The Rare Book Sleuth (@rarebooksleuth) - Honouree

The Rare Book Sleuth

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Saint Paul, MN

Rare book dealer, crypto enthusiast

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about 7 years ago

Rare Book of the Day - Diary of a Drug Fiend, Aleister Crowley. First Edition Thus. Aleister Crowley was a fascinating character. Born in 1875, he was a prolific writer and poet, a world traveler, mountaineer, chess master,

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Rare Book of the Day - The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson. First Edition. Neal Stephenson is a fascinating cat and can spin a killer yarn. He's written numerous speculative novels, exploring topics of mathematics,

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Rare Book of the Day - The Godfather, Mario Puzo. First Edition. This one probably needs no introduction. The Godfather, published in 1969, was Puzo's sixth and most famous novel. It details the story of t

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Rare Book of the Day - H.R. Giger's Necronomicon II. First American Edition. As a companion to yesterday's post, Necronomicon 2 was the second major book of paintings published by H.R. Giger. It was originally publish

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Rare Book of the Day - H.R. Giger's Necronomicon. First American Edition. H.R. Giger (1940-2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his rather surreal and nightmarish airbrush technique representing humans and machi

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Literary Video of the Day – Beautiful Minds: Professor Richard Dawkins (BBC, 2012) Following up on my last post, here's a great documentary put out by the BBC in 2012 about Richard Dawkins. It's a brief journey through his

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Rare Book of the Day - The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins. First Edition. Richard Dawkins, born in 1941, is a British biologist and author. His first book, The Selfish Gene, is an impassioned argument, written in e

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Rare Book of the Day - A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. Limited First Edition. This book is really badass. For those who don't know H.P. Lovecraft, he's arguably the most significant figure in 20th century horror fictio

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Rare Book of the Day – The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy. First Edition. One could make the argument that Cormac McCarthy is the greatest living writer, and I'd be hard pressed to find a counterargument. His 1992

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Literary Video of the Day - An Evening With Ray Bradbury (2001) In keeping with my recent Bradbury theme, here's a great video of him delivering the keynote address at The Sixth Annual Writer's Symposium

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Rare Book of the Day - S is for Space, Ray Bradbury. Signed First Edition. Another Bradbury for you guys, and this one is probably my favorite dust jacket of all time. S is for Space is one of Bradbury's classic sho

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Rare Book of the Day: IT, Stephen King. First UK Edition. Stephen King's 1986 novel It has become a cultural icon. After just seeing the trailer for the new film I'm beyond excited, as King's massiv

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Rare Book of the Day - Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury. First Edition. Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury, First Edition. And just for fun here's another great Bradbury. Dandelion Wine, publish

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Rare Book of the Day - The Silver Locusts (The Martian Chronicles), Ray Bradbury. First Edition. This here's a masterpiece of 20th century century science fiction. It was originally published in the United States as The Martian Chronicle

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Rare Book of the Day - Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut. First Edition. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut. First Edition. Kurt Vonnegut probably needs no introduction. His career spanned ov

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