book collector

July 30, 2022
In 1821, Charles Knight -- who one day would attain a modest measure of fame as publisher of works like
July 27, 2022
Printing came late to my adopted state. 
July 25, 2022
One room was abandoned when the piles neared the ceiling, and at some point a subsidence of books blocked the door from the inside, sealing the room off.
July 23, 2022
Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world....

 

It has been almost seven decades since those words first appeared i
July 19, 2022
In an ideal world, we all would have whatever time and money we need to construct the private libraries of our dreams.
July 3, 2022
Ah, libraries!
January 27, 2021
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Miriam Borden, winner of the
March 18, 2020
One of the leading twentieth-century British book collectors, Major John Abbey (1894-1969), is celebrated in an exhibition at Horsham Museum, West Susse
August 19, 2019
Dallas – An array of extraordinary rare documents is headed to the auction block when Heritage Auctions presents
May 29, 2019
Falls Church, VA – On Thursday, June 6, Waverly Rare Books, a division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, will conduct a 286-lot