Twentieth Century first editions are increasing in value, so if you buy books try to get first printings and take care of the dust jacket. The latest trend is to collect books without critical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News HANOVER, N.H. — The librarians at the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College are ...

It didn’t seem like an auspicious purchase at the time: a discarded library book bought for £1 (about $1.20) at a rummage sale, one of a handful picked up to read on vacation. Except the book happened ...

Collecting vintage first edition books has always fascinated me because of the unique blend of history, rarity, and value these treasures hold. Many of these editions capture the original essence and ...

First edition copies of The Hound of the Baskervilles and Agatha Christie’s The Thirteen Problems, which once belonged to late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, set two world auction records on ...

(RNS) — The starting bid was $1, but the final 15 minutes of the weeklong auction were punctuated by rapidly rising bids in mostly $500 increments. (RNS) — In a nail-biting, down-to-the-wire bidding ...

Since the publication of "Carrie" in 1974, Stephen King has knocked out over 60 books (which have been turned into 59 movies) ...

In the week that new James Bond film Skyfall is released, Emma-Victoria Farr looks at some of the vintage first edition covers from the 007 books. 23 October 2012 • 8:41am Casino Royale First edition, ...

In a nail-biting, down-to-the-wire bidding war, a version of a book that can be had for free in many hotel room drawers was sold this week at auction for $80,000. A first edition of the Book of Mormon ...