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Minneapolis, MN — Please join us in congratulating the 2022 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, CB Sherlock and Corinne Teed! CB is a letterpress printer, book artist, and paper engineer, and Corinne is a research-based artist working in printmaking, book arts, time-based media, and social practice.
New York — In an online auction which closed at Sotheby's today, a fireproof copy of Margaret Atwood's celebrated novel, The Handmaid's Tale was sold for $130,000, with all proceeds to benefit PEN America. Created in partnership with Penguin Random House, the book helped raise awareness of the…
Wilton, CT – Extensive and historically significant archives pertaining to Civil War generals (one for the Union, one for the Confederacy), a typed letter signed by Albert Einstein concerning God and science and pertaining to one of his most famous quotes, and Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to…
London — Christie’s announces First Editions, Second Thoughts: An Auction to Benefit English PEN, a landmark literary auction taking place online from 28 June - 12 July comprising First Edition books and works of art from contemporary artists and authors, each of which has been uniquely annotated,…
New York — The spring Illustration Art sale at Swann Galleries is set to come across the block on Thursday, June 9. The auction will feature a rich selection of children’s picture book art from the collection of the late Emily and Sam Bush. The sale will also feature theater set and costume design…
New York – The Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on June 28 in New York will feature three standout collections: a large archive of materials related to Timothy Leary, an American psychologist and advocate for psychedelic drugs, an assemblage of important letters and documents from key…
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announces an auction of Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings as well as Illustrated Books with Fore-Edge Paintings, on June 16th, 2022. The sale will offer over 450 lots featuring works of the fine press, finely bound books, and a large selection of…
New York — During the nineteenth century, railroads profoundly transformed the United States geographically, economically, socially, culturally and in diverse other ways, directly and indirectly. The St. Louis Mercantile Library’s exhibition, Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American…
London — There were huge gasps in the saleroom at Forum Auctions this week as an incredibly rare double series of twelve aquatint views of Canada by military artist Major General James Pattison (1779-1847), sold in a sale of Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper (on 26.5.22) for a staggering £…
Basel, Switzerland — Grandeur is not difficult to find in the manuscripts and early printed books at Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, yet the collection highlights coming to TEFAF Maastricht this June surpass the usual level of extravagance in book decoration.
