Rare Books

Celebrity Collector: Dr. Joe Vitale

Reyne Haines | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Reyne Haines, Rare Books, Joe Vitale, The Secret, Collecting, Houdini, Celebrities, Rare Books Collection, Books News

The author and star of The Secret, had been actually keeping a secret. While making movies, videos, and writing books on all the things he firmly believes in, not once did he mention his interest in collecting rare books.

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Rare Spider-Man Comic Surfaces At LaGrange Shop

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Rare Spiderman Comic, Lagrange Comics, Rare Books, Amazing Fantasy Comic Book, George Toman, Spiderman Comics, Chicago News

LAGRANGE, Ill. — A rare Spider-Man comic book worth about $12,000 has surfaced at a suburban Chicago store. The Chicago Sun-Times reports ( ) t...

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8 Ridiculously Expensive Books

Madeleine Crum | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Expensive Books, Action Comics, Video, JK Rowling, Rare Books, Gutenberg Bible, Most Expensive Books, Birds of America, The Great Gatsby, Books News

The priciest books in the world - we're talking those in the Hampton's summer home range - are usually valued for their antiquity and connection to a ...

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The Most Provocative, Revolutionary, Dangerous and Radical Book Ever Written

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Conservative, Rare Books, Liberals, Liberalism, Anarchism, Politics, Books, Libertarianism, Media News

Q1: What book, born of the political upheavals in mid-nineteenth century Europe, spearheaded radical Leftist Anarchism in the United States...

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What Makes A Book Rare?

nytimes.com | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Ereaders, John Bidwell, Morgan Library, Gutenberg, Rare Books, Morgan Library and Museum, Digitalized Books, J.P. Morgan, Gutenberg Bible, Books News

Before he became the first name of a bank, J. P. Morgan was a Wall Street mogul who, a century ago, bequeathed his collection of 14,000 or so rare boo...

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The Butterfly Art Of Vladimir Nabokov: A Love Story

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Modern Literature, Art, Lepidoptery, Rare Books, Auctions, Books, Butterflies, Arts News

Nabokov disliked ineffective, syrupy sentiment. Consider his butterfly drawings to Vera as mash-notes without the slop.

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500-Year-Old Nuremberg Chronicle, Discovered In Utah Attic, For Sale

AP | By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: 500-Year-Old-Book-Found-in-Utah, Utah News, Nuremburg Chronicle, Rare Books, Ken Sanders, Anton Koberger, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY -- A partial copy of a 500-year-old book considered one of the earliest and most lavishly illustrated works of the 15th century is now ...

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You Will Be Devoured by Seven Horrible Demons

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Religion, Charity, Rare Books, Eighteenth Century, Spanish Literature, Ballads, Christianity, Books, Romancero, Media News

One day, God, dressed as a poor man seeking alms, knocks on the door. Teresa, not the most pleasant of servants at any time under any circumstance, is having a bad hair day and refuses His entreaty. We've all had experiences like that.

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The Surrealistic Book Paintings of Alireza Darvish

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Iran, Art, Rare Books, Censorship, Books, Alireza Darvish, Books News

Both playful and serious, light and dark, pensive and provocative, Alireza Darvish's paintings draw us into the world of books and readers within the subconscious in the surreal world.

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S.J. Perelman, Humorist, Cardiology a Specialty

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cardiology, S. J. Perelman, The New Yorker, Rare Books, Humor, Books, Woody Allen, Book Collecting, Marx Brothers, Medicine, Comedy, Books News

So, you wake up at 12:20 AM in a sweat, dizzy, pressure in your chest. You've been here before, twenty-one years ago, when you were thirty-eight: you ...

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The Most Amazing Woman You've Never Heard Of

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extraordinary Voyages, Australia, Travel, Rare Books, Books, Books News

Rose Marie Pinon was not the first woman to circumnavigate the globe but she was the sole one to have written about it, creating the only great voyage narrative told from a woman's point of view.

