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Ticket stubs, maps, playbills, postcards, political buttons, forgotten photographs and more will…
Opening next month at the British Library, Fairy Tales will celebrate the iconic heroes, villains…
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Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:At Sotheby's New York on Tuesday, September 10, the Shem Tov Bible, an illuminated Hebrew manuscript Bible completed in Soria, Spain in 1312 will be sold as a single-item sale: it is estimated at $5–7 million. The thorough descriptive essay makes for…
The Morgan Library & Museum's new major exhibition will focus on the life and career of its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene, the first retrospective of her life on the 100th anniversary of her appointment.Running October 25 through May 4, 2025, Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s…
Established in 2005 by Fine Books & Collections Magazine to recognize outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students, the competition is now jointy administered by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies, and…
The charity that cares for the world’s greatest Shakespeare heritage sites in Stratford-upon-Avon has today announced it has received a substantial donation by playwright Ken Ludwig to help fund important conservation works at Hall’s Croft.
The second Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair featuring exhibitors from across the country will be held in Shepard Hall at City College of New York September 27 - 29.
Tolkien scholars Scull and Hammond look at the stories behind this new, three-volume, landmark edition of his work across six decades and analyse each of the nearly 200 poems. Many are previously unpublished works. Published by HarperCollins.
Lyon & Turnbull's September Books & Manuscripts auction has a strong Scottish flavour, with an extremely rare, first ‘Kilmarnock’ edition of Robert Burns' 1786 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect leading the way with an estimate of £50,000 - £60,000.
Henri Martin’s painting Berenice, inspired by the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe, has gone on show to the public at Duff House, near Banff.
First paperback edition with no mention of printing. This book, with instructions on how to build weapons, interfere with telecommunications, and manufacture illegal drugs, is one of the most notorious books of the counterculture movement. Ithas been banned several times and first editions are…
At Forum Auctions on Thursday, an online sale of Books and Works on Paper, in 216 lots. A copy of the 1566 work [J]udgement of the Reverend Father Master Henry Bullinger, Pastor of the church of Zurick, in certeyne matters of religion rates the top estimate at £1,500–2,000.
