Rare Books Review: Hot Items for Collectors

There is something special about an old book. As you run your fingers across the cover and flip through the antique pages, you are transported to a different time and place. You are holding a piece of history, a piece of another era. If this scenario stirs your passion, you are definitely a bibliophile, or book lover. In this rare books review, you'll learn more about the pursuit of collecting rare and valuable books.

Some people collect books for pleasure. Others look for investment pieces that will gain value over the years. Then there are those that do both. Regardless of why you are collecting books, you will need to know which books are valuable and which are not. Let's take a look at some of the most expensive and rare books in the world. First on our list is a book known as the bibliophiles Holy Grail -- the Gutenberg Bible of 1456. This book was the first ever to be printed. It's estimated value? Priceless. However, a first edition Bible would pull in around $25 million if you were lucky enough to get your hands on it.

Another example of a very valuable book collection that gained in value is the first edition of the Collected Works of Shakespeare. Purchased by Microsoft founder Bill Gates for $30 million 25 years ago, this book has skyrockted in value and is now worth $100 million. You're probably thinking the same thing as I am. That's great for Bill Gates, but what about the rest of the book collectors in the world?

There are plenty of opportunities for collecting all kinds of rare and valuable tomes. Maybe you enjoy collecting old literature. Or maybe your thing is hoarding vintage genre fiction. Some collectors prefer non-fiction. You can collect by genre, author, or even age. You can specialize in one area or collect many different kinds of books. It's totally up to you. Many collectors look for first editions of whatever type of books they collect, which are substantially more valuable than reprints.

If you need a more extensive rare books review, there are many instructional titles devoted to book collecting. One great title that can get you started is Book Finds, 3rd Edition: How to Find, Buy, and Sell Used and Rare Books by Ian C. Ellis. Another title that you may want to take with you when hunting for books is Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions by Bill McBride. Whether you're hunting through the shelves at a local shop or browsing online, this pocket guide can help you identify valuable titles.



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Kentucky News Review: Aubudon books expect to be most expensive ever - Lexington Herald Leader

Lexington Herald Leader
Kentucky News Review: Aubudon books expect to be most expensive ever
Lexington Herald Leader
By Lu-Ann Farrar EUR” Online content manager A rare Audubon print was donated to the John James Audubon museum in Henderson, Ky., in 1999. STEPHANIE S. CORDLE Christie's auction house is putting up a set of "one of the most sought-after books of .
Audubon's Birds of America edition sells for $7.9 million, well below recordToronto Star

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Book Review: A Game of Thrones, 4-Book Boxed Set (A Song of Ice and Fire . - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Book Review: A Game of Thrones, 4-Book Boxed Set (A Song of Ice and Fire .
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Only on very rare occasions does Martin give readers the distance required to appreciate the full sweep of events. As a result, even the most momentous of battles and happenings feel trivial and I began to feel like I was endlessly waiting for .

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Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing by Jim Clark: review - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing by Jim Clark: review
Telegraph.co.uk
An Oscar-winner (for The Killing Fields, 1984) and close collaborator with Jack Clayton, John Schlesinger and others, he rose to that rare and lucrative, if not always artistically rewarding, level of industry recognition where you get hired late in .

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'Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis' the New Book by Critically Acclaimed Author Lauren Winner Addresses Spiritual .
From one of the most exciting literary voices today, an elegant and unflinching exploration of the aftermath of a spiritual crisisEUR”doubt, despair, and new hope as the author picks up the pieces and finds a new way to embrace her faith.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 In her critically-acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner explored her religious identity as she made the ...


Book Review: A Game of Thrones, 4-Book Boxed Set (A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin
Book Review: A Game of Thrones, 4-Book Boxed Set (A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 06:01 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2012 [.] with the renewed interest in George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, "A ...


Francis Moul without a book is a rare sight - Lincoln Journal Star

Francis Moul without a book is a rare sight
Lincoln Journal Star
In 1961, he got a job at the Sioux City Journal, and that is where his life as a book reviewer began. The two sisters who owned the paper lived in an apartment above the offices, and one asked Moul to help with reviews. She would leave piles of books .

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Book review 'A Slave in the White House': attending a president - The Seattle Times

Book review 'A Slave in the White House': attending a president
The Seattle Times
He could read and write EUR” relatively rare for a slave EUR” although his 2640-word "memoir" was actually written by John Brooks Russell, a friend who recorded Jennings' oral reminiscences "in almost his own language." The memoir includes Jennings .

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Haunted by The Handmaid's Tale
It has been banned in schools, made into a film and an opera, and the title has become a shorthand for repressive regimes against women Some books haunt the reader. Others haunt the writer. The Handmaid's Tale has done both. The Handmaid's Tale has not been out of print since it was first published, back in 1985. It has sold millions of copies worldwide and has appeared in a bewildering number ...


BOOK REVIEW: Barry's novel is engaging, but humor is muted
EURśLunaticsEURť (G.P. Putnams Sons), by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel...



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