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Two pages of handwritten working lyrics to Genesis's That's All with visible differences from the…
The everyday lives and creativity of women in the 18th and 19th centuries are the focus of a new…
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Lawrences’ spring auction of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography on March 21 includes a menu signed by Albert Einstein at a meal held at the Savoy in London to raise money for the Joint British Committee of the Societies Ort-Oze in support of the impoverished Jewish communities in Europe.…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with David Rueger, proprietor of Editio Altera in New York.How did you get started in rare books?
The shirt worn by Colin Firth for his lake swim in the BBC television production of Pride and Prejudice is among a wide range of costumes worn for other literary adaptions going under the hammer today at Kerry Taylor Auctions.
For one night only Airbnb is offering the chance to stay overnight in the Hidden Library of St Paul’s Cathedral in London as part of the World Book Day celebrations.
A very rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 leads Bonhams' Knightsbridge Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on March 20. The first edition is being offered with an estimate of £150,000-200,000.
At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6–7, 693 lots of Printed Books, Maps & Playing Cards, Charles Darwin & Natural History. A copy of John Arrowsmith's London Atlas with 66 folding maps, including 16 not mentioned on the contents page, rates the top estimate at £9…
Highlights from the latest edition of TEFAF Maastricht running March 9 - 14 include a special exhibition of Books of Hours from Les Enluminures and a selection of precious manuscripts and rare books from Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books.
A rare 1493 first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle has been sold for $65,885 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It received six bids.The Nuremberg Chronicle, authored by Hartmann Schedel, stands as the unparalleled 15th century illustrated history of the world, published by Anton Koberger on July 12,…
Quentin Blake has illustrated some of the most recognisible book characters over his 70 year career and 300+ titles. He has now returned to a dozen of them and redrawn them for a special online auction at Bonhams to support the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the board of directors of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) will sponsor a virtual fair featuring rare and collectible books, rare maps and ephemera May 2-4.The fair will be a collaboration between the IOBA and veteran book fair…
