Sentences with phrase «worth of rare books»

The Mystery of the $ 2.5 Million Rare Book Heist — In January, three thieves drilled through the skylight of a building near Heathrow Airport and rappelled 40 feet to the floor, bypassing the security alarms, and making off with around $ 2.5 million - worth of rare books.

Princeton University received nearly $ 300 million worth of rare books and manuscripts, marking the largest donation in the school's history.

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Many details in the novel offer significant comment on the worth and power of books, from Rosie's fondness for nineteenth - century novels like Emma, Middlemarch, Jane Eyre, and Hard Times, to Elsa's reaction to Jane Austen, to Rudi's joy at receiving a rare text, for example.

Enter my prize draw and win a rare, signed, first edition copy of Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted (Worth: # 122.21 / $ 170.70) + more dark humour book prizes must be won.

We've found signed copies, beautiful inscriptions, obviously some very rare editions, but the most exciting are when you uncover a book you know is worth an incredible amount of money.

In 2004, Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquired Bomb's archives, including 24 years» worth of audio recordings, raw and edited interview transcripts, manuscripts, galleys and assorted ephemera.

But fine jewelry or a rare collection of comic books are worth insuring.