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| June 11, 2013 | Bonhams
Fine Writing Instruments
Sale 20975 10:00 PDT Bonhams 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco, CA
| Auctions | West |
| June 13, 2013 | PBA Galleries
Fine Literature - Illustrated & Children's Books - Oz: The Collection of Ralph A. Massey (#508)
11:00 AM PDT PBA Galleries 133 Kearny Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA
| Auctions | West |
| June 18, 2013 | Summer Lecturers: David Shaw
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent
5:15pm Free and open to the public Beinecke Library Mezzanine Yale University 121 Wall Street New Haven, CT
| Lecture | New England |
| June 27 - 29, 2013 |
Ladies of Letterpress: Type on the Cob
The very first Regional Wayzgoose, three-day event will include demonstrations and workshops taught by a range of experts in letterpress printing and printing-related fields, as well as collaborations where attendees can work together. From Windmills to Linotypes to Vandys and more, this will be a fun-filled hands-on weekend for beginner and experienced printer alike.
Midwest Old Threshers Printers Hall 405 East Thresher Road Mount Pleasant, IA
| Educational Programs | Midwest |
| June 08 - 09, 2013 |
Printers Row Lit Fest
The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books and featuring more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions and a variety of other programs.
As part of its ongoing commitment to the written word and its support of literacy and literary endeavor, the Chicago Tribune purchased the Printers Row Book Fair in 2002 from the Near South Planning Board. Recently renamed to be the Printer's Row Lit Fest, it is considered the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest-drawing more than 125,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase. Exhibitors include Booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultural organizations sell and promote books and book-related merchandise and distribute related information. Many of the independent booksellers participating in the Fest represent the diverse ethnic and cultural communities of the Chicagoland area and sell books of different languages and genres. Printers Row Lit Fest features more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions and a variety of other programs. In Chicago's historic Printers Row neighborhood on the blocks surrounding Dearborn and Polk streets in Chicago. Sat, June 8th 10am - 10pm Sun, June 9th 10am - 6pm Chicago, IL
| Art/Antiques Fairs | Midwest |
| June 01, 2013 | Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers
Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sale 2658B The June Books and Manuscripts auction offers a breadth of genres with strengths in Americana and the presidents, featuring Abraham Lincoln portraits and a signed Lincoln note. Rare books at auction include everything from incunabala to modern firsts, and a group of Middle Eastern manuscripts and printed books. A strong showing of Audubon folio quadruped prints is bolstered by an author-inscribed copy of the first octavo edition of the Birds of America, and an important group of maps includes a set of Blaeu’s work on the Dutch cities and towns in two volumes and other old and new world maps and atlases. 11am Preview Times: May 30, 12am – 5pm May 31, 12pm – 7pm June 1, 9am – 11am Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers 63 Park Plaza Boston, MA
| Auctions | New England |
| June 16 - 21, 2013 |
“Indigenous Cultures of Print in Early America
The 2013 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book in American Culture at American Antiquarian Society, will be led by Philip Round, who is Professor of English at the University of Iowa. His book "Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880"” (North Carolina, 2010), was awarded the Modern Language Association's James Russell Lowell Prize in 2011.
The seminar is motivated by a simple question: Where does American Indian Literature come from? When they hear the category "Native American Writers," most readers think immediately of best-selling contemporary authors like N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Such authors are often praised for their "authentic" connection to an oral tradition, rendering it legible for outsiders to view. But what is the printed legacy of Native American literature? This year’s summer seminar will shed light on the long history of tribal literary traditions that are made up of a whole range of textual practices, from oral storytelling to written alphabetic and syllabary texts, from individual authorship to corporate and collaborative composition. Drawing on the extensive collection of American Indian print and manuscript materials housed at the AAS, the seminar will give teachers and scholars hands-on experience with the textual cultures of Native peoples from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. The tuition for the seminar is $750, which includes lunch and coffee breaks every day. The tuition fee does not include housing. Some financial aid is available. American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA
| Educational Programs | New England |
| June 16, 2013 | Printing Arts Fair
Steamroller printing is back at the Printing Arts Fair, Father’s Day, June 16. Many of the other presses will be running; we’ll have printing demonstrations, and of course, the clank of the Linotype machine will be heard in the land.
10am - 4pm $8 for adults and $5 for children, students and seniors. No charge for members. The Museum of Printing 800 Massachusetts Avenue North Andover, MA
| Art/Antiques Fairs | New England |
| June 25, 2013 | Noon Book Talk, Joshua C. Kendall, America’s Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy that Built a Nation
When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a mild-mannered, 25-year-old aviator stepping out of The Spirit of St. Louis after completing his solo flight across the Atlantic. What we don’t see is the boy who made detailed inventories of his toy soldiers in a gesture that would portend his compulsive record-keeping in even the most intimate of matters. Lindbergh invented the pre-flight checklist, but his obsession with order also led him to demand that his wife and German mistresses account for all household expenditures in
detailed ledgers. Like many of the icons that Joshua Kendall puts on the couch in his new book, Lindbergh is a uniquely American type: the obsessive. And based on his dogged archival research and extensive interviewing, Kendall also examines the inner lives of six other obsessive-compulsive personalities: Thomas Jefferson, H.J. Heinz, librarian Melvil Dewey, baseball slugger Ted Williams, sexologist Alfred Kinsey, and cosmetics entrepreneur Estée Lauder. Boston Athenæum member Joshua C. Kendall is the author of The Man Who Made Lists (Putnam, 2008), about the creation of Roget’s Thesaurus; and The Forgotten Founding Father (Putnam, 2011), a biography of Noah Webster, the lexicographer responsible for Webster’s Dictionary. He is also an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Psychology Today and BusinessWeek, among other publications. He is an Associate Fellow of Yale’s Trumbull College. Book Sales: Joshua C. Kendall will sign copies of his book at a reception following the lecture, books will be provided for sale by Zimmara. If you wish to reserve or purchase a book or books in advance, please visit Zimmara or call 617-651-1627. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Free admission, open to the public Long Room Boston Athenaeum 10½ Beacon Street Boston, MA
| Lecture | New England |
| June 27, 2013 | Book Talk, Ibis Sánchez-Serrano, The World’s Health Care Crisis: From the Laboratory Bench to the Patient’s Bedside
At present, a looming health care crisis affects patients worldwide. In the United States, it is generally believed that the major problem is lack of affordable access to health care (i.e. health insurance). According to Mr. Sánchez-Serrano, however, the major problem is not lack of affordable access to health care per se, but lack of access to better, safer, and more affordable medicines. The latter problem is present not only in the United States and the developing world but also in countries with socialized health care systems, such as Europe and the rest of the industrialized world. In his talk, Mr. Sánchez-Serrano will provide a comparative analysis of healthcare systems throughout the world and address major issues within biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Boston Athenæum member Ibis Sánchez-Serrano is the president and CEO of The Core Model Corporation, a corporate strategy and policy think tank. Having consulted for venture capitalists in the life sciences in the past, he was retained as an expert consultant by the leading Panamanian newspapers La Prensa and Panamá América to contribute to the publications’ scientific reporting. For this work and for his book The World’s Health Care Crisis, which was praised as “excellent” by Choice magazine in 2012, Ibis Sánchez-Serrano was nominated for the prestigious “Prince of Asturias Award” in 2012. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Free admission, open to the public Long Room Boston Athenaeum 10½ Beacon Street Boston, MA
| Lecture | New England |
| June 01 - 02, 2013 |
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Spring Auction Featuring Rare Documents & Decorative Arts
Sale includes important collections of artwork, estate jewelry, rare American documents, classic vehicles, antique furniture, Asian artifacts, silver, and carpets. 11am Live, absentee, telephone, and internet (via www.artfact.com and www.auctionzip.com) bids are accepted. Please call 1-207-354-8141 for more information or to reserve a seat at the auction. Previews: Mon, May 27th - Fri, May 31st (9am - 5pm each day) Sat & Sun, Jun 1st & 2nd 9 - 11am Thomaston Place Auction Galleries US Route 1 Thomaston, ME
| Auctions | New England |
| June 23 - 26, 2013 |
