16K views · 185 reactions | What makes a book rare? ✨ It could be its age, its story, or how few copies exist. At the University of Sydney, Rare Books and Special Collections range from a 4,000-year-old clay tablet and medieval manuscripts to the first appearance of Spider-Man and a first edition of Frankenstein. Watch the video, then come see it for yourself. #USYD #RareBooks | University of Sydney | Facebook

📕Rare Book Break with Powell’s Rare Book Specialist Kirsten Berg📕 “Today we are viewing Well of Loneliness 1st Edition 1st State. Printed by Jonathan Cape in 1928, this is the premiere work in lesbian literature in English. Born Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall in 1880, she was an heiress who had enough money to live as she pleased. Of her eight novels published, “The Well of Loneliness” is the best known, possibly because of the notoriety attached to it due to the obscenity trial in the UK –