In 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his time at war, intimate letters, books, and ...

There are readers, and then there are book collectors. You know the ones: Their shelves groan beneath the weight of their printed treasures, and they always have a fascinating find to show off. But ...

IN the March Atlantic I wrote of the amenities of book-collecting in London, of my adventures in the shops of Bond Street and Piccadilly, of Holborn and the Strand, — almost as though this paradise of ...

“Call me Ishmael.” This is the famous opening sentence of Herman Melville’s great novel Moby Dick, first published by Harper & Brothers, New York in 1851. If you happen to have a copy in the attic, in ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles highlighting the winners of the first Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, hosted by the Friends of the University of Delaware Library.

In this age of Kindle and Nook, when used bookstores are rapidly disappearing and real estate is at a record premium, one might assume that the world of rare book collecting should be declining as ...

Case Western Reserve University Students who have built a collection of 10-50 books based on a theme are encouraged to enter a book collecting contest sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library. Cash prizes ...

Summer is the season for book lovers: reading lists full of promising debuts, time for breezy page-turners on the beach, fresh resolve to finish a doorstopper classic like War and Peace. Whatever ...

Digital disruption notwithstanding, book collecting appears to be alive and well, sustained in part by the very same people who are driving adoption of smartphones, tablets, e-readers and the like.

Many auto enthusiasts first develop their passion for cars by building models. You know, the kind where you break the parts off of a plastic “tree” and then get glue all over the house trying to ...