A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

By chance, Romney, a rare-books collector, comes upon a 1778 novel by a woman who turns out to have been one of Jane Austen’s ...

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually every part of that sentence is wrong. Rebecca Romney, the author and occasional “Pawn Stars” guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her ...

Here’s a hot take. Publishing beautiful books has never mattered more than now. Gorgeous covers, gilded edges, swirly ...

Straub said Sittenfeld, the author of books like “Prep” and "Eligible," is “just the best.” "Show Don't Tell" is Sittenfeld's ...

Romney vividly communicates her sometimes surprised enjoyment of the works that shaped Austen, finding them in some ways ...

Sometimes it is best not to judge a book by its cover – unless, of course, the cover is limited edition. One of the largest trends in the publishing of physical books has become the rerelease of ...

“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually ... But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend,” is that ...