What makes a book rare? How much would you pay for a first edition? Of course, if only a few copies are available, a book's ...

View of the Gospels of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England, once the most expensive book in the ... More world, in the Duke August Library in the Lessing City of Wolfenbüttel. Gospels of Henry ...

The study by Homeprotect found the most valuable first-edition book is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Some of its copies have been listed online for as much as £139,356. Other valuable first ...

Condition is king when it comes to selling rare books. Torn pages, cracked spines, and annotations (unless made by the author themselves!) all dramatically lower the price that a book stands to fetch.

If you’re looking for rare manuscripts and historic books ... collected from around the world, and one has a book described as the most beautiful one in existence. While most of these books ...