of Science and Philosophy”</strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="266" src="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/BookImages/81582f.jpg" width="350" /></div><strong>GALILEI, Galileo.</strong> <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=5dec9e9284&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Dialogo… sopra i due massimi Sisstemi del mondo tolemaico,</a>. Florence, 1632. First edition of the work that led to Galileo’s persecution by the Inquisition, his famous and celebrated defense of the Copernican system, with 31 in-text woodcut illustrations and diagrams. This copy with the iconic engraved frontispiece depicting Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus discussing their astronomical theories—issued separately and often not present. $155,000.</div><hr style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #ff9a00; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 36px;">From the Catalogue</span><br />
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<em><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="130" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde/images/hemingway.jpg" width="110" />The Sun Also Rises</em> is one of <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=acaf5c1f9c&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Hemingway’s greatest novels,</a> and one of the most difficult of modern first editions to find in the exceptionally rare first-issue dust jacket..<br />
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An <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=f05eead4a7&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">exceptional letter signed "G. Washington" as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army</a>, dictated to General Woodford at a defining moment in the Revolution as Washington and his troops faced the brutal winter of 1779-80, is a lengthy letter of significant content, most desirable as Washington is responding to an urgent letter from <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/thomas_jefferson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" rel="wikipedia" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, then <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/governor_of_virginia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" rel="wikipedia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a>, who had requested Continental troops to bolster his weakened <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/virginia_militia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_militia" rel="wikipedia" title="Virginia militia">Virginia militia</a>.<br />
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<tr><td colspan="3"><img alt="Aurora #98 Fountain Pen & Pencil Set - Gold-filled Caps - Piston Fill -Small Ding In Fountain Pen Cap - Pencil Missing Tiny Piece At Tip So Lead Does Not Retract Entirely" src="http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/images/vintage_images/AU25410.jpg" width="500" /></td><td align="middle"><input src="http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/images/FPH_buttons/buy.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; height: 37px; width: 37px;" type="image" /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Aurora #98 <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/fountain_pen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_pen" rel="wikipedia" title="Fountain pen">Fountain Pen</a> & Pencil Set - Gold-filled Caps - Piston Fill -Small Ding In Fountain Pen Cap - Pencil Missing Tiny Piece At Tip So Lead Does Not Retract Entirely</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1975<br />
Type: Fine Nib - 5 1/2 In. <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/wine_tasting_descriptors" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_tasting_descriptors" rel="wikipedia" title="Wine tasting descriptors">Closed</a> - Excellent<br />
Price: $195.00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Conklin Jr. Endura - Mahogany Hard Rubber - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill - Light Wear To Barrel Imprint</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1933<br />
Type: Fine Semi-Flexible Nib - 5 In. Closed - Excellent<br />
Price: $195.00<br />
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<tr><td colspan="3"><img alt="Conklin Endura Symetrik - Standard Size - Green Marble - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill" src="http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/images/vintage_images/CO25667.jpg" width="500" /></td><td align="middle"><input src="http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/images/FPH_buttons/buy.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; height: 37px; width: 37px;" type="image" /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Conklin Endura Symetrik - Standard Size - Green Marble - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1935<br />
Type: Firm Fine Nib - 5 1/4 In. Closed - Near Mint<br />
Price: $250.00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Conklin Green/Black Speckles - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1928<br />
Type: Medium Flexible Nib - 4 7/8 In. Closed - Near Mint<br />
Price: $295.00<br />
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Year: 1932<br />
Type: Firm Fine Nib - 5 In. Closed - Near Mint<br />
Price: $275.00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Conklin Jr. Endura Set - Black/Bronze Marble - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1932<br />
Type: Some Small Chew Marks On Cap - Fine Rigid Nib - 4 3/4 In. Closed - Price For Set - Excellent<br />
Price: $265.00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">*</span><b>Moore Maniflex - Brown Snakeskin Celluloid - Gold Filled Trim - Lever Fill - Some Brassing On Cap Band</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1938<br />
Type: Extra Fine Nib - 5 In. Closed - Excellent<br />
Price: $195.00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Parker Jr. Duofold Streamline Set - Lapis Blue - Button Fill - Gold Filled Trim</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
Year: 1929<br />
Type: Firm Fine Nib - 4 1/2 In. Closed - Price For Set - Excellent<br />
Price: $365.00</span></td></tr>
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</span><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="207" hspace="8" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde/images/fscott.jpg" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" width="200" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Few first novels have launched a career quite as brilliantly as</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><em><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/this_side_of_paradise" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise" rel="wikipedia" title="This Side of Paradise">This Side of Paradise</a></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">. The brash 23-year-old wrote of his extraordinarily popular novel, trumpeted by critics as the voice of a generation, "My whole theory of writing I can sum up in one sentence: An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward." This selection brings together first editions of the first novels of some of our finest writers, many signed. Some of these authors demanded recognition of their talents from their very first publications; others achieved their reputations over subsequent years of patient toil. But it is here, at the beginning, where we meet them for the first time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><hr style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong>"FOR PETE COMPTON, A WILD MAN IF THERE EVER WAS ONE": F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S FIRST BOOK, THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIM ONE DAY AFTER PUBLICATION</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="190" hspace="8" src="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/BookImages/75461f.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0pt; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 8px;" vspace="8" width="250" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">F. Scott Fitzgerald.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=10668cc343&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">This Side of Paradise.</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">1920. First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald’s first novel, inscribed one day after publication, "For Pete Compton, A wild man if there ever was one—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Princeton, NJ, March 27th 1920."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The inscription is particularly appropriate in that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><em>This Side of Paradise</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">is a romantic evocation of Fitzgerald's Princeton days, begun while he himself was still an undergraduate there. "Daring and bold for its time, the novel projected new freedom—to flirt, smoke, pet, drink and dance. It functioned as a kind of bible for the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/jazz_age" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Age" rel="wikipedia" title="Jazz Age">Jazz Age</a> among the nation’s youth, catapulting Fitzgerald to overnight fame" (Nolan).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Without extraordinarily scarce <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/dust_jacket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket" rel="wikipedia" title="Dust jacket">dust jacket</a>. $63,000.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/norman_mailer" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/norman_mailer" rel="rottentomatoes" title="Norman Mailer">MAILER, Norman</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=e174538299&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Naked and the Dead.</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">New York and Toronto, 1948. First edition of Mailer’s first and "best novel, and certainly the best war novel to emerge from the United States," inscribed on the half title "To —, Cordially, Norman Mailer, Oct ’93." $4200.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Though today is definitely the computer age, there are still some “old fashioned” ways to gain information and entertainment. Books are an institution—one that will not be falling to the wayside anytime soon. If you love <a class="zem_slink freebase/m/0bwdy3c" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book" rel="wikipedia" title="Book">books</a>, you can do more than just read them—you can make a hobby out of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/collecting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting" rel="wikipedia" title="Collecting">collecting</a> them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Books are printed in three primary formats: hard back, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/paperback" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback" rel="wikipedia" title="Paperback">paper back</a> and trade copy. Hardback books are generally more expensive than the others, often because of the cost of binding. Paperbacks cost usually a third of what the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/hardcover" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcover" rel="wikipedia" title="Hardcover">hardback</a> version costs. Trade copies are an animal unto themselves. Trade copies are <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/paperback" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback" rel="wikipedia" title="Paperback">paperbacks</a> that are distributed to people in the writing world, generally before the actual book is published. Paperbacks are fine, if you just want to read the book. Hard back and trade copybooks are where the game begins, and if you are incredibly lucky, where the money is. This is where we will focus our attention, for purposes of this article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a certain cache to having a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/first_edition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_%28book%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Edition (book)">first edition</a> of a prized writing. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_%28book%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Edition (book)">first edition</a> of a book, in general, is printed and bound in hard back, with a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/dust_jacket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket" rel="wikipedia" title="Dust jacket">book jacket</a> covered with art (often from a notable artist). Having said that, however, there are times when first editions, particularly of new writers, are printed in paperback, so this is not a hard and fast rule. But, generally, hard backed books are the primary targets of collectors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Why, you ask, does this matter? To collectors, this means everything! People sometimes pay exorbitant amounts of money for a first edition hard back of a book they love, or for a book penned by an author they love. People fill bookcases in their homes and offices with these beloved writings. Collecting books, like so many other things, is a game of acquisition. The good news about collecting these often expensive writings is you can actually use them for their intended purpose! They do not need to sit on the shelf merely collecting dust.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many sources that are useful in locating these little gems. Depending on what genre you are interested in collecting, you can start as easily as picking up a favorite author’s latest book at your local bookstore. Other places to look for books for your collection are: yard sales, book shows, used bookstores, and online sites that sell books.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How do you know if your book is a first edition?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This gets a bit complicated. Different publishers use different markings to identify what edition a book is. What you need to do is open the book to the front few pages, where the information about the publisher is located. Look for a set of numbers, i.e., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Either above or below these numbers might be the words “First Edition” all by itself or with a month and year. If this is a new book, all you really need to do is verify higher on the same page that the first <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/printing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing" rel="wikipedia" title="Printing">printing</a> was in the same month and year, and with that combo you are in pretty good shape. On older books, you can do the same comparison, or you can look at the numbers. Some publishers have the 1 listed first and that means it’s the first printing. Others have a zero in front, and that means it’s the first printing. It is important to do a little research into the practices of the publisher your author(s) of choice use, as this will help a great deal in finding true first editions. The research aspect is part of what makes collecting fun. Once you have a good grasp on what certain <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/publishing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing" rel="wikipedia" title="Publishing">publishing companies</a> do to mark their books, you can start looking for treasures in unlikely places—garage and estate sales, auctions, used book stores that do not specialize in hard-to-find books and discount <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/bookselling" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookselling" rel="wikipedia" title="Bookselling">book sellers</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, you have decided you wish to collect all of the works of your favorite author. You have studied up a little on the publishing company he/she generally goes through, and you are armed and ready to start building your collection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some things to look for in a good purchase:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The real estate market has their own mantra: “location, location, location!” <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/book_collecting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_collecting" rel="wikipedia" title="Book collecting">Book collectors</a> have their own mantra: “condition, condition, condition!” Once you have identified a book that you want, there are a few things to check before purchase, as these items can considerably affect the value of that book you are holding.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">First of all, check the book jacket. Some booksellers will encase the book jacket in a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/brodart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodart" rel="wikipedia" title="Brodart">Brodart</a> or similar product that protects the jacket from dust and tears. The book jacket should be complete, untorn, and unwrinkled. Make sure the jacket belongs with the book; just compare the titles. Sometimes, jackets will be changed in later printings, and that new jacket could end up on your first edition book—where it does not belong. Just do your research in advance, and you will learn to detect these things.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Secondly, and more importantly, check the binding of the book and the condition of the content. The binding should be tight—meaning none of the pages should be loose or coming free from the binding. The pages should be unbent and uncreased (this is why some people get so upset over people folding over a page to hold their place in a book—those creases never truly go away), and none of the pages should be written on. This last item makes collecting children’s books a challenge because so many kids doodle in their books.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, check the book for signatures. It is entirely possible to obtain a first edition of a book that has been signed by the author. The more valuable signatures are the ones that are generic; meaning they are not “to” anyone. Those resell better, because someone named Bob does not necessarily want to proudly display a note in their book from the author that says “Best of luck, Jim!” This brings me to another thing. Book signings, while somewhat less common than they used to be, are still there. Often, you can take your books to a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/book_signing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_signing" rel="wikipedia" title="Book signing">book signing</a> and the author will sign a certain number of them for you! This instantly raises the value of your book, and isn’t a bad idea if you are a serious collector.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The value of these books is what the market will bear, and can increase and decrease drastically for any number of reasons. A small percentage of people actually make money off collecting books, but the majority of collectors are in it for the thrill of the chase, and pride of ownership. Just decide where you want to be on the collecting ladder.</div><div class="zemanta-related"><h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;">Related articles</h6><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://bookshopblog.com/2011/01/10/rare-book-collections-by-category/">Rare Book Collections by Category</a> (bookshopblog.com)</li>
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<strong>“Incomparably The Most Important Work In The English Language”</strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="266" src="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/BookImages/80963f.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0pt; border-left-width: 0pt; border-right-width: 0pt; border-top-width: 0pt;" width="350" /></div>SHAKESPEARE. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=6576e4df7d&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</a>London, 1632. Folio (measures 9 by 12-1/2 inches), early 20th-century full red crushed levant morocco gilt; custom clamshell box. $398,000.<br />
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<em>The extraordinarily rare 1632 <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/second_folio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Folio" rel="wikipedia" title="Second Folio">Second Folio</a> of Shakespeare’s plays, with engraved title page portrait of Shakespeare by Droeshout. A complete and lovely first-issue copy, very handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere & Son. It is believed there are fewer than 200 copies, many of which are incomplete or defective. This edition contains the first appearance of John Milton in print.</em><br />
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The four folios of Shakespeare are the first four editions of Shakespeare’s collected plays. These were the only collected editions printed in the 17th century (a 1619 attempt at a collected edition in quarto form was never completed). The Second Folio, like the First <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/first_folio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" rel="wikipedia" title="First Folio">Folio of 1623</a>, contains 36 plays, all the plays that are considered to be wholly or in part by Shakespeare (with the exception of <em>Pericles</em>, which was added to the Third Folio edition of 1663). <em>“The folios are incomparably the most important work in the English language” (W.A. Jackson, Pforzheimer Catalogue).</em> The folios of Shakespeare, because of their incalculable impact on the language, thought and literature of our world, are the most desirable of all English language books, the prize of any collection.</div><hr style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #ff9a00; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 36px;">From the Catalogue</span><br />
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HAMILTON, Alexander; <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/james_madison" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison" rel="wikipedia" title="James Madison">MADISON, James</a>; JAY, John. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=e0ae06fed2&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Federalist.</a> New York, 1788.<em>Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history, which “exerted a powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution.” An exceptional copy in full contemporary sheep.</em> $260,000.<br />
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MELVILLE, Herman. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=7c16225d72&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Moby Dick; or, The Whale.</a> New York and London, 1851. <em>First American edition, in scarce lovely unrestored original cloth, of Melville’s rare classic.</em>$62,000.<br />
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MCKENNEY, Thomas and HALL, James. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=15b65fa5cb&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">History of the Indian Tribes of North America.</a> Philadelphia, 1838-44. <em>Three volumes. The rare, monumental first folio edition of one of the landmarks of American history, an excellent copy complete with 120 bright and fully hand-colored lithographic plates after <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/charles_bird_king" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bird_King" rel="wikipedia" title="Charles Bird King">Charles Bird King</a>’s original oil paintings.</em>$175,000.<br />
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SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=adac13ff60&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Frankenstein.</a> London, 1818. <em>Three volumes. Exceedingly rare first edition of Mary Shelley’s horror masterpiece, handsomely bound.</em>$168,000.<br />
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LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=95fc095cc4&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">History of the Expedition Under the Command.</a> Philadelphia, 1814. <em>Two volumes. Exceptionally rare first edition, one of only 1417 copies printed, of the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent, with the famous large folding map of the course of the expedition and five in-text maps.</em> $225,000.<br />
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SCHEDEL, Hartmann. <a href="http://baumanrarebooks.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=375fced41fc5f5abbe7f59fde&id=5dc2f700d2&e=4d52618c05" style="color: #ff9a00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Liber Chronicarum.</a> Nuremberg, 12 July 1493. <em>First edition of the extraordinary “Nuremberg Chronicle,” the most profusely illustrated book of the 15th century, featuring the first modern map of Europe, Ptolemy’s map of the world, and 1809 splendid woodcuts, including work by a young apprentice Albrecht Dürer. Table of contents with large letters beautifully colored in red and blue and first letter of text with large, beautiful 14-line illuminated initial in blue, red, green and gilt. Bound in splendid signed binding by the noted Spanish binder Brugalla.</em> $178,000.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">It takes time and patience to extensively research and learn about <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/collecting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting" rel="wikipedia" title="Collecting">collecting</a> typewriters. There are hundreds of typewriter brands and thousands of models. Here are seven things to contemplate when searching to begin collecting <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/vintage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage" rel="wikipedia" title="Vintage">vintage</a> typewriters:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">1. Rarity: Consider the make, model, year, use of materials and any other unique facets that create a rare vintage collectible.