The Fresno County Public Library is set to receive a rare book collection valued at $26,000, containing first editions from John Steinbeck.

Christie’s auction house in September sold a pair of Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle books that had been owned by the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts for $63,968 and $226,555, ...

Watermark West Rare Bookstore owner Phil McComish stands with a map from the 1870s advertising land for sale in Kansas. Watermark West Rare Bookstore has overcome challenges for 40 years, including ...

The Booth Family Center for Special Collections, which will reopen in March, will allow students to get a hands-on look at Georgetown’s rare book collection, which features books costing up to $1 ...

March marks the last month of Rare Books 101 at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Along with opportunities to view significant historic acclaimed works that are always on display, visitors to ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Rare book collectors do not have to be wealthy individuals, seeking early printed books — known as incunabula — in their quest to save important parts of literary history. That is the ...

Stuart Rose loves learning from the past. One of the foremost collectors of rare books and manuscripts, Rose might be used to dealing in the works of storied thinkers, but he says they never cease to ...

BOSTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest public collections of rare books is closing for renovations. Boston has begun undertaking a multi-million dollar effort to preserve the Boston Public ...

UB’s Rare Books Collection has acquired a first edition of Frederick Douglass’ “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” one of the most significant works in American literary ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hebrew Union College has agreed to new restrictions on the sale or removal of rare books and manuscripts from its Klau Library in Cincinnati under a settlement with Ohio Attorney ...