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Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair returns to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea from May 14 through May…
Opening this summer at The Huntington will be its new exhibition This Land Is... which will focus…
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New York — A new world auction record for a printed work by a woman was established at Christie’s New York for the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which sold for $1,170,000, above an estimate of $200,000-300,000. Auctioneer Gemma Sudlow fielded bids from Christie’s phone bidders, who…
A chair belonging to eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne has returned to his home in Yorkshire 250 years after his death.
Boston — RR Auction is proud to present Remarkable Rarities—a live auction hosted in Boston, MA on September 25th. The premier annual auction event features only the best of the best—a small, curated selection of the most elite items we will offer for sale all year.
London — This year will see Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair – the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA)’s annual flagship event – move to its spectacular new home at Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, a fitting return for the UK’s most prestigious rare book fair.
Firsts London, which will…
Quite a busy week coming up in the sale rooms. Here's what I'll be watching:
Let’s dig into the crop of books about books featured in our fall issue’s Editor’s Shelf. As usual we have a mix of fiction and nonfiction, all with a bookish bent.
Philadelphia — At a time when Americans are constantly bombarded with graphics, some with hidden meanings, our ability to interpret visuals has taken on new urgency. Imperfect History: Curating the Graphics Arts Collection at Benjamin Franklin’s Public Library is a new exhibit designed to help us…
Those who enjoy visiting secondhand and antiquarian bookshops in the UK can once again plan their trips easily and reliably thanks to the regeneration of a much-loved online compendium, thebookguide.
London – Known as one of the greatest Chinese leaders, Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) played a pivotal role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the ensuing power struggles between rival factions. In the process he experienced years of constant struggle both in and out of China, from which he…
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with J. Eric Ensley, Curator of Rare Books & Maps at the University of Iowa.
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