It might seem strange to see a post on Cool & Collected about J.D. Salinger, but to a lot of us, the author’s Holden Caufield was the coolest person we ever ‘met” in our formative years. The Catcher in the Rye is a part of our pop culture, so we think it’s fitting to mention [...]
LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary with Exclusive Figure
September 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
LEGO and Star Wars, two of the world’s most recognized and successful franchises, have been collaborating since the 1998 release of the first LEGO Star Wars mini figures. DK Publishing joins the party with the exquisitely photographed and minutely annotated Visual Dictionary… complete with an exclusive Luke Skywalker mini figure! It’s a comprehensive visual guide [...]
Sideshow Toys Catalog
March 23, 2009 3 Comments
During the 12+ years Sideshow has been creating highly sought-after products, they have always celebrated in our popular culture, the passion of the global collecting community and the artful presentation of the products they make. Now in a collectible book format, Sideshow Collectibles is proud to bring you the Volume 10 book (formerly known as [...]
Harry Potter Book Sells for $19,000+
March 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
A copy of the first book in the Harry Potter series recently sold at auction for $19,120. Only 200 of these soft cover books were printed in the 1997 press run, so it is rarely seen in the marketplace. This copy included a signed and illustrated card by the author, J. K. Rowling, making it [...]
National Book Festival
September 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
The lines were long and the skies were threatening at this weekend’s National Book Festival in Washington, DC.
This weekend, 120,000 book lovers descended on the national mall to celebrate their love of literature. This was my third book festival, and probably my last. But, that’s what I said last year after sitting in gridlocked traffic [...]
