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Historical manuscripts and documents dating from the 17th to 20th centuries attracted strong bidding when they came under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale, led by a superb 18th century manuscript account of a Grand Tour through Europe written by Lady Mary…
London-based dealer Bernard Quaritch is again running its paid summer internship programme and is now inviting applications for a maximum of two full-time positions, each for a minimum of four weeks.
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
A pristine Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976 comes under the hammer at
Boston-based RR Auction. The year of the company's founding marked a turning point in the history of modern technology and this check represents an important moment in the development of Apple.
In addition to a good selection of bibliography from a bookseller’s reference library (teamed with the bookseller’s partner’s rug and textile reference library), the AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US sale #15 includes a number of unique and very rare titles.
To be asked to work on the manufacturing requirements of the ceremonial Bible for His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation was a great privilege, writes Paul Lansdowne, Manager, UK Manufacturing, OUP. It also proved to be an opening into a new world of fine book binding.
A new exhibition at St Bride Foundation in London focuses on the history of decorated papers in books.
Decorated Papers: Three centuries of European printed decorated papers includes more than 200 papers from the early 18th century right up to the present day with examples from Germany, Italy,…
One of the scarcest and most important documents in the history of the United States, the very first printing of the reward poster for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and two other conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, has sold for $166,375 at Nate D Saunders Auctions.…
The history of binding in leather dates back as far as the six century and, withstanding the digitalisation of the publishing industry, is a specialized trade that remains in demand today, writes Alison Strachan, Director at Shepherds, Sangorski & Sutcliffe of Westminster.
A new Kickstarter project has been launched to pay tribute to Mark Dimunation who retired as Chief of Rare Books at the Library of Congress at the end of March. It has been created by Ian Kahn, co-founder of Lux Mentis, Booksellers, in collaboration with book artist Timothy Ely.
