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New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
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London – The first of the farewell letters written in the Antarctic by Captain Robert Scott as he realised that he and his team would not survive has been sold by Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts department in London for £415,000. It establishes a new world auction record for a Polar artefact.
The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London has opened bookings for its 2023 summer series of intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects. Booking is also open for the institute’s London International Palaeography School, and the TS…
"B" Dry Goods is opening in Crown Heights in Brooklyn on December 9. The gallery will offer an unmatched mix of art, design, rare books, manuscripts, music and ephemera. "B" Dry Goods deals in both the primary and secondary art markets, selling works by the…
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Asmaa Walton, curator of the Black Art Library:
Please introduce us to the Black Art Library:
Literary memorabilia is alluring to collectors, as the recent Joan Didion auction made clear. Bits and pieces owned by famous authors come to auction occasionally and always draw attention. To see three such objects owned by Charles Dickens up for sale—during Dickens season no less!—is noteworthy.
New York City – An exhaustive and curated collection of over 900 works of fiction and non-fiction dedicated to Mars – the mysterious Red Planet – is for sale through Manhattan Rare Book Company. The price is $975,000. The collection traces the history of the centuries' long understanding (and…
Produced as Christmas gifts for ‘friends in printing and publishing’ between 1930 and 1973, each slim, limited edition volume was a testament to the craftsmanship and skill of its designers and printers.
Perhaps because they were given away as gifts, we never had our own set of the books and only…
Sotheby’s current winter Music Sale is packed with a wide variety of lots of interest for collectors of music items. The highlight is a collection of mostly unpublished 44 autograph letters by composer Johannes Brahms to the George Frideric Handel expert Friedrich Chrysander. These cover a range of…
Los Angeles – An archive belonging to poet Charles Bukowski will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on December 8, 2022. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online.
Join Bonhams in celebrating the 90th birthday of the beloved illustrator and children's author Sir Quentin Blake this December. This very special sale will comprise of 140 drawings – nearly all of which have been drawn especially by Quentin for this sale – with all proceeds going to the Quentin…
