Table of Contents

ALSO BY ROBERT A. WILSON
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE - WHAT TO COLLECT
CHAPTER TWO - HOW TO BUILD AN AUTHOR COLLECTION
CHAPTER THREE - STARTING WITH AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR
CHAPTER FOUR - IT’S NEVER TOO LATE
CHAPTER FIVE - DEALERS AND COLLECTORS
CHAPTER SIX - BUYING AT AUCTION
CHAPTER SEVEN - OTHER SOURCES
CHAPTER EIGHT - COLLECTOR’S CONDITION
CHAPTER NINE - HOW TO IDENTIFY FIRST EDITIONS
CHAPTER TEN - BIBLIOGRAPHIES
CHAPTER ELEVEN - A BOOK PRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWELVE - THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF YOUR COLLECTION
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - FAKES, FORGERIES, AND FACSIMILES
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - INVESTMENT
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - DONATING OR SELLING YOUR COLLECTION TO AN INSTITUTION
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - DEFINITION OF TERMS
APPENDIX ONE - LIST OF BOOK AUCTION FIRMS HANDLING BOOKS OF INTEREST TO COLLECTORS
APPENDIX TWO - SOURCES FOR MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
APPENDIX THREE - CLUBS FOR BOOK COLLECTORS
APPENDIX FOUR - THE FIFTY MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE PUBLISHED SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II
APPENDIX FIVE - RESOURCES FOR ANTIQUE BOOKS
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A NOTE ON THE TYPE