Bibliophile and co-propietor of The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company (PRB&M), David M. Szewczyk has died unexpectedly while recovering from a short illness.
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
This week's we're focusing on Michigan State University's special collections librarians who have restored a 1535 edition of
Missing memorials to famous writers and artists are the focus of a campaign by English Heritage which aims to track down long lost
Taking pride of place at Dominic Winter’s September 11 auction is the third edition of Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia, published in 1555, the year of the author’s death, and bound for Queen…
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Lyon & Turnbull's September Books & Manuscripts auction has a strong Scottish flavour, with an extremely rare, first ‘Kilmarnock’ edition of
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…
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…
