Modern Book Collecting

Modern Book Collecting
Author: Robert Alfred Wilson
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1602399859

A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.

Essential COM

Essential COM
Author: Don Box
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1998
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780201634464

Offering a distinctive approach, this book will teach readers not only how to use COM but how to think in COM. COM can greatly improve the efficiency of applications, but COM fluency is a difficult task. The book is a top resource for developers who need to make the transition from superficial understanding to deep knowledge.

The Invention of Rare Books

The Invention of Rare Books
Author: David McKitterick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1108428320

Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Using examples from across Europe, David McKitterick looks at how rare books developed from being desirable objects of largely private interest to become public and even national concerns.

Catalogue of the Extensive, Important and Valuable Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters

Catalogue of the Extensive, Important and Valuable Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters
Author: William Tite
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2023-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382507307

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.