Good news, wealthy book lovers! Jean Bonna, the Geneva-based antiquarian book collector known by those in the know for possessing the greatest goddamn collection of French literature in the world… Read more »

Storming a bank, guns blazing, is so passé. The sophisticated thief goes for antiquarian books. In the early hours of 30th January, three thieves broke into a warehouse in west… Read more »

The print that may have launched Benjamin Franklin’s career, lost for almost two centuries, has just gone on view at the University of Pennsylvania, the New York Times’ Jennifer Schuessler reports.… Read more »

Last Friday was Melville House’s bi-annual Librarian Preview Day. It’s a great time — we close the office and bookstore early, pop some corks, eat some cookies, and talk about all… Read more »

John James Audubon’s exquisitely detailed ornithological study The Birds of America was a monumental work, revealing 25 new species of American birds and defining the style of much of the… Read more »

A heartwarming story out of Middlesex County: a high school teacher has set out to reunite a rare edition of Jane Austen’s Persuasion with the family of its original owner. (Not… Read more »

Look around you. Yes, you. The odds are, there’s a Harry Potter book within ten feet. Coming along just before the ebook boom, J.K. Rowling’s immortal series lives on in our hearts… Read more »

Lawrence Van De Carr, owner of Chicago’s Bootleggers Books was recently making one of his many pilgrimages to the San Francisco Bay area, hoping to unload some of the rare… Read more »

In 2014, MobyLives provided a helpful primer for anyone intending to declare bankruptcy. Specifically, any pre-bankrupt individual who wants to know which (and how many) books are legally exempt from the court’s… Read more »

Inveterate book collectors all have at least one story about the rare book that got away. The signed copy sold off just before the author’s untimely death sent prices soaring; the mint-condition… Read more »