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Rebecca Rego Barry
Rebecca Rego Barry is the author of Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places and the editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine. On Twitter @rrb_writer.


On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

From J.M. Coetzee to Alice Walker, a Book Designer Who Took Risks
May 3, 2022  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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“Horseshit!” Yes, Marlon Brando, Eclectic Bibliophile, Wrote in His Books

Rebecca Rego Barry Digs Through the Actor’s Personal Library as it Heads to Auction
June 7, 2021  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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The Cozy, Homey, Intricate Illustrations of Jan Brett

Rebecca Rego Barry on the New Exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY
May 3, 2021  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

For Sale: A Tower of Rare Bonibooks
February 22, 2021  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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When “Serious” Writers Write Books For Kids

A New York City Book Collection Highlights Authors Who
Dabbled in Children's Lit
April 17, 2020  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck’s Silver Bucket

And Other Memorabilia from the Man's Estate
October 21, 2019  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Including Signed First Editions from Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Radclyffe Hall, and More
June 20, 2019  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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Jackpot! 8 Recent Rare Book Finds in the Wild

From Batman to Thomas Paine, Treasure in the Dust
June 11, 2018  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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From Wallet to Typewriter, the Effects of Sylvia Plath Are Now For Sale

You, Too, Can Own a Piece of Literary History (If You Are Rich)
March 19, 2018  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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Is Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas a Work of Genius?

On Russell and Lillian Hoban, Giants of 20th-Century Children's Literature
December 20, 2017  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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The Top 10 Pieces of Doubleday’s Publishing History Slated for Auction

Looking at the Legacy of a Great American Publishing Family
January 10, 2017  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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The Man Who Made Millions From Old Comics in a Closet

How a Life-Changing Collection Almost Ended Up in a Bin
December 3, 2015  By Rebecca Rego Barry
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