A pristine set of first edition, first impression copies of the Lord of the Ring series by J.R.R. Tolkien just set a new ...

HANOVER, N.H. — The librarians at the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College are used to one frequent request from visitors. The most requested book in the library’s collection is the ...

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Update, Sept. 5 • A first edition copy of the Book of Mormon was sold Thursday night, with a winning bid of $240,000, the auction house Potter & Potter Auctions reported on its website. That’s double ...

Collecting vintage first edition books has always fascinated me because of the unique blend of history, rarity, and value these treasures hold. Many of these editions capture the original essence and ...

A collection of first-edition books and jazz memorabilia belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts will go up for auction in September. More than 500 items, including a first edition ...

Book lovers who have missed getting their fix of fine leather books, rare first editions and children's collectibles need look no further than the Book Collector and the Old Tin Soldier Shoppe, once ...

Surrounded by stacks of books, Don Scriven confessed that his quest to find first-edition copies of fictional works is an expression of his “nerdiness” and his lifelong fascination with the historical ...

“It was really an extraordinary coincidence,” Carolyn Potter Ingersoll recalled of that lucky first find. She and her husband, William Boley Ingersoll, had gone on a pleasure outing to Baltimore with ...

Book lovers who have missed getting their fix of fine leather books, rare first editions and children's collectibles need look no further than the Book Collector and the Old Tin Soldier Shoppe, once ...