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Collectible history books run the gamut from ancient (Greek and Roman empires) to more modern (Civil War, World War Two) subjects, and can be based on primary source material or individual memories. See also biographies and memoirs.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With American Cookbook Expert and Rare Book Curator Peter Berg

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

An Interview With Children’s Book Curator Rita Smith

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

Guest Column: Bookplate (Exlibris) Collecting Basics

Bookplate mania in America and England peaked from 1890 to about 1920. That's when the really great collectio… [more]

An Interview With Silver Bookmark Collector Howie Schecter

I’m a packrat, so in 1995, I was itching to collect something. I went around to local flea markets here bec… [more]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

Google Book Search

Google Book Search

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]

Baldwin Library of Childrens Literature

Baldwin Library of Childrens Literature

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

Feeding America

Feeding America

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

Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Gallery of Book Trade Labels

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

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

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]

Vintage Cookbooks Photo Pool

Vintage Cookbooks Photo Pool

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]

Rare Karate Book Collection

Rare Karate Book Collection

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

Czech Book Covers

Czech Book Covers

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

Bookscans.com

Bookscans.com

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]


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Winston Churchill Signed 1st The Second World War 6vols$680.67 Ends Sunday 15 bids 23 watchers
1852 First Edition Slavery Uncle Tom's Cabin Civil War$601.00 Ends in 2 hours 34 bids 91 watchers
History Freemasonry Occult Mason Masonic Freemason God$405.00 Ends in 1 hour 21 bids 33 watchers
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Easton Press Lot O12 Volume Library Of Military History$285.00 Ends in 23 hours 4 bids 9 watchers
Lang's History Of New South Wales 1837$274.45 Ends Thursday 1 bid 6 watchers
History Ancient Civilizations 8 Vols Maps Leather Set $265.74 Ends Monday 1 bid 4 watchers
1772 Juraj Ratkaj History Croatia Dalmatia Sclavonia $260.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 2 watchers
Very Rare! 1792 History And Practice Of Civil Actions$250.00 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
Savrola, Winston Churchill, 1st British Edition, 1900.$207.61 Ends in 19 hours 8 bids 11 watchers
History Of Knights Templars Freemason Masons ~ Addison$202.50 Ends in 23 hours 22 bids 20 watchers
Wonderful Winston S. Churchill Signed Their Finest Hour$202.50 Ends Monday 7 bids 12 watchers
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Easton Press Photographic History Of The Civil War$200.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 13 watchers
Declaration Of Independence American Revolutionary War$200.00 Ends in 2 hours 19 bids 44 watchers
Easton Press Churchill World War I Crisis Leather 6 Vol$190.25 Ends Sunday 9 bids 28 watchers
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Funeral Civil War Us President$177.50 Ends in 3 hours 17 bids 58 watchers
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New Light On The History Of The... Northwest (1897)$150.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 2 watchers
Angling In Australia, Its History & Writings, Bob Dunn$135.39 Ends Monday 3 bids 21 watchers
Handwritten Civil War Era 1861 Ledger Collinsville Ct$112.50 Ends Monday 5 bids 9 watchers
The River War - Winston Churchill, 1940 Ed., Dustjacket$107.94 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 8 watchers
1593 Pliny, History Of World, Superb Vellum Binding$107.58 Ends Thursday 10 bids 42 watchers
*rare* Antique American 1774 History Quakers Book$107.50 Ends Friday 6 bids 32 watchers
History Of Bristol *1816* 1st Corry 2vol Plates Binding$104.95 Ends in 19 hours 5 bids 10 watchers
1885 General Grant Memoirs Ulysses U S Civil War 1st Ed$104.27 Ends in 3 hours 11 bids 29 watchers
General U. S. Grant - Civil War Memoirs 1885 Leather !$104.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 9 watchers
Rare: Kkk Ku Klux Klan History (40) Drawings 1926$100.99 Ends Friday 9 bids 6 watchers
Womem Of History 1886 Daughters Of Genius Nice!$100.00 Ends Thursday 4 bids 2 watchers
Hillary Clinton Living History Limited Signed 1 Of 1500$100.00 Ends Thursday 8 bids 5 watchers
Oxford Magazine # 1 1768 Prelude To Revolutionary War$99.99 Ends in 17 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Personal Memoirs U S Grant 1885 Leather 2 Vol Civil War$99.99 Ends in 21 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
The Great Rebellion Headley 1864 1866 Civil War Leather$99.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Ww Ii. History Of Waffen Ss (5 Volumes.)$95.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 6 watchers
John Foxe History Of The Martyrs Large/leather Beauty!$90.00 Ends Thursday 8 bids 10 watchers
1774/84 Richardson, Clarissa, History Of Young Lady$86.37 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 14 watchers
1862 Siege Reduction Of Fort Pulaski Civil War Book 1st$76.88 Ends Thursday 4 bids 2 watchers
1840 Usn Naval History Navigation Book Atlantic Ocean$76.00 Ends Sunday 4 bids 7 watchers
History Of Freemasonry Templar Freemasonry Masonic$75.00 Ends Monday 10 bids 33 watchers
1883 History Of Tama County Iowa Ia Book$74.95 Ends in 22 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Six(6) Volumes - New Natural History Lydekker 1900's$69.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 6 watchers
2 Vol. Lthr "naval War Of 1812" Theodore Roosevelt 1900$69.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Antique Civil War Bible$66.00 Ends Wednesday 10 bids 7 watchers
History Of British Birds,1888, 47 Hand Coloured Plates$65.61 Ends in 18 hours 3 bids 15 watchers
59th Indiana Infantry Memoirs, Civil War$65.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 3 watchers
1864 Winfield Scott History Mexican War Of 1812 Us Army$64.50 Ends in 23 hours 4 bids 6 watchers
Harper's Magazine 11vol Set Leather Civil War 1859-1865$62.69 Ends Saturday 8 bids 29 watchers
Rare Wpa Virginia Slavery Map History Book Genealogy Nr$62.56 Ends in 15 mins 7 bids 2 watchers
History Of Malta Occupations 1798 - 1815 W Hardman 1909$61.00 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 9 watchers
Civil War Songster’s Companion Jacksonville Alabama 60$61.00 Ends Thursday 5 bids 4 watchers
The History Of Sigma Kappa Sorority 1874-1924..rare 1st$59.99 Ends in 14 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Antique Book History From Begining Rome Egypt Moses God$59.80 Ends Thursday 1 bid 2 watchers
George Washington American Revolutionary War President$59.28 Ends in 2 hours 15 bids 22 watchers

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