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">2. Condition: Most vintage pieces will probably need some type of restoration. Investigate your potential collectible to estimate the amount of repair work needed and filter in estimated costs that would get it back in satisfactory working condition.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">3. Type of mechanism: The operational makeup of the typewriter.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">4. Exquisiteness of the design: The beauty of the typewriter. This includes style and other decorative elements like bronze and floral accents or mother of pearl inlays.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">5. Personal affection of the piece: What draws you to a particular vintage model that makes you desire to buy it.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">6. Join a collectors association: Search to see if there are any local clubs or organizations in your area. You may find that typewriter manufacturing companies could give you some leads on your inquiry.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">7. Contact other collectors: You can check out some online collector's websites for information on buying or selling vintage typewriters.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">There are relatively few collectors, so you will find that the prices on early typewriters are not fixed. Vintage typewriters may turn up at antique shows, flea markets, attics, garage sales, thrift stores or dilapidated shops carrying <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/used_goods" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Used_good" rel="wikipedia" title="Used good">second-hand goods</a>. It's a rarity that you will find vintage typewriters in elegant antique shops.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Early typewriters focused on visible distinctions and principal mechanics. Improvements were made in basic design elements, such as the system of linkages from the key to the type. Features maintained "type" alignment. Of course newer designs operated on fewer parts than earlier writing machines. These features made typing faster and easier. Amazingly, typewriters became quieter and more reliable. As typewriters evolved, inventors and manufacturers continued to develop the ultimate writing machine. Although vintage typewriters are not a popular <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/collectible" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectable" rel="wikipedia" title="Collectable">collector's item</a>, they are beginning to gain global attention from writing and engineering enthusiasts, historians and many people interested in collecting rare pieces of writing machine history.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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A walnut bureau bookcase from the time of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/queen_anne_style_architecture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_Style_architecture" rel="wikipedia" title="Queen Anne Style architecture">Queen Anne</a> (1702-14) is a very fine example of an early antique bookcase. Pieces like this formed part of a revolution in furniture making in Britain, with the arrival of Huguenot craftsmen expelled from France at the end of the 17th century and these new forms of manufacture remained throughout the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/18th_century" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century" rel="wikipedia" title="18th century">18th century</a>. The bureau bookcase was an encased set of shelves set upon a bureau or writing desk. The desk had a fold down flap with sets of drawers arranged beneath. The cabinet placed on top to hold the books had two often mirror glazed doors which helped to encourage light. These cabinets were often pedimented on top to give an architectural quality to the piece.<br />
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As the 18th century progressed, varying types of antique bookcase evolved. Much larger architectural pieces were being made for libraries and the smaller compact bureau bookcase for the drawing room. Walnut had now become very scarce and mahogany was being imported as its replacement. The bookcase was not only made to showcase books but also to showcase the art of the cabinet maker and many fine examples remain from the time of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/george_iii_of_the_united_kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="wikipedia" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a> onwards. Door fronts were generally glazed within astragal mouldings and beading and these ornamental glazed doors could range from fairly plain to very elaborate.<br />
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One of the most impressive bookcases is the breakfront. These are large architectural pieces with broken pediments and moulded cornices, usually made from mahogany. They can be fully or half glazed with cupboards rather than bureaux underneath, usually with three or four sets of shelves, with the central set pushed forward or breaking the front of the piece.<br />
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Towards the end of the 18th century, designer decorators like <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/robert_adam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adam" rel="wikipedia" title="Robert Adam">Robert Adam</a> incorporated furniture like the secretaire cabinet and secretaire bookcase into their general house design. The much lighter satinwood had become popular during this later period and Adam employed craftsmen and artists to decorate furniture with marquetry inlay or painted neoclassical motifs and garlands of flowers. Some pieces were very bright and colourful indeed.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJaaPcdWJNq2UdPnSQixkINsXAW2hOtLSWGDm1Q7z1pxkkWvo9d_QwY_myWhhXhCD8vjWYhNbMLPoPOCau1lDriv3gL0yC-1IRGfUzbgNMbHuGICbdSc0DmasTL6zeXhnTf55p8BksnPM/s1600/Triple-Arc-Antique-Bookcase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJaaPcdWJNq2UdPnSQixkINsXAW2hOtLSWGDm1Q7z1pxkkWvo9d_QwY_myWhhXhCD8vjWYhNbMLPoPOCau1lDriv3gL0yC-1IRGfUzbgNMbHuGICbdSc0DmasTL6zeXhnTf55p8BksnPM/s320/Triple-Arc-Antique-Bookcase.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Much Queen Anne, Georgian and Neoclassical furniture from the 18th century was revived during the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/victorian_era" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" rel="wikipedia" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> so there remains a good choice of well made, large and more compact antique bookcases in a variety of guises to choose from. These are very imposing pieces of furniture and make excellent investments for the budding antique collector, or for the general investor.<br />
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The author, Christian Davies, is a second generation antiques dealer and owner of Christian Davies Antiques, a family based antiques business based in <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/preston" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.75,-2.7&spn=0.1,0.1&q=53.75,-2.7%20(Preston)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Preston">Preston, Lancashire</a>.<br />
Christian has over 23 years experience in the antiques business and has a passion for genuine, high quality antiques furniture, such as antique bookcases, which he sources from the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/unioted_kingdom" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.5,-0.116666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=51.5,-0.116666666667%20(United%20Kingdom)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> and Europe.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first fine pens were made with <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/mass_production" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_production" rel="wikipedia" title="Mass production">mass produced</a> pen points that were stamped out of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/sheet_metal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_metal" rel="wikipedia" title="Sheet metal">sheet metal</a> and molded into various shapes to suit different <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/writing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing" rel="wikipedia" title="Writing">styles of writing</a>. To use, writers selected a pen point, fitted it onto a holder, dipped the tip in ink and began writing. Although innovations to the design of the instrument began in the latter part of the 19th century, this remained a popular format for fine writing pens until as late as the 1950s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an effort to eliminate the need to carry around an ink well and continuously dip the pen point, a portable fine pen that could carry its own refillable ink supply became necessary. Thus the fountain pen was born. A fine pen that featured a three channel feed was developed in the 1870s by L.E. Waterman. This design allowed for a smooth, controlled flow of ink via a pumping action, wherein the pen point snapped back and forth from an interior ink sac.