Rare Books Mugs

"I'm still looking, sir."

Rare Books

"You're on a what?!"

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

Man browsing books see couple kissing in romance section of book store.

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

'Stamp collecting has gotten more competitive.'

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

Salome on Settle (also called Maitresse d'Orchestre) - intended for book but suppressed

"I'm still looking, sir?"

'Sorry, Mr. Wimble -- you've had just about enough Kafka for one day.'

'You were a book all along.'

Rare Books / Exceedingly Rare Books / Never Published Books

Louisa May Alcott

"Stan is one of our great, widely unread literary treasures."

"Dear God, no! Not her first edition of 'Franny and Zooey'! You've ruined us!!"

Mr. Picwick in chase of his hat

Join our 'conspiracy theory' of-the-month club - JFK and Princess Di.

"Darn paparazzi."

'Put them there because we can't figure why they're successful!'

The Doomed Character

Closing Laugh Mystery Publications

The ghost's walk

'That's typical of Nigel - endangered specimens come first!'

Toxic Relationship

Common Dodo!

"Just how rare? The first print run of this book, in 1935 was just 6 copies and we're still waiting for one of those to sell...."

Alice Through the Looking Glass - Alice and the White Queen

'I'm looking for something not written by a celebrity.'

"So, who said you were not a good boy?"

Mr Quilp and the Dog

'Alright, gentlemen, let's make a stamp deal.'

A man finds the first edition of the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets in a bookstore.