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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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The tourism organization VisitScotland has decreed 2022 a “Year of Stories,” and to that end has launched a project called Braw Beginnings (braw meaning fine, good, or pleasing) which translates the first lines of iconic books inspired by or written in Scotland into Scots, a language that is…
The book world is incredibly lucky to have G. Thomas Tanselle beating the drum, as it were, for book jackets.
Berkeley, CA — On Thursday, July 28th, PBA Galleries will host Part II of the Jack and Beverly Waltman Collection of Photography and Art with Additions. The nearly 450 lots features photographers of the legendary Group f/64 including Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams, Peter Stackpole,…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Daylon Orr, executive director of Boo-Hooray and founder of Fugitive Materials in New York City.
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London – Yesterday at Sotheby’s in London, a copy of the first edition of Sylvia Plath’s first collection, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) set an auction record for the author, surpassing the previous record of £87,500 for her copy of The Bell Jar set in 2018. The work sold for a combined £94,…
In an ideal world, we all would have whatever time and money we need to construct the private libraries of our dreams.
Marlene Dietrich did not have the eyes of a reader; she had the eyes of a seductress. Which served her well in her long Hollywood career. But, as it turns out, she liked books. Through November 24, Henry Sotheran's Fine Books and Prints in London is holding a selling exhibition of thirty of the…
London – Bonhams has appointed Matthew Haley as Managing Director of its Knightsbridge saleroom. Matthew took up his new post at the beginning of July and succeeds Jon Baddeley who is stepping back from management responsibilities after 50 years in the art and antiques world, 22 of them at Bonhams…
Artistic interpretations of a classic twentieth-century English children’s story by illustrators from outside the UK are the focus of a new exhibition in the Lake District.
New York – The Grolier Club in New York City, America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles, will present a special exhibition of the daring and influential work of the British artist Aubrey Beardsley, on the anniversary of his 150th birthday. Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young, on…
