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Highlights of Bernard Quaritch's new Women Printers, Publishers, Booksellers catalogue…
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, on view at The J. Paul Getty Museum running…
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It’s that time of year, and sure, buying a book for a bibliophile is generally a good idea, but it can be tricky to pick just the right thing. So we’ve pulled together a short list of “gifty” books that we’ve reviewed this year or that have been highly recommended.
With total proceeds of around € 2 million*, the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on November 30 did not only realize an excellent result but also got ahead of the great spring sales figures by around € 200,000*.
The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation is donating $1 million to reimagine and enhance the visitor experience at the Library of Congress with a new orientation gallery, exhibitions and learning lab, the Library announced today.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Jamie Cumby, Assistant Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts in the History of Science collection at Linda Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.
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The 1940 voyage to the Sea of Cortez (now the Gulf of California) undertaken by novelist John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts has long stirred our imaginations. Only the year before, Steinbeck had published The Grapes of Wrath, while Ricketts had issued Between Pacific Tides, an…
Potter & Potter Auctions' November 14, 2020 Vintage Posters, Prints, and Works on Paper sale captured the imagination of collectors worldwide.
120 years after his passing, Bonhams announces a major new exhibition dedicated to Oscar Wilde’s life and works to be staged at its London headquarters,
Amsterdam — With a particular focus on American artists and photographers, this auction offers artists from a wide variety of countries. These include Richard Hamilton (GB), Maurizo Cattelan (Italy), Tacita Dean (GB), Rodney Graham (CAN), Kippenberger (Germany).
Zwiggelaar Auctions in Amsterdam will hold a three-part sale this week: Part I (Children's books, Literature, Old books, Manuscripts, Cookbooks, Amsterdam, Topography) on Monday, November 30, in 565 lots; Part II (Topography, Atlases, Comics, Asian arts, Fine arts) will be held…
In April earlier this year, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers held a webinar with booksellers from across the globe to look at the immediate effect of the COVID pandemic on the rare book trade.