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next generation of fine pens used what is known as the self-filling system. They were also referred to as "<a class="zem_slink freebase/en/pasteur_pipette" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteur_pipette" rel="wikipedia" title="Pasteur pipette">eyedropper</a>" pens because in order to fill them, users had to unscrew them and pour the ink supply in through a long dropper. Unfortunately, the fit between the cap and the barrel was not always secure and leaking was a common side effect. Therefore a model was invented in which the point was retracted into the barrel with a twisting motion, similar to a tube of lipstick. Theses were called safety pens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other variations on self-filling fine pens debuted throughout the years, including the blow <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/filler" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_%28media%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Filler (media)">filler</a>, the sleeve filler, the button filler, the level filler, the pneumatic filler, the piston filler and the plunger filler. These represented the standard in fine writing pens until the invention of the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/fountain_pen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_pen" rel="wikipedia" title="Fountain pen">cartridge pen</a> in the 1930s, which is similar to the pens that are most commonly used today. They contained a glass ink cartridge (now made of plastic) that was intended to be disposable rather than refillable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Early fine pens offer a glimpse into our communication history and as such have become a popular collectors' hobby. If you interested in learning more about fine pens, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/online_shop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shopping" rel="wikipedia" title="Online shopping">online retailers</a> can offer a wealth of knowledge as well as unique items to start your collection.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">During this roughly 60 year period there were an extraordinary number of innovations and styles introduced by many different <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/manufacturing" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Manufacturing" rel="wikinvest" title="Manufacturing">manufacturers</a>. Many of the pens created during this time are prized by collectors for their beauty and functionality.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Although fountain pens are still manufactured today and are still in demand as writing instruments, collectible vintage pens are generally considered to be those made before 1965. There are an extraordinary variety, and vintage pen <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/collecting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting" rel="wikipedia" title="Collecting">collecting</a> is a hobby that many people enjoy.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">It's easy to get started. They are vintage pen shows held throughout the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/united_states" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="United States">United States</a>, mostly near larger cities. By visiting one of these pen shows you will have the opportunity to talk to knowledgeable collectors and viewed thousands of vintage pens.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">You could also just go on <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/ebay" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:EBAY" rel="googlefinance" title="NASDAQ: EBAY">eBay</a> and randomly start buying pens that appeal to you. Just like with used cars, however, different pens have varying values depending on the model, manufacturer, and condition. While you would rapidly build up a pen collection this way, some knowledge about what you're buying is essential.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrgzRctem7EGfVMdpUfl196cUORvSSFhmxoT_Hrr_6b_0R9eLyAsY5vLdeJ4zHyMGYFgLqhCfTG1K9UCopU7qCzfcJZRdi8XMt-7Ih-l0uRMaexx1VBzgSFVX4_2kXrDy4x4yVAyjAE4t/s1600/Parker_Vacumatic_Matrix_Pearl_Shadow_Wave_Celluloid_Double_Jewel_Vintage_Fountain_Pen_5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrgzRctem7EGfVMdpUfl196cUORvSSFhmxoT_Hrr_6b_0R9eLyAsY5vLdeJ4zHyMGYFgLqhCfTG1K9UCopU7qCzfcJZRdi8XMt-7Ih-l0uRMaexx1VBzgSFVX4_2kXrDy4x4yVAyjAE4t/s320/Parker_Vacumatic_Matrix_Pearl_Shadow_Wave_Celluloid_Double_Jewel_Vintage_Fountain_Pen_5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Fortunately there are some pen guides available which you can use to educate yourself and help make a wise decision when buying a vintage pen. If you are serious about collecting antique pens as a hobby, you will want to add a few good reference books to your personal library.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">One of the best books recommended for beginning collectors is <i>Fountain Pens Past & Present -- Identification & Value Guide </i>by Paul Erano.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">This is considered by many vintage pen collectors to be a very comprehensive book about how to collect vintage pens. There are many color photos and also vintage fountain pen ads. It has lots of different and valuable information, talks about how to find vintage pens and restore them. It also covers the basics for how to value pens. Of course the actual values for specific pens change over time. However this book is a good guide to determining the relative value of different vintage pens. If you are truly interested in collecting antique pens as a hobby, this is an excellent book to add to your collection.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Also, thanks to the <a class="zem_slink freebase/m/03rlt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" title="Internet">Internet</a>, you can frequently locate copies of the actual brochures published by a pen manufacturer for those vintage pens you are interested in. The original brochures are collectibles by themselves, but you can also frequently buy a PDF version in an electronic format to uncover as much detail as possible about your pen.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">eBay is an excellent place to find fountain pens. At any one time there usually are over 1000 <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/auction" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction" rel="wikipedia" title="Auction">auctions</a> going on for vintage pens. In general, when competing in an eBay auction, keep in mind that there are other people who want the same pen that you do. They may be willing or to pay more than the pen is worth so to avoid this you should always do your research, determine the approximate value for the pen, set your personal limit as to the amount you are willing to pay, and stick to that.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPVXYvhbnuN_qDURh4N_680cSknHuf4bj66ml8lSdCpYn4PLI3Vkf1MDDBt3GyXvF73zRXATOk4UlwgLQjeBT7r5K7YcQZs0iY6wQpZWeFNJwl8yzCKrWy0yP9SH6sW9SzY7q_3g-irBL/s1600/434+PL2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPVXYvhbnuN_qDURh4N_680cSknHuf4bj66ml8lSdCpYn4PLI3Vkf1MDDBt3GyXvF73zRXATOk4UlwgLQjeBT7r5K7YcQZs0iY6wQpZWeFNJwl8yzCKrWy0yP9SH6sW9SzY7q_3g-irBL/s320/434+PL2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Because there are such a huge number of auctions on eBay, if you are unable to buy one particular vintage pen because you are outbid, the chances are good that there will the another pen similar to it auctioned in the near future.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<div id="body"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Collecting antique items can be very enjoying. There are different reasons why a person or individual <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/collect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect" rel="wikipedia" title="Collect">collects</a> <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/antiques" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" rel="wikipedia" title="Antique">antiques</a>. Most of them have the passion for history and that is why they want to collect and use antique items. These items also add elegance to a room or area. This is very suitable if the theme of your house decoration is western style. For people who love to read books, they often collect antique books and have it displayed in their shelves or library. If you are a person who loves to collect books and you want to also collect antique books, then here are a few hints about the different factors that can affect antique book <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/price" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price" rel="wikipedia" title="Price">prices</a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When talking about antiques, they are items that age a hundred years or more. Therefore, a book is only considered as an antique if it has already been around for a hundred years or more. Since it has already been around for a long period of time, there are greater possibilities of it being inflicted with damages. Breakages and damages on an antique item <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/depreciation" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/metric/Depreciation" rel="wikinvest" title="Depreciation">depreciate</a> its value. So, when it comes to antique book prices, even just a small damage on the book will already mean depreciation in terms of its value. Take note that condition of an antique item also plays a big factor when it comes to its appraisal.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Another factor that affects antique book prices is the historical background of the book. The richer the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_books" rel="wikipedia" title="History of books">history of the book</a> is, the higher its price value will be. For instance, if the book was the one written by a famous writer, then for sure that book is valuable and costs expensive. Another example is; even if the book is not written by a famous author or writer as long as the book was read or used by a famous person, then the book is surely valuable.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And lastly, the biggest factor that can raise or drop the value of an antique item is rarity. An antique item that is very rare is also very valuable and expensive. This is where other people take advantage of - especially those who are known as scammers. They try to make an exact duplication of the item and sell it expensively. And, if you do not have the proper antiquing skills and knowledge, you can become their victim. So, in order to avoid getting scammed or fooled, be sure to educate yourself a lot first about successful antiquing and always bring along with you tools and equipments that will help you identify if an item is really antique or not.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<div id="body" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">What is a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/first_edition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_%28book%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Edition (book)">First Edition</a> Book?</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">A First Edition book is a book that is the first printing of the first edition of a book. That does not mean the first book to be printed but the first run of books that are printed of a newly published book. There can be hundreds or more in each printing. To find a true First Edition in a used paperback book or used hardcover book can be very frustrating. But is worth the effort if you find the book you want. As time passes most used <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/paperback" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback" rel="wikipedia" title="Paperback">paperback books</a> are thrown away so, a First Edition in used paperback books are rare. The same can be said for used <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/hardcover" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcover" rel="wikipedia" title="Hardcover">hardcover books</a>, they are generally discarded or they no longer have their <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/dust_jacket" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket" rel="wikipedia" title="Dust jacket">dust jackets</a>. The dust jackets are valuable when reselling/buying a used hardcover book. They have details on them that help determine the book's origin.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Identifying a First Edition Book</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Wording--First Edition, First <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/printing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing" rel="wikipedia" title="Printing">Printing</a>, First Impression, First <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/publishing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing" rel="wikipedia" title="Publishing">Published</a> or Published</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Take note that some publishers will state "First Printing by (publisher). This is not a First Edition but a first printing by a different publisher than original publisher.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Number line, it will look like this, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Usually the (1) should be on the number line. This indicates it is the 1st printing. If the 1 is missing that usually means that the book is a second printing. There are some publishers who remove the 1 when printing the first edition, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/random_house" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/" rel="homepage" title="Random House">Random House</a> is one. If the 1 is missing and you are not sure of the publisher's rules it is a good idea to consult a bibliography or guide to First Editions. The general rule is number line should have the (1).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Dates on copyright page and <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/title_page" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_page" rel="wikipedia" title="Title page">title page</a> should agree.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">The phrase, Copyright 1942, should be on the copyright page and on page where title is, usually at bottom, 1942. Sometimes there will be a year between the dates. This is not uncommon if book was copyright late in one year and published in the next year. Occasionally there will be more dates with the copyright date. This will occur when part of the book had been published in a journal or anthology. In this case the last date should agree with title page date. The rule for dates is they should be the same, the copyright and title page dates.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Undated Books, rare or vintage</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp9fgrBioR4m21ZFvvLQZ5ODGZz93RWpSbQU9c8IYstGiztBX1cpbcmGtnAFad2GTdhIiB9XA9CSnQ9cfGcj6lLgeqTELlBeUV6Fo8jdcdISCi_WjMpOiOBgQpI7Pvj6s3Pmb7yIH9jj0/s1600/Worlds-Most-Expensive-Charles-Dickens-Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp9fgrBioR4m21ZFvvLQZ5ODGZz93RWpSbQU9c8IYstGiztBX1cpbcmGtnAFad2GTdhIiB9XA9CSnQ9cfGcj6lLgeqTELlBeUV6Fo8jdcdISCi_WjMpOiOBgQpI7Pvj6s3Pmb7yIH9jj0/s320/Worlds-Most-Expensive-Charles-Dickens-Book.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">Many of the older books will not have dates on them. This makes if even harder to determine a First Edition. You will need to use a bibliography or library guide to tell for sure. Some older books will have a date on the title page but no copyright date. Book Club editions also have no corresponding dates. General rule is if dates are missing check with sources before buying. A good seller will state if book is a Book Club Edition.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">First Edition Book or Book Club Book</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">There are "sellers" selling book club books as First Editions. Sometimes it is hard to tell because of the era it was printed in. If you are interested in a certain book and want a First Edition do your homework before purchasing. Check out the title, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/book_size" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_size" rel="wikipedia" title="Book size">book size</a>, dates (if available,) publisher and the color of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/book_cover" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_cover" rel="wikipedia" title="Book cover">book cover</a> all of these will help determine its status. Just because there is only one date on the book does not make it a First Edition.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;">I hope this information will be helpful for the new collector, when they go to purchase a used paperback book or used hardcover book that says it is a First Edition. Remember when buying a used paperback book or used hardcover book, to research or ask questions if you have doubts.