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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.
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 ...
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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]
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 ...
Penguin books in Australia recently had to reprint 7,000 copies of a now-collectible book because one of the recipes called for "salt and freshly ground black people." 9 misprints that are worth a ...
Books of Jeu, also known as The Gnosis of the Invisible God; The Untitled Text; The Askew Codex (British Museum, bought in 1784): Pistis Sophia: Books of the Savior; The Berlin Codex or The Akhmim Codex (found in Akhmim, Egypt; bought in 1896 by Carl Reinhardt): Apocryphon of John; an epitome of the Acts of Peter; The Wisdom of Jesus Christ ...
The book is rare and highly sought after due to its limited print runs and Denys’s untimely passing, which left her bibliography tragically brief. 7. ‘Her Demon Lover’ by Janet Louise Roberts