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This is a list of printed books, manuscripts, letters, music scores, comic books, maps and other documents which have been sold for more than US$1 million. The dates of composition of the books range from the 7th-century Quran leaf palimpsest and the early 8th-century St Cuthbert Gospel , to a 21st-century autograph manuscript of J. K. Rowling ...
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It is unknown whether she borrowed the book from the library, though at least four books written by her are in the library's collection and she often visited it. The fine would have been $11,929.44 with inflation. It went into the Rare Books collection as a book from before the closure of the State Library's lending library in 1971. [8]
A poetry book conceived in honor of Iowa City being named "City of Literature" by the UNESCO. [10] Shree Haricharitramrut Sagar: Gyanjivandasji Swami: 10,080 [4] 50 x 22 x 14 (19.56 x 8.64 x 5.64) [17] A biography of Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan. [17] Century Dictionary (1914) 8,500 [citation needed] 24 x 27 x 32 (12.24 x 10.56 x 9.48)
A really interesting list, but shouldn't it be called something like "List of printed books and other documents which have sold for more than US$1 million"? A copy of the Codex Sinaiticus was bought for the British Museum for £100,000 in 1933 which, with inflation, surely makes it more expensive than some of the items on the list, but it fails ...
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
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This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.