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A new permanent exhibition charting more than 200 years of Jane Austen publishing history has…
The New York Historical has announced the launch of The Story of America in 7 Books, part…
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The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression.
A signed book from the dawn of the atomic age featuring the signatures of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other nuclear researchers goes under the hammer at RR Auction this week.
Three illustrations from Beatrix Potter's There was an Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe lead Heritage Auction's October 6 Illustration Art sale which also features work by Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, and Charles Addams, plus examples from the pulp and pin-up genres.
The 2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize has been won by Auroura Morgan, owner of Black Lantern Tattoo Co., Nashville, Tennessee, for Hybrid Botanicals: A Modern Tattoo Artist’s Reference Collection.
Kenneth Gloss, who runs the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, will speak at New York’s Grolier Club to talk about the 'improbable finds' of his decades-long career in an in-person and virtual presentation on October 5 which is open to the public.
Potter & Potter Auctions’ 'Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection of Chet Ross Sale' will be held on October 12 featuring his historic collection of publications plus other materials related to exploration, travel, and the polar…
Gagosian’s rare book specialist Douglas Flamm has set up an advisory service for people wanting to build a private library, either from scratch or to add to an existing collection.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of opening to the public, Chawton House is bringing together some of the most precious treasures in the collection for the first time. Covering the Knight and Austen family history, the women – including Jane Austen – who have shaped the estate and the remarkable…
Kestenbaum & Company sells 211 lots of Fine Judaica, including an illustrated 1926 letter from Arthur Szyk to French senator Anatole de Monzie, which starts at $10,000.
Helping Ukrainian Books and Booksellers (HUBB) is preparing an international rare book sale to support colleagues under fire. The online auction is scheduled for the middle of November and its organizers are actively seeking donations of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, artwork,…
