The man believed it was the right time to sell the book so others could appreciate it. Nearly 30 years after being bought for just 10 pounds, a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the ...
Miller had reached out to the library for guidance, and a bit of sleuthing by the curator, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, led to a neighbor of Miller who collects rare books. The neighbor, an octogenarian ...
By Joumana Khatib and Emma Lumeij Bloom Books took off with the help of E L James, the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It broke with tradition and became the fastest-growing imprint in romance.
Matthew Raptis, proprietor of Raptis Rare Books, selected these books that are ... alienation, and the search for meaning, all through the voice of its uniquely relatable protagonist, Holden ...
From an unfinished Danish magnum opus to the latest title by Annie Ernaux, frieze editors list the books they loved most this ...
Slowly the numbers began creeping up: £1,000, £5,000, even ticking past the £10,000 mark, until finally, the virtual hammer ...
For owner Douglas Stewart, his interest in rare and antiquated books started at the age of 11, with the books he bought at opportunity shops and garage sales being resold to universities.
Some of the rarest Harry Potter books ever printed have sold for £151,700 at the world's first auction dedicated entirely to the famous boy wizard in Staffordshire.
The book is one of 500 of the first edition. Photo: Rare Book Auctions The books were discovered by Jim Spencer, from the Rare Books Auctions team, who claims he has found 20 of the 500 books so ...
The rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which sold for just 10 pounds 30 years back, has been sold for 36,000 pounds at an auction that was held at Lichfield, Staffordshire ...
Christine McCulloch had watched author JK Rowling being interviewed on Blue Peter with her son, Adam, and daughter, Rachael before buying the book A rare first edition of a Harry Potter book has ...