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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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Is letter writing an art form? Whether through penmanship alone or added doodles and illuminations, Pen to Paper: Artists' Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, $27.50) "offers examples of how writing a letter can be an artistic act,"…
London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edition, with 120 international dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.
In addition to the many returning exhibitors, Firsts London…
A research trip to the Beinecke Library at Yale University gave me the opportunity to visit its new exhibition, The World in Maps: 1400-1600, showcasing historically significant manuscript maps and travel documents from the late medieval and early modern period.
Catskill, NY — For a brief twenty years as the 19th turned into the 20th century, Americans were often beguiled, entertained, and sometimes dazzled by the attractively designed and often gold-laden covers of the books that they read. In a period when art was breaking from academy-bound tradition in…
Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired the original watercolor illustrations created by Vera B. Williams for her children’s books, “A Chair for Always” (2009) and “Cherries and Cherry Pits” (1986). The collection was acquired from Williams’ children on behalf of the Vera B.…
Wood engravings by one of Victorian England’s finest business partnerships, which illustrated some of the nineteenth-century’s best known works of literature, are on show at the British Museum.
Every year since 2001, the Library of Congress has commissioned original artwork for its National Book Festival poster.The library just unveiled the 2022 edition, designed by artist, writer, and educator Gail Anderson to fit the theme “Books Bring Us Together.”
Stansted Mountfitchet, England — Sworders’ August 23 Books and Maps sale includes not one but two first edition sets of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. One set, signed by JRR Tolkien is estimated at £6000-10,000, the other unsigned but in unread condition, is expected to bring £5000-8000.
Titles from a lot of 53 English editions of P.G. Wodehouse books offered together at Bonhams this week as part of the David Lloyd Collection of Modern Literature.
Sir Edward Cazalet, the step-grandson of prolific British author P. G. Wodehouse, has loaned Wodehouse's personal archive to the British Library. For the first time ever, the Wodehouse archive is now available for public viewing.
