Book Launch: Contemporary Issues in Rare Book and Manuscript Collecting by Spencer W. Stuart

Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum invites you to celebrate the launch of author Spencer W. Stuart's new publication , with an introduction by Gary Ackerman, Board President, Book Club of Washington.. Join us for a lecture followed by a Q&A and wine reception.Contemporary Issues

provides collectors and those in the Trade with detailed examinations of the economics of the structural transformations currently taking place in the world-wide market for rare books, manuscripts, prints and photographs. It examines the specific cultural transformations within the collecting ecosystem and discusses the broader social impacts of collecting in society as a whole.Contemporary Issues

Especially for Collectors, examines many topics not historically discussed or directly addressed. Historically collecting was a cultural practice reserved for a select few with considerable financial resources. The emerging Networked collecting ecosystem challenges this portrait as well as redefines the fundamental motivations that compel one to collect.Contemporary Issues

About the Author

Spencer…