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Gallerist Annina Nosei has donated the complete run of catalogues of Annina Nosei Gallery, 1986 to…
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The napkin agreement which paved the way to bring the teenage Lionel Messi to FC Barcelona has been sold at Bonhams for £762,400 ($968,300).The original napkin - measuring 16.5 x 16.5cm - with the agreement written in blue ink was offered in a single lot online auction on behalf of Argentine agent…
A major National Lottery Heritage Fund grant will help finance the opening of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration on a heritage site in London's Clerkenwell. The grant brings the total funding secured to acquire and develop the site to £11.5 million, with work due to begin this autumn.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has made an award of $25,000 to San Francisco Center for the Book for its forthcoming exhibition David Anthony King: Book Projects and Zines, 1977 - 2019.
Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science by Renée Bergland A double portrait of the poet and the scientist and their views of nature at a time when…
Handwritten notes and doodles on stationery from Houston's Rice Hotel by President John F. Kennedy from November 21, 1963, the night before his assassination, have sold for $34,504 at RR Auction.
Highlights from the natural history offerings at Firsts London which opens today and runs through May 19 include:
The Bibliographical Society has launched its own YouTube channel featuring recordings of its monthly lectures and online events. Videos are being posted regularly every month and will continue until all the lectures from 2020 onwards have been made available. A full list of the lectures is…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Justine Johnson, co-proprietor with Victoria Forsberg-Lary of Small Volume Books in Providence, Rhode Island.
Among the highlights at this year's Firsts London running May 16 -19 is a commode with decorative bookbinding made for the French Grand Daupin in the late 17th century.
The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand annual conference 2024 will focus on the theme of the stories behind the book, including:
