Books on Book Collecting

Title links are to the site that most likely has the book for sale (either Amazon or AbeBooks)
Books are listed alphabetically and include Reference Books on Books as well as Fiction and Non Fiction titles.

Reference Books on Books for Collectors and Dealers

• ABC for Book Collectors, by John Carter. Oak Knoll Press. 2002. 224 pages.
• A Book of Books by Abelardo Morell. Bullfinch Press (Little, Brown and Co.), 2002. 108 pages.
• A Dictionary of Book History by John Feather. Oxford University Press. 1986. 278 pages.
• A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes - 1995 Henry  Holt & Company 638 pages A very entertaining and informative book.
• A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book Collector by A. Edward Newton - Out of print.
• American First Editions by Merle Johnson and later editions edited by Jacob Blanck 1942. Out of print. Considered by many to the be definitive bibliography of American first editions ever produced.
• A Primer of Book Collecting  by John Winterich - 1966.
• Antiquarian Books: A Companion for Booksellers, Librarians and Collectors by Philipagesa Bernard, Leo Bernard and Angus O'Neill - 1994 University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Antiquaries, Book Collectors, and the Circles of Learning by Robin Myers and Michael Harris (editors) - 1996 Oak Knoll Books.
• Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide
• At Home With Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care for Their Libraries by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm and Christopher Simon Sykes (editors) 1995 Random House. Includes information on starting a collection, organizing, and caring for books with very useful information on categorizing, editing and storage.
• Between Boards: New Thoughts on Old Books by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern - 1989 Modoc Press.
• Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe - 1991 Fulcrum Pub. 179 pages. Have you ever. . . Awakened, the morning after a book-buying spree, unable to remember how many books you bought or how much you spent? Been reprimanded or fired for reading on the job? Become suddenly deeply interested in an obscure topic and immediately bought six or more books on that topic? Had to sit down with your family to discuss your book-buying and reading habits? You are not alone. Your complete recovery awaits you--just buy one more book!
• Bibliophile of the Future: His Complaints About the Twentieth Century by Jacques Barzun.
• Book-Collecting as a Hobby: In a Series of Letters to Everyman by Percy Muir 1945. Out of print.
• Book-Collecting: More Letters to Everyman by Percy Muir – 1949. Out of print.
• Book Collecting 2000: A Comprehensive Guide by Allen & Patricia Ahearn - 480 pages. Prices listed are primarily for author’s first published book, which are generally the most valued. Excellent additional resource material for collectors and book dealers.
• Book Collecting As One of the Fine Arts: And Other Essays by Colin Franklin - 1996 Scholar Press.
• Book Collecting for Fun & Profit by Bill McBride - 1998 McBride Publishing.
• Book Collecting, Four Broadcast Talks by , R. W. Chapman, John Hayward, John Carter and Michael Sadleir 1950 Out of print.
• Book Collecting: A Modern Guide by Jean Peters - 1977. Out of print.
• Booking Pleasures by Jack Matthews - 1996 Ohio Univ Press. 191 pages.
• Books and Book Collectors - by John Carter 1957. Out of print.
• Books and Collectors 1200-1700: Essays Presented to Andrew Watson (British Library Studies in the History of the Book) by James P. Carley, Colin G. C. Tite and Andrew G. Watson - 1998 British Library Publications.
• Books and the Man by John Winterich 1929. Out of print.
• Children's Picturebooks Price Guide
• Collected Books: The Guide to Values 2002 Edition by Allen & Patricia Ahearn.
• Collectible Books: Some New Paths by Jean Peters - Out of print.
• Collecting Rare Books For Pleasure and Profit by Jack Matthews - Out of print.
• Collector's Choice by John Winterich.
• Damn Rare: The Memoirs of an African-American Bibliophile by Charles L. Blockson and  Barbara Hope - 1998 Quantum Leap Publisher Inc., 356 pages.
• Dictionary of American Book Collectors by Donald C. Dickinson - 1986 Greenwood Publishing Group.
• Discovering Book Collecting by John Chidley - 1983 Shire Publications.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK by Geoffrey Ashall Glaister. Oak Knoll Press & the British Library. 2001. 551 pages. ISBN
• Essays of a Book Collector: Reminiscences on Some Old Books and Their Authors (Locust Hill Literary Studies, Vol 3) by Claude Annett Prance - 1989 Locust Hill Press.
• Adventures of a Treasure Hunter: A Rare Bookman in Search of American History by Charles P. Everitt - 1987 Meyerbooks. A great book of anecdotes about the author’s years of buying and selling rare Americana.
• Fine Books and Book Collecting by Christopher de Hamel and Richard A. Linenthal (editors).
