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02993aam a2200493 i 4500 001 F32BC7A211BE11E693E905BEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 150930s2015 mnuf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015031890 020 $a 0760348618 020 $a 9780760348611 035 $a (OCoLC)922836127 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d SINLB $d ON8 $d IH9 $d YDXCP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Z987 $b .B277 2015 082 00 $a 090.75 $2 23 084 $a ANT012000 $a ANT012000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Barry, Rebecca Rego, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a Rare books uncovered : $b true stories of fantastic finds in unlikely places / $c Rebecca Rego Barry ; foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. 264 1 $a Minneapolis, MN : $b Voyageur Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Feed your inner bibliophile with this volume on unearthed rare and antiquarian books. 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. Read 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. Or the collector who, while browsing his local thrift shop, found a collectible copy of Calvary in China--inscribed by the author to the collector's grandfather. These tales and many others will entertain and inspire casual collectors and hardcore bibliomaniacs alike"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Discoveries of rare and collectible books are chronicled in stories from both casual and die-hard book collectors"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index. 650 0 $a Book collecting $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Book collectors $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Antiquarian booksellers $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Rare books $v Anecdotes. 650 7 $a ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES $x Books. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES $x Comics. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Antiquarian booksellers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810677 650 7 $a Book collecting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836132 650 7 $a Book collectors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836139 650 7 $a Rare books. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01090104 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423876 700 1 $a Basbanes, Nicholas A., $d 1943- $e author of foreword. 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909041227.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220419012931.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190402015414.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20161006010420.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F32BC7A211BE11E693E905BEDAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search