Editing Book collecting (section)

{{Short description|Activity of collecting books}}
{{redirect|Book collector|the journal|The Book Collector}}
[[File:Book collection.jpg|250px|thumb|Some inexpensive collectible books: these are, left to right, by [[John Tyndall|Tyndall]], [[Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood|Collingwood]], [[Henry Martyn Field (minister)|H. M. Field]], [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|Bryce]], [[Virginia Woolf|Woolf]], and [[Isaac Asimov|Asimov]].]]
'''Book collecting''' is the [[collecting]] of [[book]]s, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. The love of books is ''[[bibliophilia]]'', and someone who loves to read, admire, and a person who collects books is often called a ''[[Bibliophily|bibliophile]]''.

Book prices generally depend on the [[demand]] for a given edition which is based on factors such as the number of copies available, the book's  condition, and if they were signed by the author (and/or editor or illustrator, if applicable) or by a famous previous owner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collecting, Identifying, and Valuing First Edition Dr. Seuss Books|url=https://1stedition.net/drseuss.html|access-date=2020-11-03|website=1stedition.net|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021449/https://1stedition.net/drseuss.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For example, a first edition ''[[And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street]]'' can reach the price of $12,000 in the best condition.