Dec. 1—Remember that scene from Disney's animated classic "The Beauty and the Beast," where Belle gasps in awe at the towering shelves and endless rows of books in the Beast's magnificent library?

Digital publishing is here to stay, but I still prefer to hold a book and admire the pretty pictures. With this in mind, I give you my 2011 roundup of books meant to please the antiques buff on your ...

Behind every collection is a story. How did the collector begin amassing the items? When did they begin collecting? Why do they collect those particular items? While every collection is unique, one ...

A growing cohort of young enthusiasts is helping to shape the future of an antique trade. Kendall Spencer, an apprentice at DeWolfe & Wood Rare Books, at the New York International Antiquarian Book ...

Although the world’s foremost collector of rare Jewish books has traveled the globe seeking books printed in the Far East, the Ottoman Empire and throughout Europe, his greatest collecting triumph ...