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Books on Care / Collecting

How do you protect your most valued possessions: books? Here are tips and tricks for what to do (and not to do), which should keep your books in good conditions long into the future. Here are top picks related to book collecting and care.

Book Price Guides
How much is your book worth? Is there a book you want to purchase, but you don't know the value of the book? These price guides should pave the way for you to better understand what books to buy, when to sell, and how much those books are worth. Read more from these book price guides.

Books About Autographs
An autograph is a person's signature or handwriting. In addition to the novelty of having the autograph of a famous writer, some book collectors specifically seek out books that are inscribed with the author's autograph. You may find a book signed by Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, or another literary master. But, what is an autographed book worth? These books offer an overview and specific details about autographs, including discussions of the value of autographed books. Read on.

How to Live With Books
How do you live with books? It's not always as easy as it may seem. Books take up space; they sometimes need to be repaired; and how do you find the one you want out of the many on your shelves? Read more about it!

Literary Cookbooks
Whether the characters are eating, drinking, or in other ways making merry, food is an important part of many novels, poems, and other literary works. Taste the flavors of books and literature along with some of my most favorite characters and greatest literary masters. Read more about cooking and literature!

Literary Forgery
Literary classics haven't just been created... they've also been forged. Read about some of the most famous literary forgeries.

Literary Travel
If you're passionate about literature, you may wish to visit the sites where your favorite writers created literary classics. Visit the haunts of J.R.R. Tolkien; walk the streets of Dublin, the site for James Joyce's "Ulysses"; and discover the Paris that Ernest Hemingway, Henry James and others all wrote about. Explore the world of literary travel.

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