The 54th Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association
The RBMS Preconference also offers an antiquarian book fair, a book arts fair, tours, a performance of the Rose Ensemble, reception at the Mill City Museum, and many other events around Minneapolis. Marriott Minneapolis City Center 30 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN
| Educational Programs | Midwest |
| June 05, 2013 | The Handcrafted Book in the Age of Technology: Inspiration from Koloman Moser and the Wiener Werkstatte
A Talk by Luke Ives Pontifell, founder & publisher of Thornwillow Press
6:30pm Neue Galerie Museum for German and Australian Art - New York 1048 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
| Lecture | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 06, 2013 | Swann Auction Galleries
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera
Sale #2317 1:30pm Swann Auction Galleries 104 East 25th Street New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 07, 2013 | Center Broadsides Reading Series: Betsy Fagin and Hoa Nguyen
6:30pm
Free broadsides for all and reception to follow. $10 suggested donation/ $5 members The Center for Book Arts 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor New York, NY
| Lecture | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 12, 2013 | CURATOR'S TALK and RECEPTION in honor of THE ABC OF IT: Why Children's Books Matter
Ellen Zeifer, Chair of the Board of Directors, cordially invites you to a CURATOR'S TALK and RECEPTION
in honor of THE ABC OF IT: Why Children's Books Matter an Exhibition at the New York Public Library Curated by Leonard Marcus Join Virginia Bartow, Senior Rare Books Cataloger, New York Public Library, and Board Member of the Center, in welcoming Leonard Marcus, the internationally recognized children's book historian, in conversation with Elizabeth Howard. Mr. Marcus will talk about the complex two-year process of organizing the Library's first major exhibition about children's books in a generation. The exhibition, which ranges across three centuries and includes illustrated books from around the world, will open in the Jeanne H. Gottesman Exhibition hall in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library on June 21, 2013. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the making of a major exhibition spanning 300 years of book history from the perspective of the curator. Seating is limited. Please RSVP & purchase tickets by calling 212-481-0295. 6:30pm Tickets: $30.00/ $25.00 members The Center for Book Arts 28 W. 27th Street, 3rd floor (Between 6th Ave. & Broadway) New York, NY
| Lecture | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 13, 2013 | Swann Auction Galleries
American Art
Sale #2318 1:30pm Swann Auction Galleries 104 East 25th Street New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 20, 2013 | Swann Auction Galleries
19th & 20th Century Literature
Sale #2319 1:30pm Swann Auction Galleries 104 East 25th Street New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 20, 2013 | Christie's
THE COLLECTION OF ARTHUR & CHARLOTTE VERSHBOW PART THREE: THE BAROQUE AND ROCOCO PERIODS
SALE 2800 10am, Lots 352-565 2pm, Lots 566-762 Viewing Times Jun 15, 10am - 5pm Jun 16, 1pm - 5pm Jun 17, 10am - 5pm Jun 18, 10am - 5pm Jun 19, 10am - 5pm Christie's Saleroom 20 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 21, 2013 | Christie's
FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING AMERICANA
SALE 2717 The exceptional printed books in this sale include William Shakespeare’s Third Folio, a first edition of Newton’s Principia, a fine Blaeu Grand Atlas, 49 botanical books (sold to benefit The Holden Arboretum) and a rare presentation copy of Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia. Among the manuscript and Americana items are a previously unpublished Edgar Alln Poe letter on “The Tell-Tale Heart,” an 1843 Emerson letter to Thoreau, an 1824 Jefferson letter urging a return to “primitive Christianity,” and an 1862 Lincoln letter confronting Gen. George McClellan. At the conclusion of this sale we will offer George Washington’s seven-page, 25 April 1788 letter to John Armstrong endorsing ratification of the new federal Constitution. 10am Viewing Times Jun 15, 10am - 5pm Jun 16, 1pm - 5pm Jun 17, 10am - 5pm Jun 18, 10am - 5pm Jun 19, 10am - 5pm Christie's Saleroom 20 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 21 - 22, 2013 |
Stair Galleries
EXPOSITION AUCTION
