Rare Books Are a Hot Collectible. Here’s How to Get Started.
Beyond financial considerations, many collectors are drawn to this market because of their genuine love for books. Here are ...
How a trove of rare books was found on a Chicago sidewalk — and reunited with its owner
It took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts curator from the Newberry Library to unravel the mystery of the ...
12 Collecting Hobbies That Pay Off Big
IURII BUKHTA/istockphotoOnce-popular hobbies like collecting stamps or coins might seem like relics of the past, but for ...
A North Center man and his dog find stash of rare books on the sidewalk; 8 months later, Newberry Library solves the mystery
In the puzzling darkness on an unfamiliar side of the street, Miller stuffed the smaller books in his pockets and hauled the ...
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Collectors’ paradise: Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair returns this weekend
Collectors and fans of rare books and the book arts will find good company at an upcoming book fair in Northampton. The ...
Business Insider5y
This bookstore has a very special collection of rare books
You can get almost anything here, but they're most famous for their collection of rare and expensive books, and we're here today to find out how much one of those pricey page-turners will cost you.
University of Wyoming8y
Toppan Rare Books Library
The Toppan library is home to the University of Wyoming's rare books collection, consisting of over 30,000 items and is sponsored by the Clara Toppan endowment. The majority of the materials are ...
Boston College3y
Twenty Years of Exhibits: A Rare Book Room Retrospective (Spring 2016)
that have been on display since the dedication of the Rare Book Room. However, our hope is that this exhibit instills in visitors a sense of the richness of our collection and of the hard work and ...
The Hindu5d
A world of rare books and rare people
In his delightful memoir of collecting rare and fine books, The Book Beautiful, Sebastian writes, “…don’t miss out on the many-layered, intoxicating pleasures of book collecting….
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Rare book collecting booms in lockdown
But the newly discovered copies aren’t expected to soften the market, as Adam Douglas of Peter Harrington Rare Books tells The Times. “If anybody says, ‘I’m collecting science, the great ...