Thrift stores can often hide overlooked literary treasures. Knowing which details matter will turn an ordinary shelf scan ...

Rare book dealer and author Charlene Ball lights up when she talks about going to a rare book fair. “It’s a vast cavernous space, but when the booksellers are set up, it looks like 100-plus bookshops, ...

You might have a dusty volume on a shelf that's quietly more valuable than you think. You can find first editions, signed ...

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One morning in December 2004, four men embarked on a daring heist. Their target: several volumes of some of the world's rarest books, later valued at more than $5.7 million in total, located in the ...

PROVO — I'm halfway through my interview with Reid Moon, collector of rare and cool artifacts, when he tells me about this game he likes to play when he's talking to groups about his collection of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Bookworms with a soft spot for history can get an eyeful this weekend, with the arrival of the Indianapolis Rare Book Fair. “We’re going to have two days of activities for people ...

Timmy Heague of Ventura is orchestrating sale of one of the most highly sought comic books in the world.

The St. Louis Rare Book Fair will bring rare book and ephemera exhibitors from across the country to historic Missouri Athletic Club in the heart of downtown. Visitors can browse books, and ephemera ...

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and 13th ...