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Rare Books Uncovered

Book Cover - Rare Books Uncovered

  Few collectors are as passionate or as dogged in the pursuit of their quarry as collectors of rare books. In Rare Books Uncovered, expert on rare and antiquarian books Rebecca Rego Barry recounts the stories of remarkable discoveries from the world of book collecting.

She tells about the family whose discovery in their attic of a copy of Action Comics No. 1 --the first appearance of Superman -- saved their home from foreclosure. Or the Salt Lake City bookseller who volunteered for a local fundraiser--and came across a 500-year-old copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle.

Rebecca Rego Barry is the editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine. She has written about books for Preservation, American Libraries and Publishers Weekly.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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