English, Continental and American Furniture, Decorations and Paintings, Along with Textiles and Ethnographic Art. June 21st 5pm - Jewelry & Silver June 22nd 11am - Furniture, Decorations & Paintings Stair Galleries 549 Warren Street Hudson, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 25, 2013 | Bonhams
Northwest America and the Arctic, including the Library of Dr. William Priester
Sale 21309 10:00 EDT Bonhams 580 Madison Avenue New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 25, 2013 | Bonhams
Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sale 20981 14:00 EDT Bonhams 580 Madison Avenue New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 25, 2013 | Robert A. Siegel Galleries & Seth Kaller
The Declaration of Independence
Sale #1046 The rare first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence will be auctioned in New York City at Robert A. Siegel Galleries’ 50th annual Rarities of the World sale. It is being offered in collaboration with Seth Kaller, a leading expert in the acquisition, authentication and appraisal of American historic documents and artifacts. The Declaration being sold was printed in Benjamin Towne’s Saturday July 6, 1776 issue of The Pennsylvania Evening Post. It is the first newspaper printing of the Declaration, and its second printing in any form. According to Mr. Kaller, it is also the first publication of the Declaration to closely follow Thomas Jefferson’s style. 1pm Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries 60 E. 56th Street New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 26, 2013 | Bonhams
Russian Literature and Works on Paper
Sale 21421 10:00 EDT Bonhams 580 Madison Avenue New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 27, 2013 | Swann Auction Galleries
Discovery Sale
Sale #2320 1:30pm Swann Auction Galleries 104 East 25th Street New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 21, 2013 | Cowan's Auctions
American History: Live Saleroom Auction
Sale #354 Auction features close to 500 lots that represent the people, places, and events that contributed to America's history, including the Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection, selections from the Thomas D. Schiera Collection of American Parade Flags, Wright Brothers' Tools & Drawings descended in the family of Louis P. Christman, and other wonderful offerings! 10am EXHIBITION TIMES: Thu, June 20th 12pm - 5pm Fri, June 21st 8am - 10am Cowan's Auctions 6270 Este Avenue Cincinnati, OH
| Auctions | Midwest |
| June 14 - 15, 2013 |
Rose City Used Book Fair
1000s of books from Independent Booksellers
& Used Books & Bargain Books & Rare & Collectible Books & Prints & Ephemera & Door Prizes Admission: $2 or $1 + 1 can of food for the Oregon Food Bank Fri June 14, 2pm - 8pm Sat June 15, 10am - 5pm 1000 NE Multnomah (DoubleTree at Lloyd Center) Portland, OR
| Book Fairs | West |
| June 21, 2013 | Annual Juneteenth Freedom Seminar: African American Women in the Era of Emancipation
Our conference serves as a recognition of Juneteenth----one of the oldest celebrations commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This news came two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was issued, and the date now often serves as a symbolic day of freedom.
Reception, 4:30 p.m. Panel, 5:00 p.m. Daina Ramey Berry, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at University of Texas, Austin, "'Soldiers Was Around Me Very Thick': Enslaved Women in the 1860s" Lois Brown, Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor at Wesleyan University, "'Ah, what a day I've had!': The Storied Missions of Harriet Tubman, Susie King Taylor, and Charlotte Forten in the Civil War South" Thavolia Glymph, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and History at Duke University, "Enslaved Women as Refugees in the Civil War" Moderator: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Director of the Library Company's Program in African American History and Associate Professor of Black American Studies and History at the University of Delaware The Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA
| Educational Programs | Mid-Atlantic |
| May 24 - June 09, 2013 |
2013 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Piccolo Spoleto is the official outreach companion to Spoleto Festival USA. Piccolo Spoleto focuses on presenting local and regional artists against the background of Spoleto Festival USA. Spoleto presents national and international artists. Both festivals run simultaneously but are managed by two different organizations. Piccolo Spoleto is produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.
