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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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The current exhibition at The New York Historical focuses on the development of the ideas of the American Revolution through original printings and explores how their dissemination strengthened the push for American independence.Running through April 12, 2026, Declaring the Revolution: America’s…
The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will explore the history of storytelling running January 30 through May 3, 2026.It highlights a variety of narratives from the Babylonian Epic of Atrahasis which is among the earliest literary works preserved…
The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages exhibition next month exploring how the Biblical story of Creation was visualized and interpreted in the Middle Ages and today.On view at the Getty Center from January 27 through April 19, 2026, the…
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography sponsored by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers returns next year for its 19th edition of the prize celebrating contributions to the field of bibliography and book history.
A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county of Dorset in England.Warner (1893-1978) is best known for her 1926 novel Lolly Willowes and owes much of her present day popularity to the Virago Modern Classics series which revived her reputation.…
Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on show at this year's Yuletide at Winterthur which runs through January 4 in Delaware.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
A special festive selection of items related to Christmas from various dealers:* Robert Frost, a collection of five Christmas Poems for 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963 (New York, Spiral Press, 1953–1963)
A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions, first impressions has been sold by Heritage Auctions for $250,000.
Throughout the year we have enjoyed suggesting the best new books about the many and varied facets of the book world that have been published each month. Here are our 10 favorites, the first five chosen by our print magazine editor Allison Meier, the second five by online editor Alex Johnson.…
