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Get Your Rare Book Fix in Boston

Friday, October 16th, 2009

One of the oldest and largest book fairs in the country, the 2009 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
Browsers and buyers will have the chance to see several incredibly rare books, such as a signed, first edition of Amelia Earhart’s 20 Hrs. 40 Min., the book that chronicled her [...]

Free rare book room listings for booksellers

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

The Rare Book Room on Biblio has always been one of my personal favorite features of the site. After years of being surfeited by the piles of “Acceptable” condition books on the internet these days, the Rare Book Room is a place of beauty and tranquility for me.
Formerly, Biblio.com Booksellers were charged a one [...]

Rare Book of the Day: The Hobbit (first American ed.)

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
While I’m waiting for The Hobbit movie adaptation (slated for release in 2012), I’ll save up my pennies for this gem. As described:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First American edition, third state, in a new, facsimile first edition dust jacket. Hardcover, size: octavo. Buff cloth with [...]

Rare Book of the Day - Yoshida Hiroshi

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Yoshida Hiroshi: Print Maker
by Ben Bruce Blakeney
I have a thing for Japanese art, and especially print-making and wood-block prints, because of the precision and complexity involved. Hiroshi was a talented artist and this particular item won’t burn a hole in my pocket if I want to add it to my collection (hint hint to my [...]

Books, Thieves, Churches and Stupidity

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Yes, they’re all connected in this breaking news story from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Haywood County Sheriff’s chief detectives continue investigating a series of burglaries Tuesday night (August 19) near the intersection of N.C. 209 and Old Clyde Road in Waynesville, NC. They believe the five break-ins are connected. Thieves targeted three churches and two businesses.
Items stolen [...]