Lovin’ Las Vegas.

Despite a reputation for embracing (and encouraging) bad behavior, there remain many unexpected pleasures in sin city. You may enjoy your game at the high stakes tables, but Las Vegas is no place to gamble on love.  Going home broke is one thing, but broke and alone?  That just won't do.  So, here is a surefire romance inducer that will assure that you leave Las Vegas, with your partner.

A literary love note.

For me holding an autographed copy of a first edition evokes special feelings that are hard to reproduce on a Kindle or iPhone. No one captures the spirit of romance quite like the world’s great wordsmiths, there is something about the written word that enables it to convey great emotion-from passion to ecstasy and back again.

Should you be in a loving state of mind, consider a visit to Bauman Rare Books next time you are in Las Vegas. Carrying early, hard-to-find editions of famously romantic tomes like Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Height,” John Keats’ “Endymion” and many of Jane Austen’s novels, Bauman Rare Books brings you closer to the classics than any of the chain stores could ever hope to. And what better gift for a significant other?

Countering the stereotypical image of a used book store (musty and muddled), Bauman is a large, bright and immaculately organized operation displaying the high spots in the humanities and science. You can find titles from all fields, including architecture and photography. Also printed and manuscript music, plus numerous autographed artifacts.

If your winnings from the gaming tables should be burning a hole in your pocket, and you are torn between a poker tournament buy-in and betting big on your team in the NBA Playoffs, consider this thought. How about spending that cache of cash on “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,” a first edition on the individual’s right to the free exercise of economic activity? Not interested? What if I told you that this 1776 first edition is exceptionally rare? Still no? I tried!

Bauman Rare Books in the Shoppes at The Palazzo is filled with rare antiquarian and collectible books all with a, hmmm, story to tell even after you'll leave Las Vegas.