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New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
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Rudyard Kipling's 18-year-old son John was reported missing in action in 1915 on the Western Front during a three-week offensive which left 61,000 wounded and nearly 8,000 dead.Kipling blamed himself for his son signing up, using his influence to secure him a commission in the Irish Guards. But on…
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 47th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay running November 7-9.More than 100 rare book dealers from Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Serbia, and 22 U.S.…
Highlights from J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians' latest catalogue Beethoven: First and Early Editions Paintings, Busts, and Statues include: * The Moonlight Sonata (Magonza, Carlo Zulehner, ca. 1802)An early edition of one of Beethoven's most iconic pieces, published in the same year as…
All of the first editions of Jane Austen’s most popular novels plus early books from the Age of Exploration and the study of biology go under the hammer at Christie's next week.Its Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana online sale which ends October 16 includes a first edition of…
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, October 7, a Fine Fall Miscellany, in 213 lots.ALDE sells the Bibliothèque Peter Obergfell II – Précieux Livres sur la Montagne on Wednesday, October 8, in 247 lots.
This week's Rare Book of the Week is the logbook belonging to Sergeant Sidney 'Clot' Baxter of 222 Squadron during the Battle of Britain during 1940 in which he was killed in action.The logbook begins on March 9, 1939, and the final entry is September 14, 1940, when he died after serving more than…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the redesign of the Nolen Study Room in the Thomas J. Watson Library.
A major exhibition of works by William Blake is running at the Yale Center for British Art exploring the imaginative visual art and poetry held by the museum.
A rare holograph fragment from Captain James Cook’s logbook from his second voyage to the South Pacific comes to auction later this month at Bonhams with an estimate of $80,000–$120,000.
100 books, manuscripts, and photographs from the Royal Society of Medicine library lead the Christie’s Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs sale later this year with a total estimate of £2.17m-£3.20m.Proceeds from the auction on December 10 will be directly invested into the RSM including…
