For bibliophiles, especially those in Beijing, thread-bound ancient books have always been their focus and hot spot. However, since the opening of the 22nd Antique Book Fair in China Bookstore on August 12, the reporter has conducted on-the-spot interviews with readers who came to buy books for three consecutive days. According to many readers, especially those with Tibetan names, books of the Republic of China are very popular in book fairs.
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Before and after the May 4th Movement, a large number of giants and masterpieces of new literature and new culture were born in the history of China. Today, these masterpieces, especially their first editions, not only have high aesthetic value, but also have high collection value and high cultural and educational value.
Yu Xiansheng, a white-collar worker of the book fair company, told reporters in an interview: "The new literature books are concise and beautiful in binding form, which is a quality that books lack today. Therefore, there is reason to believe that new literary books will enter the ranks of new cultural relics. "
A scholar from the Institute of Literature, China Academy of Social Sciences, who came to look for books, said in an interview: "The value of new literature books is not only reflected in the content or the way stories are told, but also in the fact that it is a cultural and historical document. People pay attention to its collection value because they only regard it as a cultural relic or as a new cultural relic. Personally, I think it is better to follow the traditional principle of combining reading with collection for new literary books. "
On the first day, the stalls in the collection of old books in the Republic of China were mainly in the reader service department of China Bookstore, and then gradually gave way to the stalls in the purchasing department. People who come to search for old books of new literature and art don't land almost every day, from 8: 30 in the morning to 2: 00 in the afternoon, until it is determined that they will no longer write books on the stall, and then leave the book market with large bundles of old books. When they parted, they also told each other, "Come early tomorrow."
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At the beginning of this century, China's academic thought went through a period of radical change, and his academic works in this period had an unprecedented open style. It has provided and trained a large number of world-class academic masters for China in the future, such as Guo Moruo, Chen Yinque, Chen Yuan, Gu Jiegang and Hu Shi. It should be said that it is not a very troublesome thing to list their names today, because today is also in the era of reform and opening up, so when their works are published, these books also have high collection value and are worthy of the name of "reading and hiding".
A college student who just entered the Chinese Department of Peking University said to me after buying a large bundle of such academic books, "It's great to find such books, which can broaden our horizons and improve our cultural taste." He took a book out of his pocket to prove his point to me. "This is Mr. Xu Dishan's quintessence of Chinese culture and Chinese studies, published by the Commercial Press in June 1937. If I haven't read this book, then in my impression, Xu Dishan is only a scholar who writes peanuts at best. I was still in doubt when I grabbed the book. Why is there another Xudishan? When I opened the book, I found that the literature examination system in the Qing Dynasty and the introduction of archaeology in Hong Kong were all beautiful academic articles, and the writing style was full of essays. Without literary skills, I can't write such an academic work. "
A middle-aged reader surnamed Yao showed me his books, including A Brief History of Archaeology in China 1947, Philology ABC by Hu Pu 'an1920, Language and Literature 1937, and Qian Mu 1935. It cost more than 200 yuan. He said: "I calculated that a book costs more than 30 yuan on average. I think that as long as the book is valuable, it is worth 50 or 6 1 yuan on average." What does value mean? One is the test of time, and the collection of books must contain books that can stand the test of time; One is the content of cultural thoughts, so that books can be read. "
A few years ago, thread-bound books were too hot, and new literature books were too hot, but new academic books have been in a downturn, but today they suddenly became hot. At present, the price of this kind of books is set on the low side, which is suitable for buying and collecting.
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On August 12, the book fair just opened, and we interviewed an old man with white hair. He waited in front of the book fair, with a bag and a notebook in his hand. In an interview with reporters, he said that the purpose of his coming to the book fair was to find some ancient books printed in the 1920s and 1930s. He is a retired teacher for many years. There used to be some books of this kind in his family, but they were copied and burned during the Cultural Revolution. After the "Cultural Revolution", he bought some newly printed ancient books, but he still treasured those burnt old books. He came out early this morning to look for his dream. Before leaving, his wife said to him, "Don't rob young people, they need them more than you do."
On August 2 1 day, I saw the old man again, and we were very concerned about whether his dream had come true. The old man told me happily, "This book fair is so good that many young people like it as much as I do." . Made many young friends. They robbed these books for me. "On 2 1 day, the old man bought new ancient books, including four versions 1937 and Jiao's (Commercial Press Edition) and China Literature Rare Books Series 1936, signed by Zhou Zuoren. Three books cost 70 to 80 yuan, and the old man thinks it's a good deal. Another college student, who had just started work, bought a set of "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and said to us, "Although it is not as old as a thread-bound book, it can make people feel that it has a scholarly taste. Therefore, I am still willing to buy such a book. "
These days, more and more people buy this new ancient book. The biggest advantage of buying this kind of books is that they are antique and have certain collection value, but they are much cheaper than thread-bound ancient books. Very suitable for public collection.
According to Miss Han Zheng from China Bookstore, "The Republic of China was a period of great development of books in China, and many books represented the highest level at that time from binding to printing. However, due to the war, many books were destroyed, so many first editions of these books are rare. The books taken out this time include books on literature, history, philosophy and natural sciences as a whole, and the pricing is basically low, with the aim of cultivating potential collection markets. "