Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Books
Pointers on Finding the Value of Antique Bibles”How much is my old Bible worth?” We get this question a lot about antique Bibles, and though the answer isn’t in black and white, the bottom line is that the value of an old Bible very often depends on... 
Feb 22, 2019 | Blog, Books, Unique
A Little Luxury: Early Miniature Antique Books and Their Uses Miniature antique books have been around for centuries. Initially published primarily for personal convenience, miniature books first came on the scene around the 15th century. The little volumes were often... 
Mar 16, 2018 | 18th Century, Blog, Books
New-America’s First Best-Selling Female Author and Her Saucy Novel Once upon a time, a character named Charlotte Temple was wildly embraced by newly independent American readers, hungry for romance and excitement after the trauma of recent American Revolution.... 
Feb 10, 2018 | 18th Century, Blog, Books
“Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Age revels would do well to sober up quickly when confronted with this... 
Oct 27, 2017 | 19th Century, Blog, Books, Rare Antique Books
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore…” Ah, and what a curiously forgotten volume is a booklet rather dully entitled “Tamerlane and Other Poems.” Though the... 
Jun 18, 2017 | 19th Century, Blog, Books
“I cannot live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson Did you know that one of America’s most influential founding fathers was also one of early America’s most extraordinary antique book collectors? That’s right, Thomas Jefferson,...