Beginning with Greek and Roman times, this volume discusses the great book collectors throughout history such as Duke Humphrey and the Library of the Valois, Sir Thomas Bodley, Sir Kenelm Digby, Jean Grolier, and Francois-Auguste De Thou. Primarily focused on Europe and Great Britain, the authors examine the world's most celebrated collectors and collections in an engaging and authoritative text.

Edward Wozny, a young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realizes that there may be a unique medieval codex hidden among the volumes, a treasure kept locked away for many years and for many reasons. As friends draw Edward into a peculiar and addictive computer game, his obsession...

Presents ideas for collecting and restoring print books, and includes crafting and decorating suggestions to incorporate them into a person's living space.

Published in 1897, this autobiography of a bibliophile was praised by The New York Times as "entertaining" and "amusing." Hazlitt's self expression through book collecting shows him to be a man embracing of the flow and change of literature through the fifty years he collected.

A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world and the fascinating people who inhabit it.

Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett uncovers a subculture of literary fanatics when she follows Ken Saunders, an amateur detective and collector of rare books, while he pursues Gilkey, a book-loving thief.

"When Dolly Cavanaugh's love of garage sales results in her showing up at Color Me Read with a rare book in hand, Florrie Fox. the manager of the bookstore is astounded. The Florist, the earliest known coloring book was first published in 1760. An original copy would be worth a fortune and someone else knows it. That same evening, Florrie finds Dolly dead on the floor of her apartment, a corner of a coloring book clutched in her hand."

A treat for bibliophiles and cat lovers combined! This charming photo book of precious kitties with books from the popular Instagram hashtag, #CatsandBooks, is a crowd-sourced effort from various owners of both discerning cats and book taste. Showcasing all the charisma and amusing quirks of the wide world of cats, from the US to Africa, France, Brazil, and places far and wide, Cats & Booksfeatures cats begging for their owner s love and attention...

"The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting...