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Book and Book Collecting Sites on the WWW
These are my favorite book WWW sites. If you have any suggestions or find invalid links, please drop me a note.
Used/Out-of-Print Book Databases on the Net
The Advanced Book Exchange Home Page,
bibliofind, and Bibliocity. are the "big three" databases for used and out-print-books books. Each has thousands of dealer catalogs and millions of books.
Search for antiquarian books at the above sites and ABE ABAA book search , NAN--Antquarian Books Databse , and The Antiquarian BookWorm .
MX BookFinder, this search engine combs the three big used/out-of-print databases plus Amazon.com and other out-of-print dealer catalogs databases with a single query.
The Library of Congress Catalog is available on online.
Bookbinding and Book Conservation
The RBMS homepage has a linked page with much information on conservation. J. GODSEY'S REALLY USEFUL SITE and
The Guild of Book Workers are indeed that.
Books and Book Collecting
Books and Book Collecting Many links and much information on the subject.
Robert F. Lucas, Antiquarian Books Excellent essay on book collecting at this site.
International Book Collectors Association [Home] An excellent site with great links.
Books and Book Collecting Highly recommended.
Book Collector's Glossaries
Edward Ripley-Duggan's Glossary
Blackstone & Coke's Glossary
Henry Hollander's Glossary
Library Supplies
Gaylord Library Supplies and Brodart Co. will have almost everything you need. If you use plastic bags to store or ship books, try Bag's Unlimited
University Products, Inc. is another source for book supplies.
Booksellers' Associations
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association and ABAA are organizations for dealers of antiquarian books.
Publishers' Web Sites
BookWire maintains a list of publishers and their Web sites.