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J.R.R. Tolkien: One of the World’s Greatest Fantasy Authors

After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings over the span of thirteen years, between 1939 and 1952. Its final length was an astonishing 1,192 pages! In this weeks blog, re...

Mapping James Bond

The colorful and intriguing Ian Fleming Thriller Map charts all of James Bond’s adventures during the popular book series, across four continents and many countries. With the help of a large key at...

Understanding Inscribed Books and Their Importance in Book Collecting

Read about how inscriptions in books bring great value, and help solve the puzzle of provenance in many cases.

Winston Churchill's "My Early Life"

A gifted writer, Winston Churchill wrote forty-three books that filled seventy-two volumes. In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his contribution to the written and spoken word...

Ernest Hemingway and his Literary Critics

Hemingway’s rise from promising unknown writer to world-renowned figure can be charted by the very newspapers and magazines in which his work so regularly appeared. While it is not always common fo...

The Stories Behind Five Famous Pen Names

A pseudonym is a fictitious name taken by a writer in place of their real name. The term "pseudonym" is a Greek word that literally means "false name." There are many reasons why an author might ta...

Classic Book Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth

New to our collection of rare books are two illustrated Scribner’s classics- Westward Ho! and The Last of the Mohicans- both illustrated by American painter Newell Convers Wyeth.  The publishing ...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Book Lover

From first edition printings to collectible multi-volume sets, early childhood favorites to historical memoirs, we've rounded up some of our favorite gifts for the book lover in your life. Presente...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Political Historian

We've rounded up some of the most interesting and illuminating political memoirs, autographs from great American leaders, paintings and collectible antiques that tell the story of the founding of o...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Space Aficionado

From astronauts' signed memoirs, original NASA photographs and Apollo coffee table books, augmented reality paired moon models, and galactic cufflinks, these gifts are truly out of this world. We s...