Rebecca Rego Barry
Author of Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places
About the Author
Rebecca Rego Barry is the editor of Fine Books Collections magazine. She has written about books and history for the Guardian, Slate, The Awl, LitHub, JSTOR Daily, and elsewhere. Visit her at www.rebeccaregobarry.com.
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Fine Books & Collections Spring 2014 2 copies
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Rare Books Uncovered is a collection of 52 stories from some of the more well known (relatively) scouts, librarians, and dealers in the business, each sharing their biggest, or most memorable 'score'. Rare first editions, ephemera and in one case, a flag.
This kind of stuff is my personal catnip and I ate it up. The cherry on top being a recommended reading section at the back, which will do nothing for the ever-growing size of my TBR.… (more)