Your Old Books
Although librarians love books, and we love being asked questions, we're really not the best folks to ask about values of old books, simply because we're not in that business. You can always consult the Library's books that list book prices, but a listing in a reference book is not often relevant to a particular book, since one edition may be worth more than another (and it often takes an expert to identify a particular edition), to say nothing of condition. And age in itself is no indicator of value at all.
But the books in Library will do much to familiarize the collector with general principles and practices of book collecting, and we do carry guides to the values of specific editions you may wish to consult.
- Book collecting
- First editions
- Out of print books
- Rare books
circulating books
- Matthews, Jack. Collecting Rare Books for Pleasure and Profit (1977)
- Tannen, Jack. How to Identify and Collect American First Editions: A Guide Book (1985)
- Ahearn, Allen. Collected Books: The Guide to Values (1991)
- Wilson, Robert A. Modern Book Collecting (1992)
- Huxford, Bob. Huxford's Paperback Value Guide (1994)
- Wade, John. Tomart's Price Guide to 20th Century Books (1994)
- Book Collecting (1995)
- Dunbar, Maurice. Hooked on Books: Everybody's Guide to Book Collecting (1997)
- Russell, Richard. Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide (2003)
reference books
- Book Collecting
- Collected Books: The Guide to Values
- Huxford's Old Book Value Guide
- Officicial Price Guide to Collecting Books
useful websites