</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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<h1 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #4c453c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">Whatever your interests – literary classics, landmarks in the history of ideas, monumental accounts of travel and exploration, revolutionary scientific and medical works, exquisite decorative bindings and sets, beloved children’s books, inscribed or association copies – <a href="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/default.aspx">Bauman Rare Book</a>s has much to offer.</span></h1><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Our extensive and constantly changing inventory includes everything from the most elusive and desirable rarities (such as an 1814 first edition of the account of the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/lewis_and_clark_expedition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition" rel="wikipedia" title="Lewis and Clark Expedition">Lewis and Clark expedition</a>, the 1640 first collected edition of Shakespeare’s <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Poems</em> or a first edition of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/adam_smith" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith" rel="wikipedia" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a>’s <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Wealth of Nations</em>) to very affordable first editions, signed copies and lovely bindings that make perfect gifts. We’ve helped form every type of collection imaginable, from works banned and censored through the centuries to books that inspired classic films.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Many collectors, however, don’t necessarily collect around a specific focus. Some search for the books they’ve loved throughout their lives, those that taught, inspired or moved them. Of all types of collecting, this is perhaps the most personal: what other groups of objects can better reflect one’s passions?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Americana – </strong>From the earliest voyages of discovery to the founding of a new nation, from the exploration of the West to the turmoil of the Civil War, Americana is among the most compelling areas of collecting.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Art, Architecture and Design</strong> – <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/artists_books" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%27s_book" rel="wikipedia" title="Artist's book">Artists’ books</a> – also known as livres d’artiste – provide the collector with an excellent opportunity to own original works produced specifically for that book and signed by an important artist. In the early eighteenth century <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/giacomo_leoni" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Leoni" rel="wikipedia" title="Giacomo Leoni">Giacomo Leoni</a>’s translation into English of <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/andrea_palladio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Palladio" rel="wikipedia" title="Andrea Palladio">Andrea Palladio</a>’s I <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/i_quattro_libri_dellarchitettura" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Quattro_Libri_dell%27Architettura" rel="wikipedia" title="I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura">Quattro libri</a> dell-architettura</em> (first published in 1570) solidified the late <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/renaissance_architecture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" rel="wikipedia" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance architect</a>’s reputation and led to the revival of his classical architectural theories, sparking the movement that became known as <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/palladian_architecture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladian_architecture" rel="wikipedia" title="Palladian architecture">Palladianism</a>.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKOwsSU42CmED21nOJIq0Nn3rUTl8GcEmdNE-pH-AyHzuib__83v1WTT72yPPBmftrt2xA2nN1Cxb5OEvoyNv08f9hN9YgUHBlek3vpvbPaHyaFt_WWjMTMBso99lKYfp4VvAI9Kh4O1w/s1600/green-eggs-and-ham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKOwsSU42CmED21nOJIq0Nn3rUTl8GcEmdNE-pH-AyHzuib__83v1WTT72yPPBmftrt2xA2nN1Cxb5OEvoyNv08f9hN9YgUHBlek3vpvbPaHyaFt_WWjMTMBso99lKYfp4VvAI9Kh4O1w/s200/green-eggs-and-ham.jpg" width="146" /></a></div><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Children’s Books</strong> – Once upon a time, children’s books weren’t necessarily – or even usually – fun. It sounds strange today, when toddlers <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Pat the Bunny</em>, beginning readers sound out a menu of <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/green_eggs_and_ham" href="http://www.amazon.com/Green-Eggs-Myself-Beginner-Books/dp/0394800168%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dprevalclu-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0394800168" rel="amazon" title="Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)">Green Eggs and Ham</a></em> and throngs attend midnight bookstore parties for the release of Harry Potter’s latest adventure. But education, not entertainment, drove the earliest literature for young readers.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">History, Government and Thought</strong> – Whether your interest leads along academic or highly personal routes, whether you are in search of first-hand accounts or histories narrated by later voices, a collection built around classic histories can be fascinating. Great ideas in philosophy may represent the spirit of their age, or dissect it, but their influence is seldom limited to one field or discipline. For who could persuasively argue that the works of Plato or Aristotle are not profoundly resonant in medicine, architecture, literature and music?<br />
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<strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Literature</strong> – Author and critic Italo Calvino wrote, “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” As overwhelmed as we might be considering the range and sheer number of important works of literature produced through the centuries, one of the fascinations of collecting is that by seeking out the books we think are most important, we bring a certain order to the great expanse and preserve in our collections those books that had a significance for us – as individuals and as a society.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Music</strong> – Collectors of landmark musical scores enter the worlds of Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Puccini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Gershwin and other brilliant composers whose works continue to thrill us. Music collecting is not confined to musicologists or academics; it is neither difficult nor arcane, but an arena with enormous intrinsic appeal.<br />
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<strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Photography</strong> – Whether in snapshot, portrait, calotype, positive or negative, panorama, daguerreotype or print, the all-powerful eye of the camera has launched one of the fastest growing fields for the rare book collector to explore. With both art and technology in its genes, photography bridges centuries, tracing its origins back to our earliest speculations about vision, sunlight’s transformative mysteries, and the delights of the <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">camera obscura.</em> Part magic, part memory, with painting as a forefather and cinema a second cousin, this is a fascinating area.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Religion</strong> – One cannot ignore the Bible’s tremendous influence on world thought and literature. The Bible, of course, was the first book ever printed, and while a Gutenberg Bible of 1455 is no longer a realistic goal for private collectors, many magnificent editions printed in later centuries are.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Science, Medicine and Natural History</strong> – William Hazlitt defined science as “the desire to know causes,” and the collector of rare scientific and natural history books share that passion. The great works of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, botany and astronomy represent not only the investigation of the hidden causes that move the visible world, but also the celebration of human curiosity, research and insight that made such investigation possible, and those revolutionary shifts in human thought that made the mysterious understandable.