Historic Charleston Charleston, SC
| Book Fairs | South |
| June 02, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Nature & Science Signature Auction
Sale #5110 12pm CT Lot Viewing: FULL PREVIEW May 29 - June 2, 2013 Heritage Auctions - Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 06, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Weekly Internet Rare Books Auction
#201323 10pm CT Weekly Internet Rare Books Auctions are presented online, and bidding is available only through our website HA.com. All lots will start bidding at $1 and will be sold without reserves. The auctions close every Thursday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new auction begins at the same time. Auctions include rare, antiquarian and collectible books and prints in various subject areas, including literature, history, art, science and Texana among others. All lots are described and include photographs. Heritage Auctions 3500 Maple Avenue Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 13, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Weekly Internet Rare Books Auction
#201324 10pm CT Weekly Internet Rare Books Auctions are presented online, and bidding is available only through our website HA.com. All lots will start bidding at $1 and will be sold without reserves. The auctions close every Thursday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new auction begins at the same time. Auctions include rare, antiquarian and collectible books and prints in various subject areas, including literature, history, art, science and Texana among others. All lots are described and include photographs. Heritage Auctions 3500 Maple Avenue Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 14, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Silver
Sale #5127 10am CT Lot Viewing: FULL PREVIEW June 8-14, 2013 Heritage Auctions - Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 15, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Decorative Art & European Paintings
Sale #5139 10am CT Lot Viewing: FULL PREVIEW June 11-15, 2013 Heritage Auctions - Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 20, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Weekly Internet Rare Books Auction
#201325 10pm CT Weekly Internet Rare Books Auctions are presented online, and bidding is available only through our website HA.com. All lots will start bidding at $1 and will be sold without reserves. The auctions close every Thursday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new auction begins at the same time. Auctions include rare, antiquarian and collectible books and prints in various subject areas, including literature, history, art, science and Texana among others. All lots are described and include photographs. Heritage Auctions 3500 Maple Avenue Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 27, 2013 | Heritage Auctions
Weekly Internet Rare Books Auction
#201326 10pm CT Weekly Internet Rare Books Auctions are presented online, and bidding is available only through our website HA.com. All lots will start bidding at $1 and will be sold without reserves. The auctions close every Thursday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new auction begins at the same time. Auctions include rare, antiquarian and collectible books and prints in various subject areas, including literature, history, art, science and Texana among others. All lots are described and include photographs. Heritage Auctions 3500 Maple Avenue Dallas, TX
| Auctions | Southwest |
| June 10, 2013 | Summer Lecturers: Stephen Karian
Associate Professor of English, University of Missouri
5:30pm Free and open to the public Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library Rare Book School University of Virginia Post Office Box 400103 114 Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA
| Lecture | South |
| June 12, 2013 | Summer Lecturers: Kara McClurken
Head of Preservation Services, University of Virginia Libraries
5:30pm Free and open to the public Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library Rare Book School University of Virginia Post Office Box 400103 114 Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA
| Lecture | South |
| June 17, 2013 | Summer Lecturers: Sharon L. Mintz
Curator of Jewish Art, Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
5:30pm Free and open to the public Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library Rare Book School University of Virginia Post Office Box 400103 114 Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA
| Lecture | South |
| June 19, 2013 | Summer Lecturers: Jerome McGann
John Stewart Bryan Professor of English, University of Virginia
5:30pm Free and open to the public Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library Rare Book School University of Virginia Post Office Box 400103 114 Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA
| Lecture | South |
| June 20, 2013 | Quinn's Auction Galleries
Waverly #256
6pm Preview: Sat, June 15th 10am - 2pm Mon, June 17th 10am - 5pm Tue, June 18th 10am - 7pm Wed, June 19th 10am - 7pm Thu, (Auction day) June 20th 10am - 5:30pm Quinn's Auction Galleries 360 S. Washington Street Falls Church, VA
| Auctions | South |
| June 05, 2013 | Sotheby's
Highlights from the Mendham Collection: The Property of the Law Society of England and Wales
Sale #L13409 10am Exhibition in London: Fri, 31 May 13 9am - 4:30pm Sun, 02 Jun 13 12pm - 5pm Mon, 03 Jun 13 9am - 4:30pm Tue, 04 Jun 13 9am - 4:30pm Sotheby's 34-35 New Bond Street London, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 05, 2013 | Bonhams
Prints
Sale 20738 13:00 BST 3 Jun 2013 09:00 - 16:30 4 Jun 2013 09:00 - 16:30 5 Jun 2013 09:00 - 11:00 Bonhams Montpelier Street London, Knightsbridge, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 08 - 09, 2013 |
LONDON MAP FAIR 2013
Sat, June 8th 12pm - 7pm
Sun, June 9th 10am - 5pm London Map Fair Lectures Sat, June 8th 2:30pm in the RGS Ondaatje Theatre Guest speaker : Peter Barber Lecture: "The Cartomania of George III and how the British Library plans to unveil its results to the world" Talks by Ashley Baynton-Williams throughout the weekend on map collecting for beginners. Royal Geographical Society 1 Kensington Gore (Entrance Exhibition Road) London, UNITED KINGDOM
| Book Fairs | International |
| June 12, 2013 | Christie's
Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts
Sale 1176 10:30am VIEWING TIMES London, King Street Jun 8 12pm - 5pm Jun 9 12pm - 5pm Jun 10 9am - 4:30pm Jun 11 9am - 8pm Christie's 8 King Street, St. James's London, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 13 - 15, 2013 |
London International Antiquarian Book Fair
This major three-day event is one of the highlights in the world for book lovers and collectors. You will find thousands of rare, unusual and unique items offered for sale by 180 leading UK and international dealers.
