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Autographs: a key to collecting

Title
Autographs: a key to collecting, by Mary A. Benjamin.
Author
Benjamin, Mary A.
Publication
New York, R.R. Bowker Co., 1946.

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Additional Authors
Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962
Description
xviii, 305, [5] p., 35 plates, ill., facsims.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Autographs > Collectors and collecting
  • Autographs
  • Autograf
  • Sammlung
  • Autographs
Genre/Form
  • Autographs
  • Autographs.
Note
  • One of 3000 copies.--cf. p. [307]
  • Presentation copy, inscribed by author.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Provenance (note)
  • "Elmer Adler. Princeton, 1947" written in ink in Elmer Adler's hand on p. [2] of cover.
Contents
Part One. Introduction / Julian P. Boyd -- A Historical Summary -- The A.B.C.'s of Terminology -- Evaluation -- What to Collect -- Where to Buy -- The Forger and his Work -- Facsimiles, Reproductions and Manuscript Copies -- Detection -- The Hidden Signature -- The Strange Case of Button Gwinnett -- Confused Identities -- The Importance of the Collector -- Part Two. Care and Preservation -- How to Arrange -- Tables and Reference Lists -- Index.
LCCN
46003103
OCLC
  • on1098218118
  • 1098218118
  • SCSB-587805
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library