Incredibly rare 17th-century book found in Michigan State University donation bin: ‘It stood out right away’

Incredibly rare 17th-century book found in Michigan State University donation bin: ‘It stood out right away’ - The pigskin ...
Duke Today

Give Rare Books a Second Chapter at Duke University Libraries

In the Mary Duke Biddle Room in the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, secured behind a 1,000-pound glass case where ...
Us Weekly

Nina Dobrev Makes Rare Comment About Dating Ian Somerhalder in New ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Book

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Dobrev, now 36, recalled chemistry reading with actor Rob Mayes as Damon, but the show’s ...
Daily Mail

When girls married aged 12 and became the property of their husbands: Rare book lays out the 'rights' of women in 17th century Britain

An incredibly rare book that laid out women's rights 400 years ago has sold for thousands of pounds. The landmark legal tome, titled The Lawes Resolutions Of Women's Rights, gives an extraordinary ...
Los Angeles Times

Bay Area man used aliases and ‘dummy books’ to steal rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA, feds say

A Bay Area man is accused of using aliases and fake books in a scheme to steal valuable manuscripts from UCLA. Authorities believe he may have taken up to 10 manuscripts worth $216,000. A Bay Area man ...
The Irish Times

‘Astonishingly rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for nearly €50,000

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold at auction for £43,000 (€49,250). Bought by a private collector in the UK, the book is one of 1,500 ...
The Northern Echo

Rare 17th-century book on women's rights to be auctioned

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Courthouse News Service

California man charged with stealing $216,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA

Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. (Pixabay image via Courthouse News) LOS ANGELES (CN) — A California man was charged with stealing rare and historical Chinese manuscripts ...
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Dunaway Books celebrates 60 years of books both rare and used

Kevin Twellman and Claudia Brodie's Dunaway Books is home to an eye-catching literary-themed mural. Every year, Dunaway Books hosts a party on the evening of the World Naked Bike Ride, and this past ...