Rebecca Romney

Rebecca Romney is a generalist rare book dealer, handling works in all fields, from first editions of Jane Austen to science fiction paperbacks. Romney is the author of Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History (with JP Romney) and The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769­-1999. Her work as a bookseller or writer has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Variety, The Paris Review, and more. In 2019, she was featured in the documentary on the rare book trade, The Booksellers.

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  • Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025: DAY SIXTEEN

    Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025: DAY SIXTEEN

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Get 15% off A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan today using the code WRAP15 at checkout

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025: DAY SIXTEEN

    Get 15% off A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan today using the code WRAP15 at checkout

  • Every Other Christmas Gift: How Book Subscriptions Became the Ultimate Present

    Every Other Christmas Gift: How Book Subscripti...

    David Headley

    Over the past three Christmas seasons, I reviewed our sales data and noticed a striking pattern: customers began gifting year-long book subscriptions. What used to be a one-book present under...

    David Headley

    Every Other Christmas Gift: How Book Subscripti...

    Over the past three Christmas seasons, I reviewed our sales data and noticed a striking pattern: customers began gifting year-long book subscriptions. What used to be a one-book present under...

  • Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025

    Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Our Bookshop Advent Calendar Begins! As we turn the page into December, we’re delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions: the Bookshop Advent Calendar. Each year, this little...

    Rebecca McDonnell

    Goldsboro Books Advent Calendar 2025

    Our Bookshop Advent Calendar Begins! As we turn the page into December, we’re delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions: the Bookshop Advent Calendar. Each year, this little...

  • Why Some Books Stay With Us: The Making of a Modern Classic

    Why Some Books Stay With Us: The Making of a Mo...

    David Headley

    I forget some plot twists within weeks. But certain characters have stayed with me for decades.That’s the first signal. The visceral feeling that tells me a book won’t just sell,...

    David Headley

    Why Some Books Stay With Us: The Making of a Mo...

    I forget some plot twists within weeks. But certain characters have stayed with me for decades.That’s the first signal. The visceral feeling that tells me a book won’t just sell,...

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