Rare Books and Collectibles

Modern Publishing
Early publishing houses were formed around families who would write, edit, print and market books. With the increase in literacy and subsequent broadening of mass readers, specialised publishing houses flourished. After the 1960s, these small family-owned firms were purchased by and consolidated with other companies. Publishing firms were taken over by conglomerates or became part [...]

The 19th Century
The nineteenth century extended across the 1800s, with notable events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, the disintegration of the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Ottoman empires, and the rise of the British Empire and the German Empire. The last remaining undiscovered landmasses of Earth, largely pacific island chains and atolls, were discovered [...]

Rare Books
Not many people seem to realise the value, on so many levels of rare books – I still have a rare book full of pictures from Israel that was given to me as a prize in my second year of High School. Just opening the yellowing cover brings back powerful memories of that [...]