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http://www.lucasbooks.com/collect.html   The Essentials of Book Collecting an online introduction to the subject broken into twelve well written parts, provided by Robert F. Lucas, Antiquarian Books. A must read.

http://www.alephbet.com/firsts.html   Aleph-Bet Books; Best 100 Books High spots of collectable children's books from 1863-1963. Not necessarily the best literature for children but rather a list of what is currently in vogue in the collectable world.

http://www.rarebooks.org International Book Collectors Association articles on collecting children's books: why adults collect children's books, what children's books to collect, children's books references, picture books for adults. Also look at their articles on appraisals, 1^st editions, glossary, grading terms, great books, and author index.

http://www.rarebooks.org/Childrens/ChildrensQ198.htm  IBCA articles on childrens' book collecting, great intro and some good links for more info.

http://www.lucasbooks.com/part11.html   Lucas Books The Essentials of Book Collecting, Book Illustrations and Illustrators. A must read introduction to illustrators.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/index3.html   Book Information Website, NL site for the book arts and book collecting.   Many links and much information available onsite.  Private presses, bookbinding, typography, paper, printing history and much, much more.

http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm   Books and Book Collecting: search site for Book Terms for many links to on-line articles, especially on binding. Search the site for Collector's Resources / References to link to a wealth of information, including authors signatures, possibly the best listing of off line references available covering: general, editions, glossaries, periodicals, price guides, dealer guides, specialty collecting, design and printing, care and preservation.

http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb/   Mike Berro has also posted the rec.collecting.books FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) at his site, with useful information on collecting and books.

http://www.abebooks.com/cgi/abe.exe/routera^progname=glossary   Glossary of terms used by booksellers, supplied by ABE.

http://www.clark.net/pub/wilsey/glossary.html   Another glossary this time supplied by Edward Ripley-Duggan.

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/history.html   History of Children's Literature, Kay Vandergrift: excellent selection of off line resources, online articles include many illustrations and links to biographies of many illustrators. Good introduction to many 19^th and 20^th century illustrators.

http://www.ilab-lila.com  International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. With two thousand members in twenty-one nations. Booknet services search members by specialty, location or catalogs.

http://www.kidlitonline.com/  KidLit Newsletter online now after being in print for ten years, information on auctions, exhibits, conferences, bookfairs and general articles about authors and illustrators of children's books.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/index3.htm   Knops' site of links on books with close looks at binding, printing, paper making

http://www.ukans.edu/~sma/conn/connmrk.htm   Looking at Prints, Collector's Marks, information on the backs of prints reveal much about the history and provenance of an item.

http://collectbooks.about.com/hobbies/collectbooks/msubmini.htm   About.com's list of links for minature books.

http://minsky.com  Minsky Online, authority on bookbinding and founder of the site Center for the Book Arts.

http://www.abaa-booknet.com/research.html   ABAA's Online Research Tools for the Dealer and Collector. Bibliographic information on out-of -print books available from public and university catalogs.

NOTE: for collectors new to this site try some of the other topics for more information.  Books Used will connect you to book dealer sites.  Authors and Illustrators will connect you to their own sites or sites about them, including their signatures and pseudonyms, or if an illustrator show examples of their works.  Directories books in languages will connect you to books printed not just in English.  Book Illustrations will connect you to sites like Between the Covers which shows you first edition dust jackets, or illustrator sites with examples of their work  Libraries will connect you not just with the libraries but their exhibits online and a wealth of resource material.  Publishers will connect you to some of them on the Web.  The Reference section will connect you to help with using search engines, directories of book related sites, online dictionaries, past book award winners, and more.  Look around, bookmark the sites you want to visit again, and of course book mark this site.