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Biographies and memoirs, or books written about a particular person’s life, are a longtime favorite of vintage book collectors, especially when signed by the individual in question. From historical figures to more modern celebrities, and from scholarly works to tell-all reminiscences, this genre is highly varied and can be a lot of fun.
The Bullfighter From Brooklyn, By Sin…
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I don’t remember a time when I didn’t read books. In grade school, I devoured library books. I also loved comic books, and was whe… [more]

Strictly speaking, a book’s edition refers to the setting of the text. So the first time you set the text and print a book with it… [more]

Special collections is where we keep non-circulating rare materials which have to be used in the reading room. Our holdings range … [more]

I started working as the curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in 1994, but I’d worked with the mater… [more]

Alan Hewer's comprehensive site is devoted to World War I books and dust jackets from 1914 to 1939. Most of the boo… [read review or visit site]

Want to do one quick search and pull up the mother lode of vintage books? Try Google Book Search, a database filled… [read review or visit site]

If you’re interested in collectible childrens books, check out this special digital collection from the Universit… [read review or visit site]

This archive of 76 influential American cookbooks from the late 1700s to early 1900s, assembled by the Michigan St… [read review or visit site]

Greg Kindall's collection of over 2100 colorful and historic book labels, pasted into books by publishers, printers… [read review or visit site]

This great blog, by an anonymous mom in Texas, is an ongoing bibliography of hundreds of vintage childrens books, c… [read review or visit site]

This Flickr photo pool features over 2,000 photos and scans of vintage cookbooks and old recipes from the 1940s to … [read review or visit site]

This visually interesting and highly specialized collection from the Hawaii Karate Museum focuses on rare and histo… [read review or visit site]

This Smithsonian microsite showcases Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s, complete with hig… [read review or visit site]

Bruce Black's gallery of paperback book covers from the 1940s and 50s. With help from numerous contributors, he's a… [read review or visit site]