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A little-known Dr Seuss creation from the author's Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy will go under…
Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica, an outstanding example of Dutch cartography,…
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Printed & Manuscript Americana comes to Swann Galleries on November 21 featuring items of mining interest from Alaska, California, Colorado, and Nevada including diaries, letters, and photographs featuring drunken miners by Nevada’s P.E. Larson.
The sale of the contents of the much-loved British comedian Eric Morecambe's home will come to auction early in 2025 including his joke sketch ideas, writing desk, and correspondence, as well as his trademark pipe and spectacles.The Eric Morecambe Collection at Hansons Auctioneers will commemorate…
At Chiswick Auctions on Tuesday, November 19, 315 lots of Fine Photographs, with a 1985 Robert Mapplethorpe self-portrait expected to lead the way at £30,000–50,000. Irving Penn's "Three Rissani Women with Bread" is estimated at £15,000–20,000.
This week's focus is on The Asala Collection, an archive of over 33,000 photographs of The United Arab Emirates, The Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine and The Holy Land which Daniel Crouch Rare Books is taking to this year's edition of Abu Dhabi Art which runs November 20 - 24.
A 1788 first edition, thick paper copy of The Federalist has sold at Freeman’s | Hindman’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana auction for $203,200, the top lot of the $1.85m total sale.
The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach whose songs are best known for influencing popular music starting in the late 1950s.
A rare letter signed by Thomas Jefferson written eight days after he assumed the role of America's first Secretary of State has sold for $41,590 at RR Auction.
Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month. Book Curses by Eleanor Baker
An original set of working lyrics from Johnny Rotten for two anthems from the Sex Pistols’ 1977 debut album Never Mind the Bollocks will go under the hammer at RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music auction.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Christian Fassbender, proprietor of Desert Wind Rare Books.How did you get started in rare books?
