The
word book has come to have many meanings, e.g., any
collection of sheets of paper, wood, or other material
sewn or bound together; a division of a written work
(books of the Bible, books of Caesar's Gallic War
); and statements of financial accounting (bookkeeping).
The primary meaning today is, however, a written work
either in manuscript or in printed form that is of
substantial length.
There are many Fans of Books and BOOK COLLECTING [book
collecting] or bibliophily, the acquiring of books
that are, or are expected to become, rare and that
possess permanent interest in addition to their texts.
Collecting has traditionally concentrated on first
editions in the field of pure literature. Places like
Barnes and Nobel is a good place to start if this
is your Area of intrest. |
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