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books on book collecting - for beginners



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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