Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. A good guide to book collecting and the terminology used is the abc for book collectors by john carter and nicolas barker. When we talk about rare books, we speak of books that have a limited supply. Rare book collector adam weinberger recommends using an aggregate search to find book prices at multiple online vendors. An appraiser can be hired to deliver an unbiased recommendation as to the expected replacement cost of your book s or the fair market value for selling your books. There are a number of ways that a book may, at first glance, look to be a rare collectible, but upon closer examination doesnt match up. Price comparison website addall has a rare and outofprint books. The rare book hub offers tools for the book collector and bookseller, especially old and rare books, antique or antiquarian books, hard to find, out of print, and collectible collectable books. There is an overwhelming amount of information to learn but that info isnt easy to find or use. Peter harrington rare books first edition books, signed. Also covers rare book auctions, manuscripts, ephemera, broadsides, maps, prints, posters, bibliography, first editions, incunabula and catalogs. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book. For these individuals, the intrinsic worth of an antique book lies in the special.
Some books become rare not because of the content of the book itself, but because a famous person owned it. It goes without saying that a counterfeit copy of a rare record will have limited value when compared with an original pressing. Both private collectors and institutional libraries deaccession rare books on an ongoing basis. Used and rare bookseller websites that bring together sellers prices. As long as people have been collecting, printed guides to popular items have been produced by a variety of sources, from. This is certainly one of the most common questions that we receive. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Our speciality is in old and rare books, specifically early printed books before 1800 including incunabula, early bibles pre1800, manuscripts, archives, natural history books, color plate books, books on travel and exploration, fine sets, limited editions, first. For many book collectors, the value of their antique books is more than a specific. Global catalog of library collections antiquarian booksellers association of america.
Rare book hub rare books, book auctions, antiquarian. A missing dust jacket, or a dust jacket that is in poor condition, can cut a collectible books value more than 50%, and make it harder to find a buyer. Our latest acquisitions of rare books and manuscripts in all fields, including first editions and copies in fine bindings. If the book has personal notations in the margins, the value goes up even more. We have thousands of rare and antique treasures brought to you by our network of trusted sellers from all around the world. At the age of six he began with sea shells, and soon graduated to coins, the gateway drug to so many other fields of collecting.
Links to websites to help you value, sell or find rare books. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. Is this book valuable we always love for you to contact us discuss the sale of one or your books or your entire collection, library. All of these collections offer scholarly documentation about the western and american traditions of life and learning. About this collection rare book selections digital. Please search or browse our inventory of hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books by, or relating to, j. The value of a rare book collection american collectors. Any publication meant to serve as a resource for those interested in learning about or collecting a specific type of item is considered a collectors book.
Weve read these books time and time again, keeping them safe on our bookshelves for years, maybe decades. Its important to remember that plenty of books are marked ex libris, but that doesnt necessary add value to the book and can actually decrease the value of the book if the marks are obtrusive. We are peter harrington, book collectors in uk and we are always interested in acquiring old books, rare books and first editions of comparable quality to the ones we list on our website. Although you may not know it, those rare books can be worth thousands of dollars. By the age of ten, toms dad would drop him off at coin shows within driving range, picking him up. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. A rare book can sell for a substantial amount of money but few novice collators know how to tell the difference between a nice old book and a valuable one. Vinyl records value rare records rare rock, jazz and r. Visit us online, at our galleries in new york or las vegas, or call us at 180099bauman. Because of the variety of books, it is easily possible to start a small collection for a few pounds or, at the other extreme, to spend millions on acquiring very rare and fine books. Some books are unique works, like original manuscripts or association copies.
First editions of wellloved books can become the most prized in literature. We carry 1st editions and custom fine binding of single books and sets, including the hobbit, the lord of the rings, and the silmarillion. A rare book collection can be priceless to its owner. While these guides have served collectors and sellers fairly well, the books are bulky, somewhat expensive, and have a tendency to become outdated rather. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect books is called a bibliophile book collecting can be easy and inexpensive. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. We offer extremely competitive prices and pay promptly. Here are tips from the worlds leading appraisers to help determine whether your library.
Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. The tolkien bookshelf hard to find, out of print, used. Many people like collecting older books from flea markets and antique shops but it can be hard to tell which books in your collection really have value. Some old books are extremely valuable, yet some old books have almost no market value at all. The collections housed in the rare book and special collections division amount to nearly 800,000 books, encompassing nearly all eras and subjects maintained in well over 100 separate collections. If you have one of these rare books sitting on a shelf, get ready to cash in. Tthe searchable database consists of detailed reports in an evergrowing database of items in this category. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. The divisions collection of nearly 5,700 incunabula fifteenthcentury. Seven prominent booksellers from seven countries shared. You can visit the strands rare book room on the third floor, monday sunday 9. Pricing policy the value of collectible paperback books. Addall click on the used books tab at the top and fill out the. Warren, whose price guide books have been the authority on collectibles values since 1985.
We can pay in pounds, us dollars or euro, and, for higher. Last weeks ilaborganised webinar on covid19 and the rare book trade was a fascinating event for bibliophiles in general and the rare book trade in particular. One very simple method of finding an approximate value of a book is to search. Collection old leechcraft antiquarian rare 10 books. You might think its a rare and valuable book but dont know where to find its value. Collecting vintage paperback books vintage bookseller. This is a special guest article by adam weinberger of, a book dealer with over 30 years of experience.
Collectors books and price guides collectors weekly. Establishing vinyl records value is an inexact science. Identifying stamps is complex requiring extensive research, knowledge, and experience. When searching on its important to find copies that match the book in your possession as accurately as possible. Bauman rare books offers an extraordinary selection of rare books and autographs in all fields. Buying and selling rare books rare book collections. A rare book can sell for a substantial amount of money but few novice collators know how to tell the difference between a nice old book and a valuable. Has every book imaginable, including many collectors rare editions. When searching for rare books, please do not search by isbn. For best results, please search by title and author. Like collecting other collectibles, do not treat this as an investment although the rare and scare titles do tend to increase in value. Quickly determining stamp collecting values, or finding out how much a stamp collection or single postage stamp is worth, should be easy. A professional book appraiser is a rare book specialist, probably a bookseller, who is well versed in the pricing of rare books. Abebooks has been part of the rare book world since going live in 1996.
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