1.0Collecting First Edition Children's Bookshttps://1stedition.net/blogStan Zielinskihttps://1stedition.net/blog/author/shamsderby/State Of The Hobby: Part I - Collecting First Edition Children's Booksrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eFqEskbpE2"><a href="https://1stedition.net/blog/2007/state-of-the-hobby-part-i/">State Of The Hobby: Part I</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://1stedition.net/blog/2007/state-of-the-hobby-part-i/embed/#?secret=eFqEskbpE2" width="600" height="338" title="“State Of The Hobby: Part I” — Collecting First Edition Children's Books" data-secret="eFqEskbpE2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Earlier we posted a column titled “What Books To Collect,” which provided several categories of books or illustrators for various economic levels of collecting. Today and over the next couple of posts, we would like to discuss the state of the children’s picturebook collecting hobby, and provide some background information on the current market place. ... Read morehttp://1stedition.net/Images/frontcovers/frogwentacourtin.jpg