Customer Reviews
Mmmm - By: H. A. Ord, 08 Aug 2007 
Interesting & informative.
Please be aware that this is an American book & the author likes to take
any opportunity to patronize the English.Example talking about the advances in printing in the 2nd/3rd century China & Japan while in Britain we were still in mud huts & painting ourselves blue for battle...I think the author misses the point that we share the same ancestors.Big chip & shoulder spring to mind.....
The book itself....very good,but please be aware of the above.
Fantastic for beginners! - By: , 08 Aug 1999 
I've been collecting modern first editions for quite sometimes but have just now started to learn what I'm doing! This book has been amazingly helpful & I highly recommend it.
Thinking about becoming a booktrader? Buy this! - By: , 30 Apr 1999 The ABC's of becoming a traditional booktrader. Booktrading on the internet is barely given a mention but traditional identification, publishing, grading, scouting, & selling are covered. If possible, it makes being a booklover even more fun.
Scouting for used and rare books - By: , 20 Jan 1999 Not 'Turn Books Into Gold', but at least it's in print. Not as much about used bookstore operations, but about nomadicallly scouting them, trading books from interest to interest as they are displayed by used books establishments & customers.
A book scout manual, also pre internet, but many things apply. It deals with exploiting the interests, both strengths & weaknesses, of established booksellers, & spotting & capitalizing on their likes & dislikes, as a nomadic used book scout & trend speculator.
Got mine at the library. Just read it. Good first editions publishers criteria & 1001 collectible authors (circa '96) sections at the end. Also, repairs & ethics info.
Now I'm a bookseller! - By: , 09 Jul 1998 This book definitely got me from just thinking about selling used books as a hobby, to actuallly doing it. Ellis provides great tips on what, where & how to scout for books to resell, & 1,000 titles to look for. The book is written in an enjoyable style.
