Five Rare Books for Collectors: Empire Book Fair
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Empire Book Fair
A Soldier's Story by General Omar N. Bradley
The Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair will take over St. Bartholomew’s Church at 325 Park Avenue in New York City, from October 5 through October 7. Here are some highlights:
* a first printing of Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1 of 500) for $225,000
* a first edition Galileo by Galileo Galilei from 1635, which was banned in Italy ($100,000)
* The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
* A Soldier's Story by General Omar N. Bradley
* The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway