Reminiscences of Benjamin Swann : oral history, 1973.

Biographical Note

Rare book dealer.

Scope and Contents

Idea for rare book auction for lower-priced books; founding of Swann Galleries, largest book auction gallery in the United States; diminishing supply of rare books; appraising collections.

Subjects

• Book collecting.
• Booksellers and bookselling--Interviews.
• Gottlieb, Gerald, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Rare books.
• Swann, Benjamin.

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