At the Fair you can view, handle and buy books, maps, prints, photographs, manuscripts, ephemera and original art work spanning the centuries, many items of museum quality. All items are freely available for inspection before purchase and in contrast to the e-book or downloaded text, here you may hold a remarkable piece of history in your hand. You can purchase a text as it first came off the printing press and bound by a craftsman hundreds of years ago - or the very latest collectible author’s first editions. Thu 13th June 3pm - 8:30pm Fri 14th June 11am - 7pm Sat 15th June 11am - 5:30pm The National Hall Olympia Exhibition Centre Hammersmith Road London, UNITED KINGDOM
| Book Fairs | International |
| June 18, 2013 | Christie's
FINE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
SALE 8952 10am Viewing Times: Jun 14, 9am - 5pm Jun 15, 11am - 5pm Jun 16, 11am - 5pm Jun 17, 9am - 7:30pm Christie's Saleroom 85 Old Brompton Road London, South Kensington, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 19, 2013 | Dominic Winter Auctions
PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS & DOCUMENTS
Viewing Tuesday 18 June 9am-7pm and morning of sale from 9am Dominic Winter Auctions Mallard House Broadway Lane South Cerney, Cirencester, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 19, 2013 | Bonhams
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Sale 20752 14:00 BST Bonhams Montpelier Street London, Knightsbridge, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 20, 2013 | Dominic Winter Auctions
CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
BYGONE TOYS & GAMES, COMICS & POSTERS Viewing Tuesday and Wednesday 18/19 June 9am-7pm and morning of sale from 9am Dominic Winter Auctions Mallard House Broadway Lane South Cerney, Cirencester, UNITED KINGDOM
| Auctions | International |
| June 27 - July 03, 2013 |
Masterpiece London
Masterpiece London brings together collectors, exhibitors and curators from around the world for an unparalleled show of fine art, antiques and design. The fair features dining experiences from Le Caprice and Scott’s Seafood & Champagne Bar.
Open to the Public Thu & Fri, 27th & 28th 11.00–21.00 Sat & Sun, 29th & 30th 11.00–19.00 Mon 1st 11.00–21.00 Tue 2nd 11.00–18.00 followed by the Masterpiece Midsummer Party from 19.00 Wed 3rd 11.00–21.00 Preview: Wed, 26th 11.00–22.00 South Grounds The Royal Hospital Chelsea Chelsea Embankment London, UNITED KINGDOM
| Art/Antiques Fairs | International |
| June 28 - 29, 2013 |
A centenary conference in memory of A.N.L. (Tim) Munby
'Floreat Bibliomania' – Great Collectors and their Grand Designs
Tim Munby pioneered the historical study of British book collecting and the use of sale catalogues to trace the history of taste in books. His work brought sale catalogues into the academic domain as important literary and historical documents worthy of study. Munby’s five-volume Phillipps Studies provided the first comprehensive account of bibliophiles and book dealers of the nineteenth century. His other works include The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England, Connoisseurs and Medieval Miniatures, 1750–1850 and a book of ghost stories, The Alabaster Hand. Munby was Fellow and Librarian of King's College, Cambridge, from 1947 to 1974, having worked previously in the antiquarian book trade. He was Lyell Reader in Bibliography at Oxford 1962-63, a Founding Trustee of the British Library, President of the Bibliographical Society and co-founder of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. His scholarship, kindness and sense of fun won him many admirers. King's College will hold a conference on 28-29 June 2013 to mark the centenary of Munby’s birth. The theme, ‘Floreat Bibliomania – Great Collectors and their Grand Designs’ will provide an opportunity to map current and future developments in the study of collectors and collecting. Principal speakers include Nicolas Barker, Penelope Bulloch, Christopher de Hamel, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Hobson, Peter Jones, David McKitterick, David Pearson, and Toshiyuki Takamiya. Reflecting Munby’s generosity to students, the event will also feature panels of young bibliographers and book collectors. Delegates will have the chance to visit private exhibits in the Founder’s Library of the Fitzwilliam Museum and in the King’s College Library, as well as a special Munby exhibit at the Cambridge University Library. A celebratory reception and dinner will take place on the first evening of the conference. King's College King's Parade Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
| Educational Programs | International |