Collecting
Romance
Novels
The Romance Collection at the Lilly Library
In 2021, Rebecca sold a 100-lot capsule collection to the Lilly Library that surveys the history of the romance novel in English. The Lilly has since put the collection on exhibition as “Love in the Library.”
The PDF below catalogues the collection in its entirety.
9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter
A conversation with Andrea Martucci at Shelf Love: “Suspend your assumptions about rare books - Rebecca Romney shares how rare book collection can be for everyone, and is a critical component of preserving romance genre history. Work by marginalized people has frequently been considered unimportant or devalued in the rare book world - learn how Rebecca's work (part detective, part scholar, part marketer) is important not just for romance scholars, but for all of us, and how we all have a role to play.”