Rare books

Anyone who has been to an estate sale, garage sale or thrift store has seen the pile of old, tattered books tucked away in a corner, mostly ignored. Books are one of those items that tend to accumulate in our lives because it feels like sacrilege to throw one away. This is great news for…Read More

First editions of well-loved books can become the most prized in literature. If you have one of these rare books sitting on a shelf somewhere, get ready to cash in!

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Leather bound books about the United States of America including books about American history, famous landmarks, buildings, geography, events and more. Easton Press books: The Federalist or the New Constitution - 1979 Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America by Thomas Paine America in Search of Itself: Making of the President, 1956-1980 by Theodore White - 1986 The Constitution; A Documentary and Narrative History - 1987 Our Constitution; What It Says, What It Means by Donald A…

The Victorian fascination with natural history combined with affordable book publishing led to some comely titles in elegant binding.

How artists and scientists around the world once made sense of the night sky

FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, IN A MAGNIFICENT, ELABORATELY DECORATED, SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE PERIOD BINDING. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its hardly less famous sequel Through the Looking Glass 1872 , although ostensibly written for children... are unique among 'juveniles' in appealing equally if not more strongly to adults. Written by an Oxford don, a clergyman, and a professional mathematician, they abound in characters--the White

Comprehensive advice on how to begin collecting rare books, especially rare science books.

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