<em>Modern Book Collecting</em> offers advice that answersall the basic questions a book lover and collector might have-what to collectand where to find it, how to tell a first edition from a reprint, how to build anauthor collection, how to get the best price from dealers, how to understand theprices and rarity of books, and more. With a handy dictionary of terms used inauction and dealer catalogs and a new section on Internet resources, this is amust-have guide for book lovers.