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Customers often ask us what we consider to be the most useful basic books on book collecting. Through our cooperative link with Amazon.com, we have decided to make a few of the classic guides available, which are currently in print. Over time we hope to m ake many more specialised bibliographical titles available, as well.

BOOK COLLECTING

General

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbaines.
List Price: $35.00
Amazon Price: $24.50
You Save: $10.50 (30%)
Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours.
Hardcover - 638 pages (August 1995)
Henry Holt & Co., Inc.; ISBN: 0805036539 ;Dimensions (in inches): 2.03 x 9.30 x 6.33


ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter, Nicolas Barker (Editor)
List Price: $25.00
Amazon Price: $17.50
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Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Hardcover - 224 pages 7th edition (April 1995)
Oak Knoll Press; ISBN: 1884718051; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 8.06 x 5.40


BOOK COLLECTING

Price Guides

Collected Books: The Guide to Values 1998 (Serial) by Allen Ahearn, Patricia Ahearn (Contributor)
List Price: $75.00
Amazon Price: $52.50
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Hardcover - 832 pages, 1998 Edition (September 1997)
Putnam Pub Group; ISBN: 0399142797

BOOK COLLECTING

Bibliographies


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Eudora Welty : A Bibliography of Her Work by Noel Polk
Amazon Price: $90.50
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Hardcover - 517 pages (March 1994)
Univ Pr of Mississippi (Txt); ISBN: 0878055665 ; Dime nsions (in inches): 1.60 x 9.32 x 6.34

Facts on File Bibliography of American Fiction Through 1865 by Kent P. Ljungquist (Editor), Matthew J. Bruccoli (Editor), Judith S. Baughman (Editor)
Amazon Price: $95.00
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Hardcover - 326 pages (October 1994)
Facts on File, Inc.; ISBN: 0816021155 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.09 x 11.31 x 8.77

H. L. Mencken: A Descriptive Bibliography (Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography)by Richard J. Schrader, George H. Thompson, Jack R. Sanders
Amazon Price: $100.00
Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks.
Hardcover (May 1998); Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0822940507

The Hayashi Steinbeck Bibliography : 1982-1996 (Scarecrow Author Bibliographies, No 99) by Michael J. Meyer, Tetsumaro Hayashi
Amazon Price: $59.00
Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks.
Hardcover (January 1999); Scarecrow Pr; ISBN: 0810834820

James A. Michener : A Bibliography by David A. Groseclose, James A. Michener (Introduction)
Amazon Price: $45.00
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Hardcover - 336 pages (June 1996)
State House Press; ISBN: 1880510235 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x 9.29 x 6.23

Sinclair Lewis : A Descriptive Bibliography by Stephen R. Pastore, James M. Hutchisson
Amazon Price: $59.95
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Hardcover - 397 pages 1st edition (January 1997)
Yalebooks; ISBN: 0965627500


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Six-Guns and Saddle Leather : A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen by Ramon F. Adams
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $19.96
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Paperback unabridged edition (March 1998)
Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486400352 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.46 x 8.17 x 5.57

Ted Hughes, a Bibliography, 1946-1995 by Keith M. Sagar, Stephen Tabor
Amazon Price: $120.00
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Hardcover - 288 pages 2nd edition (August 1998)
Mansell; ISBN: 0720123372 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.65 x 8.81 x 5.71

Tennessee Williams : A Bibliography (Scarecrow Author Bibliographies, No 89) by Drewey Wayne Gunn
Amazon Price: $59.00
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Hardcover - 434 pages 2nd edition (December 1991)
Scarecrow Pr; ISBN: 0810824957 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.27 x 8.75 x 5.77

Liam O'Flaherty : A Descriptive Bibliography of His Works by George Jefferson
Amazon Price: $75.00
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Hardcover - 176 pages (June 1997)
Irish Amer Book Co; ISBN: 086327188X ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.52 x 9.51 x 6.42


Carl Sandburg, Phillip Green Wright and the Asgard Press, 1900-1910 : A Descriptive Catalogue of Early Books, Manuscripts, and Letters in the Clifton by Joan st C. Crane
Amazon Price: $17.50
Hardcover (June 1975)
Univ Pr of Virginia; ISBN: 0813905656
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City Lights Books : A Descriptive Bibliography by Ralph T. Cook, Lori A. Cook (Editor)
Amazon Price: $41.50
Hardcover (November 1992)
Scarecrow Pr; ISBN: 0810826216
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Dashiell Hammett, a Descriptive Bibliography (Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography) by Richard Layman
Amazon Price: $100.00
Hardcover (August 1979)
Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0822933942
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