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A new exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery presents nearly 40 photographs from Brassaï’s…
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New York is back! The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair opens tomorrow.
New York — The Thursday, April 28 offering of Old Master Through Modern Prints at Swann Galleries will feature iconic images from the late fifteenth century through the mid-twentieth century.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh employed a ghostwriter for his quickie 1927 autobiography, We, following his famous transatlantic flight that year. Then he rejected the writer’s account and spent three weeks rewriting it.
Boston — A rare handwritten letter by Ludwig von Beethoven sold for $251,240 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The four-page handwritten letter in German, dated September 24, 1815. The lengthy note by Ludwig van Beethoven to his librettist, the court poet Friedrich Treitschke, asking him to…
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A 192-lot sale of Fine Books & Ephemera at New England Book Auctions ends on Tuesday, April 19. A typically eclectic range of material in this one.
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the digitization of five albums containing historic photographs of work by the artist Édouard Manet (1832–1883). These albums are part of the Adolphe Tabarant collection, acquired by the Morgan in 1974 as the gift of Mrs. Charles…
Rarely seen illustrations for Charles Dickens’ first novel are at the heart of a new exhibition celebrating the London writer and social commentator.
New York — James Cummins announces its latest offering: part of the Working Library of Oliver Sacks.
Like the tentacles of his octopus bookplate, Oliver Sacks’ interests were many and wide ranging. His library, offered here for the first time, gives a glimpse into the mind of the most widely read…
London — The most extensive collection of James Bond film scripts, screenplays, manuscripts, storyboards and film treatments will be jointly offered for sale by world-leading London-based rare book dealers Peter Harrington and Adrian Harrington Rare Books for £500,000, in time to celebrate the 60th…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Jennifer Phillips, second-generation bookseller with Evening Star Books in Madison, Wisconsin.
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