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Most expensive books sold on AbeBooks.com in December 2008:

1. Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee-en Lant-Reise by Johan Nieuhoff
   Sold for $6,849
2. Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham
   Sold for $6,000
3. Le Capital by Karl Marx
   Sold for $5,795
4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
   Sold for $5,750
5. Cezanne by Duret, Mirbeau et al
   Sold for $5,600
6. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
   Sold for $4,870
7. Hali Magazine (147 issues)
   Sold for $4,805
8. On the Anatomy of the Breast by Sir Astley Paston Cooper
   Sold for $4,729
9. The Quran Al-Qur'an of Sultan Mulay Zaidan
   Sold for $4,364
10. The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus by Nostradamus
    Sold for $4,300

 

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Focus on Book Care

Dave Allen is a surviving member of an endangered species - a professional bookbinder. Pick up your Yellow Pages – there won’t be many listed. Bookbinding is a highly skilled craft requiring enormous patience, concentration and knowledge. It is also a profession kept alive by a few dedicated bibliophiles like Allen.

His studio, located in a workshop behind his house, is 15 minutes drive from the AbeBooks’ headquarters in Victoria, British Columbia, on the western coast of Canada. His firm is called Beddall Bookbinding, Conservation and Restoration, and he makes his living doing custom repairs and restorations, as well as contractual work for newspapers and other businesses. Much of his repair work is drilling and side-sewing books that have fallen apart after only one or two reads.

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