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Sport and Leisure</strong> – Chief Justice Earl Warren remarked, “I always turn to the sports page first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but a man’s failures.” Collectors of the literature of sport find inspiration in pages that record historic physical and athletic triumphs.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Travel and Exploration</strong> – In 1772 Captain James Cook, determined to either find or disprove the existence of <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">Terra Australis</em>, set sail on the <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">HMS Resolution. </em>Many collectors focus on the history of a single figure, like Cook, Richard Burton or David Roberts, while others turn to events like the race to the North and South Poles chronicled through <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">The South Pole, The Voyage of Discovery</em> and <em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">The Heart of the Antarctic.</em></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">People setting out for the first time in the endeavor of collecting vintage books may want to start out in a niche that isn't expensive to support. Finding <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/antiques" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" rel="wikipedia" title="Antique">antique</a> books on <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/horticulture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture" rel="wikipedia" title="Horticulture">horticulture</a> for instance would be a well-enough rewarding one without busting the budget. It would be nearly impossible to find a rare George Elliott book original run book in a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/garage_sale" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_sale" rel="wikipedia" title="Garage sale">yard sale</a>; it could still be possible to find a horticulture original from a master from a century ago. You get the idea. People starting out should probably get their feet wet in a niche that helps them understand the challenges and rewards of the endeavor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of the most popular kinds of antique books to collect are the leather-bound variety that come with beautiful gilt embellishment on the spine. While most such books look antiquey and terribly attractive, one needs to understand that not every antique book is valuable. If one is serious about collecting, one needs to nose out books for their standing - their pedigree, their importance to something larger than themselves. The kind of books that generally do hold considerable value are ones that are <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/first_edition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_%28book%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Edition (book)">first editions</a> or signed by the author or owned by someone well-respected and famous.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first edition of the original fairytales by the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/brothers_grimm" href="http://musicbrainz.org/artist/a0be83cd-c958-4734-a3c2-db35607ac178.html" rel="musicbrainz" title="Brüder Grimm">Brothers Grimm</a> sold a couple of years ago for over $10,000. The first edition of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/george_orwell" href="http://www.myspace.com/everything/george-orwell" rel="myspaceeverything" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a>'s dystopian epic 1984 sold for thousands of dollars. A first edition of <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/shakespeares_plays" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_plays" rel="wikipedia" title="Shakespeare's plays">Shakespeare's plays</a> can go for millions. It's difficult, almost impossible to come across one of these treasures at a yard sale or a church charity sale. But it's been known to happen. People who really care about books, keep their eyes peeled where ever they go. And that is what it takes to make a real find. It only has to happen once.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Though it may sound intimidating to some, it actually is not difficult to learn how to become a book collector. There are some good books on the subject and there is a lot of good help on the internet on everything you need to know about finding, identifying, buying, and selling antique books in a step by step format.<br />
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Places where you have opportunities to find valuable antique books being sold sometimes well under their actual value are local auctions, book fairs, antique book stores, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/flea_market" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_market" rel="wikipedia" title="Flea market">flea markets</a>, and even on the internet. You can often buy them for a great price and then turn around and sell them for a decent profit.<br />
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Before talking about where to look let's look at what makes a book a good one to buy. Just being old is not enough to make it a good book to buy. There also needs to be some demand for the book and the condition of the book is also very important. Books that are very close to their original condition or <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/mint_condition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_condition" rel="wikipedia" title="Mint condition">mint condition</a> are very rare but obviously have the most value. Books that are dirty or have been written in have a lot less value. One exception to this rule is when the book was written in by someone famous. First editions of a popular book signed by the author or owned by someone famous can make a huge difference to its value.<br />
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Let's look at one of the places to find great antique books; the <a class="zem_slink freebase/m/03rlt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" title="Internet">Internet</a>. The internet can not only help you discover information on collecting them but it is a great place to buy them. The Internet can bring you all the information on book collecting you need to know to become an accomplished book collector. Things like recognizing <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/first_edition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_%28book%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Edition (book)">first edition</a> books and how much they should cost.<br />
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If you are looking for a specific book or author it is easy to dig deeper and find what you're looking for on the internet. A good way of saving some money is to search on <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/ebay" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:EBAY" rel="googlefinance" title="NASDAQ: EBAY">eBay</a> or <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/amazon_kindle" href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dprevalclu-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB002Y27P3M" rel="amazon" title="Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation">Amazon</a> first. Great books can be found on eBay and at prices that are much cheaper than a lot of local <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/bookselling" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookselling" rel="wikipedia" title="Bookselling">book shops</a>. It's good though to shop local as well. You can start shopping for the books you're looking for on eBay within minutes.<br />
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Amazon is also a great resource in fact Amazon is an even better resource because it specializes in books. The great thing is people from around the world sell their used unwanted and often antique books here.<br />
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Antique books are truly amazing and collecting them can occasionally be very lucrative. You may get lucky and be able to buy a true first edition book at say $50 and then be able to sell it for several hundred dollars. Many people have done it.<br />
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From the first vintage book you buy you will be on the way towards becoming an inspired antique book collector.<br />
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Tack Smith has enjoyed antiquing for years. For great information on buy antique books, visit http://www.newantiquingsecrets.com.<br />
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