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Cashing In on an Author's Death (18th Century Edition)

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caricature, James Boswell, Writers, Rare Books, Sir John Hawkins, Samuel Johnson, John Sayers, John Courtenay, Mrs. Piozzi, Celebrity Deaths, Books, Literature, Engravings, Books News

When a famous author dies, an industry of postmortem exploitation begins. All, of course, with the very best of intentions.

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Ellis Gene Smith Dead: Tibetan Book Collector Dies At 74

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Ellis Gene Smith, the son of a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah, who is believed to have compiled the largest collection of Tibetan boo...

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I Slept in Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The possibility was irresistible. The request graciously accepted, I prepared for bedtime; I took out a book to read, a rare book.

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Are Comic Book Investments Recession Proof?

Wall Street Journal | KATHERINE BINDLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, DC Comics, Rare Books, Children's Books, Books, Book Collection, Superman, Book Collecting, Comic Book, Expensive Comics, Batman, Million Dollar Comics, Rare Dc Comics, Books News

"When the recession hit, the market took off," said Stephen Fishler, chief executive officer of ComicConnect, the online marketplace that will offer t...

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To Read and Browse in LA

Hellin Kay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arcana Books on the Arts, Lee Kaplan, Rhino Records, The Strand, Bard College, The Apple Pan, Alias Books, Nuart Theatre, Arcana Books Santa Monica, Arcana, Used Books, Out of Print Books, Rare Books, Used Bookstores, Art Books, Photograph by Hellin Kay, Books News

Sadly the art of book selling is slowly on the decline.

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77-Year-Old Brutally Beaten For Comic Collection, Dies

AP | CHRIS CAROLA | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — An unassuming 77-year-old bachelor who had hoped to sell a valuable comic book collection and leave the money to his family was r...

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'1984' First Edition Found In Charity Bin

Telegraph | Bonnie Malkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1984, Rare Books, First Editions, Orwell, George Orwell 1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell 1984, George Orwell, Books News

Paul Hol, a volunteer for the charity Lifeline, found the book when he was sorting through the pile of donations. "It's in a remarkably good condition...

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Vatican Library Exposed

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vatican Library Reopens, Vatican Books, Rare Books, Pope's Books, Library, The Pope, Vintage Books, Reading List, Pope Benedict, Vatican Library, The Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, Books News

The 85km of shelving in the Vatican's Secret Archives holds manuscripts and publications accumulated over more than 800 years. On the day of his visit...

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Library's Outrageous Overdue Fine

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WINONA, Minn. — Librarians at Winona Public Library were thrilled this week when someone returned a book that had been checked out some 35 years...

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Used Bookstores Keep Reading Culture Alive In Vietnam

Vietnam News | Vietnam News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rare Bookstores, Rare Books, Vietnam Bookstore, Second-Hand Book Shop, Used Books, Used Bookstore, Book Shop, Viet Nam, Booksellers, Vietnam, Books News

The southern city is known as the "centre" for old book shops in the country. The city has an ample number of book collectors and, more importantly, i...

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The Top 10 Most Expensive Rare Books Sold On AbeBooks This Month (PHOTOS)

Richard Davies | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nabokov, Abebooks, James Joyce, Rare Books, Most Expensive Books, Expensive Books, Auctioned Books, Slidepollajax, Three Musketeers, Books News

The list reflects what is treasured in the rare book world and will typically feature some of literature's most famous names alongside obscure authors and titles.

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Books For $75,000: A Growing Market?

The Wall Street Journal | Alexandra Alter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christo, Limited Editions, Luxury Goods, Kraken, Expensive Books, Premium Books, Taschen, Christie's, Sotheby's, Auction, First Editions, Rare Books, Books News

Luxury publisher Kraken Opus mixed in a pint of Mr. Tendulkar's blood with paper pulp to create the signature page for a book celebrating the renowned...

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14 Incredible First Editions That Sold Big At Auction (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Encountering a first edition copy of an important book can be a magical experience. First editions of very old texts can also be extremely important h...

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Donated Rare Book Makes Oxfam 37,000 Pounds

The Independent | Beverley Rouse | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oxfam had its biggest windfall at an auction after a 19th-century book that was donated to one of the charity's shops sold for �37,200....

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