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American Presidents

By Adrienne Raptis | October 7, 2014

| Authors, Creating a Collection, For the love of books, Rare book highlights

United States Presidents have carried out countless important acts for our country, including the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 that allowed US citizens of any race or color to vote in any state, the New Deal relief programs that helped the country out of its Great Depression in the 1930s, and the initiation of Project Apollo,…

Charles Dickens & His Works

By Adrienne Raptis | September 30, 2014

| Authors, Creating a Collection, Rare book highlights

More than a famed writer and social critic of the Victorian period, Charles John Huffam Dickens touched the lives of people with the very human complexity of his fictional characters. Through his critically acclaimed novels, Dickens invoked profound thought and criticism around “social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy.” In a commentary on a rare, extensive collection…

The Roosevelts

By Adrienne Raptis | September 26, 2014

| Americana, Creating a Collection, History

In his fourteen-hour PBS special, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Ken Burns highlights the extraordinary journey of the Roosevelt family’s American legacy in the White House. Beginning with Theodore’s birth in 1858 and ending with Eleanor’s death in 1962, the seven part film documents the influential family’s enormous part in shaping the country throughout the…

Isaac Newton’s The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

By Adrienne Raptis | September 2, 2014

| Authors, Rare book highlights

Einstein describes Newton’s The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy: “”Newton’s Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed, Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the greatest synthesis of the cosmos,…

Edward Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

By Adrienne Raptis | August 17, 2014

| Authors, Rare book highlights

Edward Gibbon, an English historian and member of Parilament in the 18th century, is most known for his six volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. This work is still highly regarded by both historians and critics, over 200 years after its publication. Giobbon was born in Putney, Surrey,…

Remembering the Life and Works of Nadine Gordimer

By Adrienne Raptis | August 4, 2014

| Authors, Prizes and Awards, Rare book highlights

Nadine Gordimer was a famous South African writer and political activist, using her talents to help shed light on moral and racial issues. She was known for her involvement in HIV/AIDS causes as well as the anti-apartheid movement. She was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Nadine Gordimer was born outside…

Henry Fielding and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

By Adrienne Raptis | July 7, 2014

| Authors, Rare book highlights

Henry Fielding, born in Sharpham, England, was an English novelist that was famous for his dry humor and satirical writing style. His novel The History of Tom Jones, a Founling is his most famous work and what Fielding is truly remembered for, over 250 years after his death. Fielding’s literary career did not start until…

Author Spotlight – Cormac McCarthy

By Adrienne Raptis | June 23, 2014

| Authors, Creating a Collection, Rare book highlights

Cormac McCarthy has become a household name for his various novels that have won him a Pulitzer Prize, landed on the New York Times bestseller list, and been turned into blockbuster films. The now 80-year-old writer lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is still somewhat of an enigma in the literary world. McCarthy was born…

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

By Adrienne Raptis | June 10, 2014

| Authors, Creating a Collection

Still deciding what to get the father in your life for Father’s Day? A rare book is a collectable he will cherish for a lifetime and remember you by every time he opens it. We have a variety of rare, unique books that are perfect for any father. If your father loves golf, we have…

Remembering Maya Angelou

By Adrienne Raptis | May 29, 2014

| Authors, Creating a Collection, Rare book highlights

With Maya Angelou’s recent passing, we thought we would commemorate the amazing author, poet and role model by writing a bit about her life and works. Angelou was born in 1928 in Missouri, the child of working-class parents who divorced shortly after she was born. When Angelou was eight, she was sexually abused by her…

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Henry Fielding and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Author Spotlight – Cormac McCarthy

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Remembering Maya Angelou