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Joshua R. Mann, co-owner of B&B Rare Books in New York City. Related: 14 Valuable Collectibles to Look for in Thrift Stores. Check If It's a First Edition. Open the book to the copyright page ...
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
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Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059323-7. Follow husband and wife team Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone as they search for rare and collectible volumes, and explore real mysteries in the rare-book world, in: Used And Rare: Travels In The Book World. New York: St. Martin ...
The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1]
Price: $500 First published in 1996, Beverly Jenkins’ “Indigo” is now out of print, bumping its value up. Signed, first-edition copies are even more rare and worthy of elevated price tags.
Presently, binding with jewels is a rare practice, and binding companies both large and small are finding the art form becoming less viable in today's society. [21] Bindings that exist today are housed in private collections or can be found in libraries and museums across the world.
Aside from being a pain and total distraction to the reader, major typos can actually result in major costs for the book manufacturers if the book is a bestseller or an all-time classic.