Condition is king when it comes to selling rare books. Torn pages ... and silver—was bought at auction by Amazon for $3.97 million. The proceeds went to The Children’s Voice charity.

HAVE you got any classic books from your childhood ... having sold 20 million copies globally since it was first published. The next most valuable is Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, which is ...

However, James' career has already become one for the history books-in terms of both its success and longevity ... After a few months, it was sold for $19.6 million, a rare loss for an all-time winner ...