As many of you know from Donald Farren's interesting review of the topic of
student book collecting contests, conducted on this list about a year ago,
the Bryn Mawr College Library sponsors a yearly competition. We have a
contest web page (http://www.brynmawr.edu/Library/Docs/bookprize.html)
which, besides the rules and a list of previous winners, provides a list of
books on book collecting. Briefly, the authors included are Ahearn,
Basbanes, Belanger, Carter, Iacone, Peters, (editor), Sims, and Stewart.
I would like to update and expand this list if useful items are missing.
What books would you recommend to a new book collector, or to a person who
might not yet realize they were collecting? I'd be interested in your
comments on the books as well as your suggestions for additional materials.
Regards,
Marianne Hansen
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