Antiquarian, Specialty, and Used Book Sellers: A Subject Guide and Directory 1993 - Hardcover

ETHRIDGE, James M. Karen Ethridge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558887660 ISBN 13: 9781558887664

Publisher: Omnigraphics, 1993

Synopsis

Includes a directory of booksellers with vital information on each store, an owner and manager index, store name index and subject index. Arranged alphabetically by state and by city within state. ix, 523 pages. paper-covered boards.. thick small 4to..

About this title

From Library Journal:

This new reference work lists geographically some 3000 U.S. book dealers of antiquarian, specialty, and used books, providing address, telephone and FAX numbers, hours, stock size, and specialties. It also indicates whether the shop issues catalogs or undertakes special services such as appraisals and searches. Indexes allow access by subject, store name, and owner/manager. The volume invites comparison with R.R. Bowker's American Book Trade Directory ( ABTD ), now in its 38th edition, which lists bookstores dealing in both secondhand and new books and covers Canada as well as the United States. ABTD lists 3,483 used and antiquarian dealers among its nearly 31,000 entries. Both works have gaps, and ABTD doesn't note hours. Though, booksellers, collectors, special collections, and rare book rooms are likely to prefer the volume under review, especially because it costs so much less, general collections already possessing ABTD can probably pass on this new title.
- Joseph Rosenblum, Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Omnigraphics
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1558887660
• ISBN 13: 9781558887664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 523