Publishing, like just about every business, has its discrepancies. According to “Firsts,” the book collector’s magazine published in Tuscon, Arizona, first-print runs can range from as few ...

And as a collector, I understand that loving a book means more than loving the words it contains. Objects cannot be reduced to information. They are bound up with their material history.

WHEN Mr. A. Edward Newton published The Amenities of Book-Collecting, some of his business friends regarded it as an amiable eccentricity. It was held to be odd and amusing that a busy electrical ...

Five million copies of the magazine sold within two days. Two weeks later the novel was issued in book form with a first ... truer than true.’ ” Collectors of fine first editions should ...

Kirkpatrick Prize for book collecting is open to young book collectors aged 30 and under who reside in ... Prize winners receive a cash award of $1,000, a year subscription to Firsts Magazine, a ...

Ms. Thompson, whose eclectic collection includes Polaroid photos, film posters and comic book art, knows firsthand that not having a plan can mean a lot of responsibility for survivors.