The Rare Book Room’s twentieth anniversary provided us with the perfect opportunity to ... Four volumes. Oxford, 1764-1766. This lovely vellum-bound set of handwritten notes was compiled by one of ...

History of Humanities, Vol. 8, Issue. 1, p. 3. When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea ...

Widener Library has just received from the library of the late Harcourt Amory '76, of Boston, his notable collection of Lewis Carroll books ... bound in vellum for presentation, of the first ...

Christie’s auction house in September sold a pair of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle books that had been owned by the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts for $63,968 and $226,555 ...

The vibrant pigments used in antique covers of books contained chromium, arsenic and lead, that can lead to health hazards such as cancer. Every book lover’s dream is to own an antique book with ...

The market in very rare books is doing a roaring trade in spite of the pandemic – or perhaps even because of it. “Rich people are still rich, and they’re still spending serious amounts of ...

In this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission. Scholars have posited ...

Jim Spencer said the book was "an out-of-this-world find" A rare book predicting alien life could sell for thousands at auction. The book, published in 1698, was found at a free antique valuation ...

A rare book laced with a deadly poison has been discovered by librarians in Leeds. My Own Garden: The Young Gardener's Yearbook was published in 1855 and owes its vivid green colour to a dye ...