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At Bonhams’ sale of material relating to the life of Oscar Wilde the top lot was the last…
The cover of Action Comics No. 21 drawn by Joe Shuster who co-created the character Superman with…
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London — Isaac Newton’s early years at Trinity College Cambridge were marred by a falling out with his chamber-fellow (or roommate). Brooding on this unfortunate state of affairs one day in the College walks, he bumped into a fellow undergraduate – John Wickins. On striking up a conversation, he…
Oxford, England — On June 22nd at 6:30 P.M. BST, Anthony Pincott, for many years a bookplate collector and member of The Bookplate Society will give an online talk entitled "Ex-libris Art and Provenance - The Fascination of Bookplates.”
It will be illustrated by examples of…
Philadelphia—Freeman’s is pleased to announce the sale of a signer’s rediscovered copy of William J. Stone’s 1823 printing of the Declaration of Independence. First presented to Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), the last surviving signer of the original document, and later inscribed by his…
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryan’s 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster). Generously given to the museum by the Ashley Bryan Center, the splendid gift is a particularly fitting…
Frankfurt, Germany — From illuminated manuscripts before the advent of printing to German artist Josef Beuys on the occasion of his 100th birthday; a complete Klimt portfolio from 1914, produced in a lavish collotype process, a John James Audubon edition of the "Quadrupeds" in the 6-digit range, or…
Dallas, TX – Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls stands among select company in literary circles, prized by scholars and collectors alike.
Both will have a chance to acquire an extraordinary advance copy of a first edition of one of the author’s most popular and important books when it…
Minneapolis, MN — Minnesota Center for Book Arts is thrilled to announce the 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, Mary Hark and Sonja Peterson! Both are artists of exceptional merit who work with paper. Hark is a papermaker and paper artist, while Peterson’s work encompasses paper cuts, bookmaking,…
Boston — A trove of documents collected in the late 1930s from legendary dealers Goodspeed’s in Boston, Massachusetts, and John Heise of Syracuse, New York, included a wide variety of interesting early documents spanning four centuries.
A rare and well-preserved George Washington-signed…
Lexington, MA — One year ago, Marvin Getman of Book and Paper Fairs, launched what would become an industry changing website. He called it Getman’s Virtual Book and Paper Fairs which, as of now, has resulted in $5.95 million in sales of 8,100 books, manuscripts and related material from the 117,000…
Wilton, CT – A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Principia, changed hands for $118,750 in University Archives’ online-only auction of rare autographs, manuscripts, artwork and comic art…
