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How to Find Rare Books
Finding Rare Books at Book Trade Shows
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Summary: Buying rare books from collectible book dealers. Learn how to find rare books at book trade shows in this free book collecting video from a longtime bookstore buyer.
Erik Bosse and his family have operated the Aldredge Bookstore for most of its sixty year existence. For more than 25 years Erik has bought, sold, and appraised antiquarian books. ...read more
"Hi. I'm Erik Bosse. I'm with the Aldredge Bookstore. I'd like to talk about book shows or book fairs. These are places where book dealers come to sell their books. Sometimes some of their more choice items. At convention centers or event halls. Sometimes it's a regional book show. Sometimes a state wide, national, international. There'll be anywhere from a dozen to a hundred or more book dealers set up there. Some that are very specialized in what they have to offer and some that have sort of a general shop. And they just bring certain items to sell. It's an opportunity to go and talk to a wide range of people that are very knowledgeable and with a lot of experience in the collectible book world. Often times you'll find dealers who specialize in particular types of books. Such as leather bindings or Americana, which is to say books on American history. Some book dealers deal in nothing but children's books. Or modern first editions. Or even something as specific as autographed copies of books. As you can see, there's a wide variety of books, book dealers and book collectors that congregate at these sorts of events. And even if there's nothing specifically that you're finding there to buy, to add to your collection. You certainly amassed more knowledge about what field you're interested in. And it gives a great opportunity for you to pick up business cards and catalogs from these book dealers and contact them later if they have something that you might be wanting."
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