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Further Details About Earth Platinum

This is the second of two posts about the incredible new book by Millennium House Publishers from an interview with Gordon Cheers, the Managing Director of Millennium House . Enjoy! Details: On quality Earth Platinum is printed on traditional presses then bound by hand, covered in leather—we are not cutting corners ... in fact our [...]

Earth Platinum - Largest Limited Edition Atlas Scheduled to Release in May

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Gordon Cheers of Millennium House and managed to put together a comprehensive background and details about his upsoming release of Easrth Platinum a book of HUGE proportions. Here are twelve brief facts about Earth Platinum: 1. Earth Platinum is 6ft by 4.5 ft 2. Earth Platinum weighs [...]

Europe's Oldest Intact Book Purchased by The British Library in London

Europe's Oldest Intact Book Purchased by The British Library in London

Bonhams Upcoming Fine Books and Manuscripts Catalog is Online Now

Fine Books and Manuscripts Catalog is Online Now

M Moleiro – The Art of Perfection - Creating Codices

Information about M Moleiro, a company located in Barcelona, Spain that produces exaxt reproductions of ancient codices. Each one is a work of art.

Electonics installer prison bound for $1 million rare books theft from Vanderbilt heir

The home-electronics installer who stole more than $1 million in priceless books from the widow of a Vanderbilt heir was carted off to prison like a craven common crook this morning -- insisting despite a mountain of evidence and his own guilty plea that he was not really a thief.

Book Restorations for Your Collection

My wife Kim and I run Anthony Restorations, a company dedicated to the restoration and preservation of books, rare paper and original artwork.

Bauman Rare Books Las Vegas Book Collector's Dream Destination

Bauman Rare Books takes aim at well-heeled bibliophiles By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN Las Vegas high rollers tired of Italian suits and stocked up on designer shoes for wives and lingerie for girlfriends now can turn to Walt Whitman or Benjamin Franklin to scratch their itch to spend. A bookstore in the posh Palazzo is serving up [...]

BUDDING BOOK COLLECTORS LEARN THE BASICS

If you have a passion for books and have thought about starting to build a collection, you won’t want to miss the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center Feb. 10-12.

World's most expensive book, Birds of America, set to fetch $10m

The last full edition of The Birds of America, which went up for auction in 2010, sold for £7.3m at Sotheby's, breaking the world record for a single book.