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Rare Finds is a friendly, wide-ranging introduction to the world of rare book collecting. It is intended for those with a budding interest in this exciting field rather than simply professional booksellers and librarians. The guide contains an easy-to-use Glossary as well as sections devoted to Frequently Asked Questions, Book Production, and Format. Lavishly illustrated, it includes chapters on all major collecting areas.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Right, from the off - let's clarify something. David and Natalie Bauman run one of the most expensive and prestigious rare bookshops in the USA, possibly the world. Branches in several states, including NY and Vegas (apologies, can't remember the others).
They are clearly top of their game and well respected at the art of collecting. However, this book is the sort of material you'd expect to find placed in your bag after sinking $1,000 on a rare book. This is the book world version of the glossy Mercedes flick-book you get from the dealer.
Sure, it's well presented, very clear and not at all stuffy (for a lot of books on book collecting are authored by people who don't strive to make the hobby accessible - they should be congratulated for that in this case) but it does sing rather too strongly like a salesbook. "Beginner" level doesn't even touch the surface.
For example - the common question - "how do you tell if a book is a first edition"?
People could, and probably have, written a thesus on this. D & N cover this one off in 15 lines. This is on page 78 of 106 in total. Not impressed.
I do want to support the Baumans in their passion for books and the hobby, but not in this way. I could never look them in the eye and say it... but buy a better book than this.
They are clearly top of their game and well respected at the art of collecting. However, this book is the sort of material you'd expect to find placed in your bag after sinking $1,000 on a rare book. This is the book world version of the glossy Mercedes flick-book you get from the dealer.
Sure, it's well presented, very clear and not at all stuffy (for a lot of books on book collecting are authored by people who don't strive to make the hobby accessible - they should be congratulated for that in this case) but it does sing rather too strongly like a salesbook. "Beginner" level doesn't even touch the surface.
For example - the common question - "how do you tell if a book is a first edition"?
People could, and probably have, written a thesus on this. D & N cover this one off in 15 lines. This is on page 78 of 106 in total. Not impressed.
I do want to support the Baumans in their passion for books and the hobby, but not in this way. I could never look them in the eye and say it... but buy a better book than this.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Insufficient depth
15 Oct 2008
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Since David Bauman represents the pinnacle of commercial rare book dealers I expected a bit more from this all too superficial book. He describes various types of rare books from different times and places which is certainly interesting for someone just thinking about collecting rare books, but I would have liked to hear more of his own experiences with some of the extraordinary volumes he's come across. Bauman's weekly add in the NY Times Book Review, while just a tempting little more than a listing, nonetheless has always struck me with a palpable sense of how books are a valued (often very highly valued) part of our culture. You get a liitle of this from Rare Finds and certainly some nice pictures, but just not enough of the human side of what these books mean to someone like Bauman and, in turn, what they should mean to us as collectors. How does he acquire such valuable works? How are they stored? Who buys a signed First Edition of Tender is the Night for $75,000? What do some great private libraries contain? and why? Unfortunately these and similar questions aren't addressed. Instead, Rare Finds is a rather brief, pedestrian tour of book collecting in general with little to excite the reader.
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