August 2013 | Rebecca Rego Barry

How to Identify a First Edition

The good folks at Peter Harrington have produced a short video to help book collectors identify modern first editions. Take a look:

How to Identify First Editions from Peter Harrington on Vimeo.

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Auctions

The lot includes an order of service for Larkin’s memorial at Westminster Abbey on February 14 1986

Philip Larkin's Letters and Cards to Auction

Gregory Peck’s To Kill a Mockingbird Script Under the Hammer

School Librarian’s Special Harry Potter Books to Auction

Photographs

John Lennon and George Harrison, Paris. 1964

Unseen Beatles Photos by Paul McCartney Lead National Portrait Gallery Reopening

Getty Research Institute Acquires Major Collection of Indian and South Asian Photographs

In Light of Rome Photography Exhibition Opens

Americana

Lincoln-Douglas archive

Letters signed by Washington, Hancock and Thomas Paine to Auction

John Dillinger Signed Guilty Plea Sells for $34,370

For Sale: Woody Guthrie’s “Folk Songs”

Visual Art

After Jean-Michel Basquiat Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty, 1982-1983/2017

Warhol, Banksy, and Basquiat Among Contemporary Prints to Auction

Tropic Bound First Biennial Artists’ Book Fair Coming to Miami

Birthday Auction in Support of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Sponsored

reading a book

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Rare Books

Justin Croft Antiquarian Books victorian gift books catalogue

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Victorian Gift Books

What's on at New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2023

Honeyman Sale: How Booksellers' Catalogues Help Detect Fakes

Exhibitions

Unknown author, Dafangguang fo huayan jing, fascicle 45, 1085, ink on paper

Huntington to Exhibit Its Oldest Printed Book

Centenary of Adana Printing Press Celebrated in New Exhibition

Illustrator Norman Thelwell Celebrated in New Centenary Exhibition

Maps

18th century map of California

18th Century California Map the First to Depict San Francisco Bay

Medieval & Early Modern Maps on View at Yale

Cartographer Olaus Magnus' Map of Sea Monsters

Book People

Nick Barley

Nick Barley Steps Down as Edinburgh International Book Festival Director

British Library Extension Gets Green Light From Planners

Bright Young Collectors: Whitney Milam

Book Arts

Los Lobos

Artists’ Books Celebrate Accordion Music & the Band Los Lobos

Wins for Folio Society at British Book Design Awards

RE-covery II: 43 Artists Re-imagine 43 Books: Review