Can you tell your foxing from your deckle edge? Or quire from collation? Here is a handy guide to some of the terms used in the books and works on paper collecting field.
A IS FOR ABBEY. Major John Roland Abbey (1894-1969) was a celebrated bibliophile whose collections were dispersed at a series of important auctions from 1970-75. He also produced three landmark bibliographies, still much used, known (in short) as Abbey Life, Abbey Travel, and Abbey Scenery.