• Fine Books by Alan G. Thomas.
• First Editions: A Guide to Identification edited by Edward N. Zempel and Linda A. Verkler. The Spoon River Press, 2001. 4th edition.
• Great Books and Book Collectors by Alan G. Thomas - Out of print.
• Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries by Donald C. Dickinson - 1995 H E Huntington Library & Art.
• Hooked on Books: Everybody's Guide to Book Collecting by Maurice Dunbar - 1997 James Whitaker & Associates.
• How to Buy Rare Books: A Practical Guide to the Antiquarian Book Market (Christie's Collectors Guides) by William Rees-Mogg - Out of print.
• HOW TO READ A BOOK by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren. Simon & Schuster. 1972. 426 pages. I
• How to Stock a Home Library Inexpensively by Jane A. Williams - 1995 Bluestocking Press
• Invitation to Book Collecting, Its Pleasures and Practices by Colton Storm and Howard Peckham.
• J.R.R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography by Wayne G. Hammond and Douglas A.  Anderson - 2002 Oak Knoll Press
• Last of the Rare Book Game by George Sims - 1990 Holmes Publishing Co.
• Lunacy and the Arrangement of Books by Terry Belanger  1986 Paperback Oak Knoll Books.
• Memoirs of a Bookman by Jack Matthews - 1990 Ohio University Press.
• Minding My Own Business: An Autobiography by Percy Muir - 1991 Oak Knoll Books.
• Modern Book Collecting by Robert A. Wilson - 1992 The Lyons Press. 276 pages.
• Modern Book Design by Ruari McLean.
• More of the Rare Book Game by George Sims - 1988 Holmes Publishing Co.
• New Paths in Book Collecting: Essays by Various Hands by John Carter - 1934 Ayer Co Pub.
• New Worlds in Old Books by Leona Rostenberg - 1999 The Lyons Press.
• Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern - 1996 Oak Knoll Books. 160 pages.
• Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine B. Stern - 1998 Doubleday Books. 288 pages.
• Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone  New York: Broadway, 2002
• PAPERBACK PRICE GUIDE FOR ROMANCE. Paperback Price Guide Publishing Co., 2001. 224 pages.
• PRICE GUIDE OF WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II BOOKS AND MANUALS compiled by Mark A. George. Morris Publishing. 1997. 301 pages.
• Rare Book Lore: Selections from the Letters of Ernest J. Wessen by Ernest J. Wessen and Jack Matthews (editor) - 1991 Ohio University Press.
• Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, Their Books and Bindings by Anthony Hobson - 1999 Cambridge University Press.
• Science Fiction the Illustrated Encyclopedia
• Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone - 1999 Dunne Books. 224 pages.
• Talks On Book-Collecting by Percy Muir.
• Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting by John Carter - 1949 Out of print.
• The Book Collector: A general survey of the pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at home and abroad from the earliest period to the present by W. C. Hazlitt J. Grant, 1904
• The Book Collector's Fact Book by Margaret Haller - Out of print.
• The Collector's Book of Books by Eric Quayle - Out of print.
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• The Friar and the Cipher : Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone  New York: Broadway, 2005
• The Greatest Book In the World by A. Edward Newton - Out of print.
• The Pleasures of Book Collecting by Salvatore J. Iacone - Out of print.
• This Book Collecting Game by A. Edward Newton.
• Understanding Book Collecting by Grant Uden - 1986 Antique Collectors Club. 279 pages.
• Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone - 1998 Griffin Trade Paperback. 224 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to Canada by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Hunter Books, 1999.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to the Central States by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Hunter Books, 1997. 464 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Revised Edition. Hunter Books, 1997. 438 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to the Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesoata, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Revised Edition. Hunter Books, 1998. 466 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to New England by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Second Revised Edition. Hunter Books, 2000. 384 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to the Pacific Coast States: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Hunter Books, 2000. 528 pages.
• Used Book Lover's Guide to the South Atlantic States: Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegal. Revised Edition. Hunter Books, 1997. 374 pages.
• Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing by Ruari McLean - Out of print.
• Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001

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