Modern Book Collecting

collecting books

2010-03-01T13:41:00.000-08:00

In 2000 I began investing in rare books. I started by buying a magazine called The Book and Magazine Collector. It was really good fun. It was around the time that Harry Potter first edition books were becoming incredibly collectable.

I bought a number of collectable books from rare book dealers from The Book and Magazine Collector. That was a good start. And then eventually I ventured online to invest in books. First I looked on eBay - this was amazing it really helped with my book collecting terminology. I learnt terminolgy such as signed first edition, first edition first impression and so on.

And then I found book collecting sites called Abe Books or Abebooks, there was also Alibris and Biblio. These are good sites to visit for rare hard to find books.

Every valuable rare books quality and condition has an effect on it's value. Also if a first edition book has been signed this generally adds to its value. Most importantly it is a good idea to get a publication date on a book that you have in your rare book collection. Why? Well if an author is unknown then it will be more valuable to have a signature and date as close to the publication date as possible. This adds to the book collectability.

Another good idea is to have rare books that are part of a limited edition. This is because only a limited amount exist in a limited edition and generally they are officially authorised with a publisher.

Anyway that's enough from me today. I will be back soon to write another article on rare books in 2010.

book collecting

2010-03-01T12:50:00.000-08:00

terminology for book collecting

Rare Books,
Rare First Edition Books,
Antiquarian Books,
Signed Books,
Signed First Edition Books,
Autographed Books,
Authors Books,
Rare Book,
Collectible Books,
Gift,
Collecting,
Present Ideas,
Valuable Rare Books,
collectable books,

book collecting

2010-02-23T03:21:00.001-08:00

Here are some phrases used for book collecting:Collectible Books Collectable Books First Edition Books Signed First Edition Books First Editions Rare Books Rare First Edition Books Rare Signed Books Signed Books Antiquarian Books

rare books

2010-02-23T02:33:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for Rare Books you can always check out a number of Antiquarian Books , Signed Books , First Edition Books , Collectible Books
or also called Collectable Books at many Rare Bookstores worldwide.

It's always necessary to do a lot of research before you buy Rare Books, Antiquarian Books, Signed Books, First Edition Books, Signed First Edition Books, Collectible Books and Collectable Books at Rare Bookstores.

Genesis by Bernard Beckett

2009-05-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

Wow well this has been a brilliant week for books. Larklight by Philip Reeve is going to be made into a major feature film. This is excellent if you have a copy in your book collection.

Plus this week the team at Doodled Books had the pleasure of an amazing doodled book signing with Bernard Beckett (author of Genesis). In stock now we have just 20 rare books which have been signed, lined, dated, doodled and numbered. So if you are into book collecting and robots then this one is definitely for you!

Zack Dante

2009-05-13T15:37:00.000-07:00

A new rare book phenomenon has started in the book world. The book is called Zack Dante Ghosts. At the moment there are some rare books being featured on eBay in the form of uncorrected proof manuscripts. Make sure you check these out as the book has been secretly penned by a New York Times bestselling author.

Modern Book Collecting

2009-05-10T12:43:00.001-07:00

Welcome to my new modern book collecting blog. Here I will give you updates on some of the best modern rare books to collect. I truely hope you will enjoy this blog!