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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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New York - An important and previously unknown letter written by Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) in 1847 achieved an auction record when it sold for $353,175, more than seven times its estimate, on October 25 at Bonhams Exploration and Travel Literature ft.…
Chicago - Potter & Potter Auctions' October 20th, 2022 Fine Books and Manuscripts sales event was a best seller in every way. When the hammer fell for the last time, 112 lots scored $1,000-2,499; 42 lots made $2,500-9,999; and 23 lots broke the six figure mark! Prices noted include the company'…
Scholars have long known that William Shakespeare frequently adapted older, now-lost court plays for the public stage. However, they have never been able to determine who wrote them. A new book by Dennis McCarthy, published on Amazon, provides compelling evidence that these earlier plays were…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues with Douglas Nelson, proprietor of Nelson Rare Books in Haddonfield, New Jersey:
How did you get started in rare books?
Anyone familiar with 1994’s cult classic film, The Shawshank Redemption, will recognize this book prop. It is the leather-bound Bible that concealed, within its cut-out pages, a rock hammer used by Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, to escape prison.
The daily lives of students, staff and servants at St John’s College, University of Oxford, are revealed in a new exhibition Life Stories from St John’s: the famous & the forgotten that covers the 500 years since the college was founded in 1555.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition featuring the recipients of our sixteenth series of the MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Residency. These early career book artists include St. Paul printmaker Nicole Soley; Minneapolis artist, writer, and educator Brooks…
Comedian and science popularizer Robin Ince was all set for an arena tour in 2021 until Covid hit, forcing its cancellation. Rather than sit back and twiddle his thumbs, he changed tack and instead set out on a book reading tour of just over 100 English, Scottish, and Welsh bookshops in as many…
New York – Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859) is inarguably one of the most influential texts ever published. Much more than just the basis of evolutionary biology, On the Origin of Species reshaped not only scientific thought, but also the very foundation of…
London – Syd Barrett's rare handwritten lyrics for the Pink Floyd song Vegetable Man are amongst the highlights of Bonhams Rock, Pop & Film sale on 16 November in Knightsbridge, London. Fresh to the market, the lyrics have an estimate of £30,000-40,000.
