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Signed books have long occupied the top of the food chain in book collecting. Signed first editions can be worth even more, with prices well into the thousands. As with all signed collectibles, authenticity is crucial.
Some writers whose signed works are currently being sold for large sums include Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, W.B. Yeats, Ernest Hemingway, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Truman Capote, not to mention presidential memoirs by Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Franklin Roosevelt.
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t read books. In grade school, I devoured library books. I also loved comic boo… [more]
Strictly speaking, a book’s edition refers to the setting of the text. So the first time you set the text and print… [more]
Special collections is where we keep non-circulating rare materials which have to be used in the reading room. Our … [more]
I started working as the curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in 1994, but I’d worked… [more]
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]
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