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Serious rare book collectors would have known the value. Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. Berger, a veteran of rare book and special collections, offers a landmark examination of this field, aimed at practitioners in the library field, instructors teaching courses on the subject, booksellers, private collectors, historians, bibliophiles, and others involved in rare and unique materials. The association publishes a well regarded quarterly journal, the private library. Buying and selling rare books rare book collections. A book that has significant damage is likely not worth much.
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