Rare Books – The Passion

May 15, 2011

 The collection of old and rare publications such as books, magazines, and newspapers has many loyal friends. The reasons why one deals with collecting rare books varies and are certainly different from person to person. The large group of rare book collectors reads everything, especially old editions which have been exhausted and have become unavailable for many years now. Some of the rare books […]

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Rare Books – An investment opportunity

May 9, 2011

The Stock market is not the only market where one can find “blue chips’’. Also equities, bonds, and mutual funds are not the only forms of investment securities. Similarly, auctions are not just for government bonds. The rare books, personal files of important persons and old and rare magazines consist, for a rather limited number of people, […]

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Determining a rare book’s fair value

April 28, 2011

One of the hardest tasks for a seller or owner of an antiquarian book collection, is evaluating or determining a book’s fair value. Whether preparing to sell or appraise your books for any reason, the unique attributes inherent in the world of rare books, deems the task “approximate”. Finding out a book’s current value, in […]

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Best in Children’s Rare Books

April 10, 2011

Between 1957 and 1961, Nelson Doubleday publishers, contributed the most amazing children’s books encapsulating the classical stories of the time with contributions by some of the better known illustrators and artists of our times. This was a very important series as it contained much original material from 7 Newberry Winners and illustrations from 8 Caldecott Winners. It […]

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Rare Books – The significance of a ”first edition”

April 1, 2011

The definition of a “first edition” and the categorization of a book as a “first edition”, have long been loosely coupled to disassociate a book’s true value from such a classification. Fredson Thayer Bowers, an American bibliographer and scholar of textual editing, gave us the modern definition of a “first edition” in his book Principles […]

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Welcome to Rare Books Digest!

March 13, 2011

Welcome to Rare Books Digest. Our Vision is to provide you with all the insights about Rare and valuable books. We welcome any ideas, suggestions and views that will make all of us better, more knowledgeable and more educated.

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