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bruiser007

Cleaning Ancient Coins for Fun and Profit
by bruiser007( 2268)
Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine Empire....
Tags: Ancient | Coins | Roman | Uncleaned | Celtic
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orcraider

Learn Book Terminology and Book Conditions
by orcraider( 2172)
Book Condition - terms used Below I have listed all the book terms that I know, if you you know any more please let me know and I will add them to the list. READING COPY A book in poor condition. It...
Tags: Book Terminology | Book Condition | dust wrapper jacket | rebound | leather
21 of 24 people found this guide helpful
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blacktulip-64

Books Best Used: A Useful Guide to Book-buying terms
by blacktulip-64( 1335)
Books Best Used A Useful Guide to Book-buying terms The world of book buying and selling used to be a very closed world enjoyed by academics, aficionados and the assiduous. eBay has changed all that and...
Tags: Books | Antiquarian
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horseunderwater

Book collecting condition & 1st editions
by horseunderwater( 677)
What is a 1st edition? Basically it is a book that the publisher has released, either on the day the book is launched, or when there is going to be a limited numbered amount of copies with "This is one of...
Tags: dust jacket | book cover | condition | first edition | ex library
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luzern_lifestyle

Classifying a Rare Book
by luzern_lifestyle( 33)
The first thing to note is where rare book collecting is concerned, is that 'old' doesn't necessarily mean 'rare', and on the same hand 'new' doesn't mean 'bargain'. A general rule of thumb is; the more...
Tags: book | rare book | antiquarian | antique | collectable
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blacktulip-64

Books Best Used: A Guide to Second-hand Book Condition
by blacktulip-64( 1335)
Or how to recognise that the secondhand book you are lusting after will not prove to be a funky dog . . . Book buyers and sellers the world over recognise STANDARD CONDITIONS for grading the condition of...
Tags: Books | Antiquarian | Collecting
2 of 2 people found this guide helpful
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taznart

Fore Edge Paintings
by taznart( 1016)
The practise of storing books flat on the shelves in medieval times probably gave rise to the decoration of the closed book's fore edges as a quick visual method of identifying the volumes. From the Sixteenth...
Tags: fore edge | edge decoration | for edge | antiquarian | book collecting
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taznart

Unsigned Fore Edge Paintings
by taznart( 1016)
After the revival of the art of fore edge painting in the 18th Century by bookbinders like James Edward of Halifax and John Whitaker, this treatment of books became very popular. At the time book collecting...
Tags: Fore Edge | Antiquarian | Book Collecting | Edge Decoration | For Edge
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