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The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has returned to the Park…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with 2025 David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize…
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Swann Galleries' April 13 Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features an exciting an array of Civil War material represented by several diaries, including an officer on a desert expedition undertaken by the 1st California Cavalry; a Virginia Military Institute cadet pressed into active…
A cookery book whose renowned author coined the term ‘chef’ and laid the blueprint for modern restaurant dining is set to serve up a tasty price at auction.
Published in 1871, The Household Cookery Book by famous French cuisinier Urbain Dubois goes under the hammer with Richard Winterton…
An original and uncirculated example of the first Canadian banknote to feature a portrait of the eventual Queen, