The Avid Collector

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Special Features

AbeBooks talks to notable figures and highlights unique titles in the fascinating world of rare and collectible books.

• Books of Hours
• Children's Books
• Collectible Art Books
• Collecting Space Exploration
• A Garden of Collectible Delights
• Rare Bibles: A Collector's Heaven

Ask the Experts

Our expert booksellers answer your questions on rare and collectible books and their care.

• April 2008: Bibliophile Sets and Signatures vs. Inscriptions
• February 2008: Overseas Editions and Books for Identifying First Editions
• November 2007: Storing Books During a Move and the Value of Historical Bibles
• September 2007: Estimating Book Value and a Signed Harry Potter

Have a Question? Ask Our Experts.

Book Care

Margot Rosenberg, co-author of The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New, shares book care tips.

• Do Your Books Smell Their Best?
• Non-Human Enemies of Books
• A Few Good Book Habits

Book Care Tips from Brodart

Collector Profiles

We talk to avid collectors about their collection, how they got started, and what their greatest finds are.

• 10 Questions with Andy Ray
• A Champion Collector: William Miglore
• It's a Collector Thing: LibraryThing Members
• Totally Tolkien: Pieter Collier

Are you a Book Collector?

Bookseller Profiles

AbeBooks is home to 13,500 booksellers. In each issue we profile a bookseller who specializes in rare and antiquarian books.

• Murderers' Row Books of Shorewood, MN
• Jo Ann and Don of Reisler Books
• Mystery Pier Books on the Sunset Strip
• Bromer Booksellers of Boston, MA

More Bookseller Profiles

Pick of the Month

Our expert booksellers choose a collectible book in each issue of The Avid Collector.

• Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit
• Hockney's Alphabet illustrated by David Hockney
• Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff
• Pierre-Joseph Redoute's Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs