A champion of the physical book, Richard Davies from AbeBooks.com offers advice to anyone thinking about collecting rare books. It might just be me, but I believe far fewer ‘Physical Books are Dead’ ...

Collecting books is about passion, not words. "There is nothing at all like the frisson one gets opening a book catalog and paging through, looking for treasures," says Annette Campbell-White, a ...

The Bauman rare book catalog arrived in my inbox today, a compelling wish book for a novice bibliophile like myself. A 1952 first edition of “Charlotte’s Web” for $4,000? A 1924 collection of Yeats, ...

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 ...

Rare book collectors can sometimes see a healthy return on an investment, but advisors and other experts say the market is illiquid, and volatile — and books require careful storage and preservation.

“It was really an extraordinary coincidence,” Carolyn Potter Ingersoll recalled of that lucky first find. She and her husband, William Boley Ingersoll, had gone on a pleasure outing to Baltimore with ...