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….

A Library of Libraries: Private Collections in the Bentley Rare Book Museum is an exhibition that highlights and critically analyzes private book collections that exist in the Bentley Rare Book Museum ...

Miller had reached out to the library for guidance, and a bit of sleuthing by the curator, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, led to a neighbor of Miller who collects rare books. The neighbor, an octogenarian ...

From a British monarch’s musings on his trip to India in 1877 to a 200-year-old book, The Antiquarian Bookworm at Bookworm on ...

Book-loving adventures over five decades inspired a California couple to make a $3.1 million donation to Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, the largest donation in its history. “There’s ...

From a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the scribbled notes of a scientific genius and the doodles of a future president, Kenneth Gloss has touched history in ...

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming. And now, a extremely rare ...

Some of the rare books being sold at the Sharjah international Book fair in UAE on Nov 12, 2024. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] From creative displays of modern literature to rare texts dating back ...

The same November sale at Rare Book Auctions, in Lichfield, Staffs., also includes three paperback first editions of Philosopher’s Stone. Two are guided at £6,000-£8,000 while a third has an ...

Heaton said the auction house is “delighted” and “excited” to offer the “incredibly rare book” at Sotheby’s in London in its next Books & Manuscripts auction, which runs from ...

Charming, handwritten signs and labels point you in the direction of what you want, among the the thousands of rare, vintage and modern second hand books. It's not uncommon to see books heaped on ...