Before coming to class, please look at the following:

1. Carter, John. ABC for Book Collectors, 6th edn rev Nicolas Barker. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. Available for $28 post paid direct from Oak Knoll Books, 414 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19820. The firm, which has this book in stock (as well as others on this list), will accept telephone orders, and will send the book(s) along with an invoice; call 302/328-7232.

2. ______. Taste and Technique in Book Collecting, 2nd edition (with a supplement) if possible. London: Private Libraries Association, 1970. Otherwise read the first edition. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1948

3. Stoddard, Roger E. Marks in Books, Illustrated and Explained. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1985.

4. Reynolds, L. D. and N. Wilson. Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Texts, 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.

5. Ricci, Seymour de. English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts, 1530-1930, and Their Marks of Ownership. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930; several times reprinted.

6. Pearson, David. Provenance Research in Book History: a Handbook. London: British Library, 1995. This edition currently out of print. Later editions, both hardcover and paperback , available by special order at Amazon.com.

7. Yale University. Beinecke Library. The Rosenthal Collection of Printed Books with Manuscript Annotations. New Haven: Yale Univer sity Press, 1997. Available by special order at Amazon.com.