While true limitations and consequences of trading physical books for online alternatives are often most harmful for young kids’ comprehension, according to a study from Review of Educational Research ...
Rare Books L.A. transformed Union Station into a bustling fair where more than 50 antiquarian booksellers showcased literary treasures and collectibles. Items ranged from a $225,000 first edition of ...
What makes a book rare? Historically, books in great demand can gain this golden status through scarcity, condition, and even association with famous former owners. Other characteristics, such as ...
How the University of Miami’s Special Collections library came to possess one of its rarest, most valuable works — three volumes of engravings of roses commissioned by Empress Josephine Bonaparte of ...
Does a used Porsche seem like a fair trade for a rare 1555 book about medicine by Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius? No? Well, then, maybe you’re not as committed to tomes dedicated to medical ...
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Stuart Rose loves learning from the past. One of the foremost collectors of rare books and manuscripts, Rose might be used to dealing in the works of storied thinkers, but he says they never cease to ...
A new report backed by the American Chemical Society warned that colorfully bound books from the Victorian era are likely packed with toxic dyes, calling on librarians, archivists and researchers to ...
How a Utah bookseller amassed millions of followers with his collection of rare books and film props
Every inch of Moon’s Rare Books in Provo, which calls itself “a bookstore disguised as a museum,” tells a story. Start with the brick floor, which is from France and is 200 years old, which, the staff ...
As a graduate student in Laramie, Wyo., in the 1990s, Sarah Mentock spent many weekends hunting for bargains at neighborhood yard sales. On one of those weekends, she spotted “The Lord of the Isles,” ...
Moon’s Rare Books, located at The Shops at Riverwoods, is home to hundreds of books and rare items. Store owner and treasure hunter Reid Moon travels the globe, collecting items to showcase in his ...
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