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Discover the book Keith Richards would take to a desert island
Doctor Dogbody’s Leg by James Norman Hall, the cover of the 1940 edition What book would you take to a desert island? Rolling Stones star Keith Richards selected Doctor Dogbody’s Leg by James Norman...
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K-pop Erupts over a Book-Inspired ‘Sexualized’ Pop Song
My Sweet Orange Tree A controversy surrounding a song by one of South Korea’s biggest female K-pop stars, IU, has ignited interest in My Sweet Orange Tree – an autobiographical novel by Brazilian...
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Recovered from a garage, Robert Heinlein’s original typed manuscript for...
The first page of Robert Heinlein’s manuscript for Friday Stored in a garage for years, Robert Heinlein’s original typed manuscript for his 1982 science fiction novel, Friday, has been listed for sale...
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He Was Right – Celebrating Einstein with Ephemera and Books
Original etching of Albert Einstein by J.J. Muller. 1934. In honor of today’s scientific discovery, AbeBooks has gathered a selection of unique and fascinating pieces of ephemera and books related to...
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Memories of reading To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I’ve read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird twice. I have no interest in reading Go Set a Watchman, and won’t be picking it up. My first encounter with Mockingbird...
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ILAB’s 2016 Chicago pop-up fair to grace Glessner House
Glessner House in Chicago More news from ILAB on the association’s plans for UNESCO’s World Book & Copyright Day on April 23. Twelve Chicago booksellers will hold a pop-up book fair at Glessner...
View ArticleShakespeare First Folio discovered on Scottish island
A Shakespeare First Folio, one of the world’s great rare books, has been found in a stately home on the Scottish island of Bute, reports the BBC. Only 230 copies of the First Folio, which contains...
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Rare booksellers celebrate World Book Day with pop-up fairs across the globe
Voice of Truth… offered by Rulon-Miller Books and spotted today at the Chicago pop-up book fair The rare booksellers of the world united today to celebrate World Day Day with a global series of pop-up...
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Mowgli’s legend lives on – signed copy of Jungle Book sells for $3,800
Jon Favreau’s Jungle Book movie, released last month, continues to spark interest in Rudyard Kipling’s classic children’s stories, first published as a book in 1894, with a signed copy selling for...
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The obscure 1965 novel where the U.S. president goes insane
Following Wednesday’s Op-Ed in the New York Times by an anonymous member of the Trump administration, AbeBooks.com has seen strong interest in an obscure out-of-print novel from 1965 about a US...
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