BOSTON — When the leadership at Old South Church decided it was time to upgrade their cathedral, they turned to a fundraising option most likely available only to a Colonial-era institution like this ...

(RNS) The Bay Psalm Book “is for American book collecting what the Guttenberg Bible has been for collecting, period,” said Bill Reese, a major dealer in printed Americana “…Except there are 46 copies ...

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. A 1640 book of psalms translated from Hebrew sold for a record breaking $14.16 million at auction on Tuesday. Known as ...

A nearly 400-year-old book — believed to be the first ever published in America — went for $14.165 million at a record-setting Manhattan auction Tuesday night. The tiny Bay Psalm Book was printed in ...

A rare copy of the first book printed in what is now the United States of America may sell for as much as $30 million when it comes up for auction in November, according to Sotheby’s. Congregational ...

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The sale of the most expensive piece of printed literature—as well as one of the oldest—is now in the books. On Tuesday, the auction company Sotheby’s, in New York City, sold off “The Bay Psalm Book” ...

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A close look at the tiny book of psalms - the world's most expensive printed book A tiny book of psalms from 1640 has become the world's most expensive printed book as it was auctioned in New York for ...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A rare copy of the first book printed in what is now the United States of America may sell for as much as $30 million when it comes up for auction in November, according to Sotheby's ...

The world’s most valuable book sold Tuesday for $14.16 million at Sotheby’s in New York, according to the auction house. The rare Bay Psalm Book is the first book ever written and printed in what is ...