Guide to Book Collecting
Book Collecting Topics and Focuses
If you're looking for some ideas to jump start your book collection, or just want to browse some collections of fantastic books, you've found the place to start!
2015: Uncommonly Good Books Sold This Year
We’re closing the books on 2015! We’ve seen another successful year of bookselling and look forward to what the next…
2016: Uncommonly Good Books Sold This Year
2016 has been a doozy of a year, hasn’t it? The trends in book collecting this year have been interesting…
2017: Uncommonly Good Books Sold This Year
Last year was the year of celebrity books and biographies, political memoirs, and modern firsts. It’s been interesting to see…
2018: Uncommonly Good Books Sold this year
Another year in the books, and for many, it seemed to last far longer than a mere twelve months. Despite…
2019: Uncommonly Good Books Sold This Year
2019 has been an intense crucible in all ways - the world is shifting, with people taking to the streets…
2020: Uncommonly Good Books Sold Here
Well, 2020 was one for the books. Let’s close it up, lock it, and stick it on a shelf in…
2021: Uncommonly Good Books Sold Here
As another tumultuous year ends, it comes as no surprise that books and ephemera related to world history, politics, and…
2022 Year in Review: Uncommonly Good Books Sold Here
It is time that we close another year in the world of rare books - farewell, 2022! It has been…
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was a well-known and highly controversial figure in the first half of the 20th Century. A writer, occultist…
Biblio Mysteries
Mystery fiction has many subgenres: hard-boiled, cozy, police procedural, etc. One particular subgenre of interest to lovers of books is…
Bob Dylan - Nobel Prize Winner
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature winner was announced today in Sweden. The surprise winner is 75 year old American…
2014: Uncommonly Good Books Sold This Year
2014 has been an amazing year for Biblio.com, our booksellers, and our happy collectors, all! The collectible book trends that…
Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s was an explosive time in American history, and it inspired explosive…
Classic Supernatural Fiction
Classic supernatural fiction is distinct from contemporary horror because it is more literate and often relies upon poetic subtlety rather…
Collectible Christmas Cards
Many religious and cultural traditions celebrate special days during the winter holiday season. Although there are differences between them, there…
RIP (Please) George Romero: Modern Master of Zombie Horror
Zombies have been an incredibly popular trope in American cinema, books, and beyond, and most of that is the fault…
Harlem Renaissance
One of the most influential cultural revolutions in American history, the Harlem Renaissance transformed the landscape for African American art…
Books on NYC
As a country girl who was born and raised in the South, I’ve always had a love affair with New…
Mary Shelley - Mother of Science Fiction
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you…
May the Fourth be with you - Star Wars collectibles
Star Wars may have begun as a mere movie, but since its premiere in 1977, it has become a Guinness…
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same… it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called…
Michael McClure - a poet of the Beat Generation
Michael McClure was only 22 years old when he read a poem one fateful night at an auto repair shop…
The American Total Eclipse - August 2017
Image credit to seller Orpheus Books for the listing “James Turrell Eclipse.” Biblio’s headquarters are in the beautiful Appalachian mountains…
The Beat Generation
Born out of the horror and discontent of World War Two, the Beat Generation was a community of writers, poets…
Walt Disney
Almost every child in the world is at least a little familiar with the work of Walt Disney. From Snow…
1939 New York World's Fair
It is difficult to overestimate the impact of the 1939 World’s Fair. The concept was born in the middle of…
