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The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America has announced the first season of the ABAA…
The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) is inviting booksellers, collectors,…
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has announced a new multiyear agreement with Ancestry to digitize, index, and publish tens of millions of historical United States records, previously unavailable online.
Firsts London 2024, the rare book fair at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, runs May 16 - 19 with 'The Art of the Book' as the theme for this year.The Fair will gather more than 100 international dealers who will be bringing items including bejewelled bindings, pop-up books, Japanese…
Senate House Library has acquired a rare copy of the first cheap edition of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop from 1848, featuring 34 original Victorian pen and ink drawings.
Correspondence between mathematics colleagues Albert Einstein and Herman Müntz will be up for auction at the Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction on June 13 at Stockholms Auktionsverk.
The English Vineyard Vindicated by John Evelyn and John Rose, one of the earliest works on English viticulture, goes under the hammer at Chiswick Auctions later this month.
The Folio Society’s latest launch - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - features illustrations from award-winning artist Julie Dillon, plus an introduction from classicist Emily Wilson.A retelling of The Iliad, Madeline Miller’s 2011 debut novel explores the story of the Trojan War…
Ronald Reagan's copy of Don Quixote is among numerous presidential lots coming to auction on May 15 at University Archives' Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia sale.
One of JK Rowling’s seven original manuscripts for The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a book of fairy tales penned by the author in 2007, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next month with a $250,000 – $350,000 estimate.
Early printed books, literature, and artist books featured in Swann Galleries’ latest Fine Books auction which was dominated by editions of Don Quixote. Leading the sale was a 1608 third Madrid Cuesta edition, sold for $106,250. Other editions of note included:
A rundown of the top ten highest selling sales on AbeBooks during the first quarter of this year.1. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War - $18,200A four-volume set, published in 1887, containing firsthand accounts from more than 266 authors, including Union and Confederate generals. Also includes…
