Tag search:book collecting

A social history of the Chinese book : books and literati culture in late imperial China

by Joseph Peter McDermott
Paperback, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, Chinese books, history of libraries, book collecting, literati culture, Chinese history
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z1003.5.C45 M334 2006

The friar and the cipher : Roger Bacon and the unsolved mystery of the most unusual manuscript in the world

by Lawrence Goldstone, 1947-
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, Voynich manuscript, book collecting, decipherment, Roger Bacon (1214?-1294), history of science
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z105.5.V65 G65 2005

Books on the move : tracking copies through collections and the book trade

by Robin (Book trade historian) Myers Editor
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, book trade, provenance, book collecting, book collectors, private libraries, conference proceedings
Collection
Bibliognost
Series
Publishing Pathways (27)
Status
Available
Call number
Z291.7.B66 2007

The rise of the Arabic book

by Beatrice Gruendler, 1964-
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, Arabic culture, books and reading, book collecting, Islamic books
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z8.I79G78 2020

Book collecting now : the value of print in a digital age

by Matthew Budman
Paperback, 2019
Tags
nonfiction, book collecting, handbooks and manuals, value, storage, preservation, book trade
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987 B83 2019

For the love of books : designing and curating a home library

by Thatcher Wine, 1972-
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
nonfiction, book collecting, collections, interior decoration, private libraries, handbooks and manuals
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987.W497 2019

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts

by Joshua Hammer, 1957-
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
nonfiction, Mali, Tomboctou, preservation, book and paper conservation, terrorism, destruction of cultural heritage, libraries, private libraries, book collecting, destruction and pillage — 7 more, cultural property, protection of cultural heritage, manuscripts, books, Islamic scholarship, Arabic manuscripts, Tuareg Rebellion (2012)
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z659.H22 2016

Patience & fortitude : a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture

by Nicholas A. Basbanes, 1943-
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
nonfiction, book collecting, booksellers, bookstores, bibliomania, books and reading, history of the book, Western civilization
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z4 .B395 2001

At home with books : how booklovers live with and care for their libraries

by Estelle Ellis
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
nonfiction, private libraries, book collectors, preservation, book and paper conservation, book collecting, storage
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z679.2.U54 S44 1995

The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession

by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
nonfiction, book theft, private investigators, bibliomania, John Gilkey (1968-), Ken Sanders (1951-), book collecting, security
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z992.8.B37 2009

The care of fine books

by Jane Greenfield
Paperback, 2014
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, book and paper conservation, bookbinding, book collecting
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z701.3 .F53 G73 2014

Antiquarian books : a companion for booksellers, librarians and collectors

by Philippa Bernard, 1932-
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
nonfiction, handbooks and manuals, rare books, book collecting, book trade, descriptive bibliography, booksellers' catalogues, glossaries, encyclopedias, book restoration, provenance — 1 more, marks of ownership
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z326

Book scouting : how to turn your love for books into profit

by Barbara L. Johnson
Paperback, 1981
Tags
nonfiction, bookselling, book collecting, book trade, handbooks and manuals
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z286.A55 J64

Book collecting : a modern guide

by Jean Peters, 1935- Editor
Hardcover, 1977
Tags
nonfiction, book collecting, handbooks and manuals, book trade, descriptive bibliography, essays
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987.B68

Among the gently mad : perspectives and strategies for the book hunter in the twenty-first century

by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
nonfiction, book collecting, book collectors, bookselling, bookstores, antiquarian booksellers, rare books
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987.B28 2002

New worlds in old books

by Leona Rostenberg
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
nonfiction, bookselling, antiquarian booksellers, rare books, memoirs, book collectors, book collecting, book trade, autobiographies, women
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z473.R77R655 1999

A pocket guide to the identification of first editions

by Bill McBride, 1945- Compiler
Paperback, 2012
Tags
nonfiction, bibliography, book collecting, book industries and trade, publishing, handbooks and manuals, English-language imprints
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987 .M43 2012

John Carter's ABC for book collectors

by John Carter, 1905-1975
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
nonfiction, dictionaries, book collecting, bibliography, book industries and trade, history of the book, bookbinding
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z1006.C37 2016

How to buy rare books : a practical guide to the antiquarian book market

by William Rees-Mogg
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
nonfiction, history of the book, bookbinding, history of printing, book collecting, handbooks and manuals, bookselling, book and paper conservation
Collection
Bibliognost
Status
Available
Call number
Z987.R4 1985
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