rare books are like manna from heaven to a committed bibliophile and something to be collected and preserved for posterity; after all a book is merely a single element of the entire recorded history and creative genius of the human race, and once lost can never be retrieved or reproduced in its original form. Of course old books, vintage books and antique books as well as manuscripts dating back many centuries can be copied and/or reprinted; however, unlike an original it can never be a part of the history which created it.
rare books are essentially a time machine into a past era; something which has been touched, held, leafed through, fingered, read and reread by many different people down the ages. Indeed, a book of any age is like being just a few handshakes away from someone famous in history. It could be said that a rare book or any old or antiquated book for that matter can be considered ‘six degrees of separation’, that is to say the idea “that everyone is on average approximately six steps away by way of introduction from any other person on Earth”.
The difference in this concept is that with a hand shake and/or an introduction one is separated by six degrees from anyone alive on the planet NOW, whereas an old, antique and/or rare book engenders the believable possibility that one may be holding, leafing through or reading the same book which may have been read by any famous person history.
The other possibility is that the continuing life of the book will long outlive the reader and/or the owner and will stretch long into the future after they have departed their mortal coil. For bibliophiles it isn't just owning a book, it is the link with history and the opportunity of owning a small slice of history which has the ability of connecting them with the writer. It is also perhaps more than any other antique or vintage item the way in which one can imagine previous owners or readers leafing through, after all unlike antique vases, teapots, clothing or furniture it is something which we do today exactly as a reader would have done in the past.
rare books and vintage books are collectable, are a link with the past and something which are a continuing reminder of the ingenuity, the inventiveness and the imagination of the human race. For more information and a secure platform for buying into a piece of history, log on to the website of Classic Rare Books, the address of which is http://www.classicrarebooks.co.uk/index.php.
rare books are essentially a time machine into a past era; something which has been touched, held, leafed through, fingered, read and reread by many different people down the ages. Indeed, a book of any age is like being just a few handshakes away from someone famous in history. It could be said that a rare book or any old or antiquated book for that matter can be considered ‘six degrees of separation’, that is to say the idea “that everyone is on average approximately six steps away by way of introduction from any other person on Earth”.
The difference in this concept is that with a hand shake and/or an introduction one is separated by six degrees from anyone alive on the planet NOW, whereas an old, antique and/or rare book engenders the believable possibility that one may be holding, leafing through or reading the same book which may have been read by any famous person history.
The other possibility is that the continuing life of the book will long outlive the reader and/or the owner and will stretch long into the future after they have departed their mortal coil. For bibliophiles it isn't just owning a book, it is the link with history and the opportunity of owning a small slice of history which has the ability of connecting them with the writer. It is also perhaps more than any other antique or vintage item the way in which one can imagine previous owners or readers leafing through, after all unlike antique vases, teapots, clothing or furniture it is something which we do today exactly as a reader would have done in the past.
rare books and vintage books are collectable, are a link with the past and something which are a continuing reminder of the ingenuity, the inventiveness and the imagination of the human race. For more information and a secure platform for buying into a piece of history, log on to the website of Classic Rare Books, the address of which is http://www.classicrarebooks.co.uk/index.php.
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