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.

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

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

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck’s Silver Bucket

And Other Memorabilia from the Man's Estate

October 21, 2019 By Rebecca Rego Barry

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

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

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

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

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

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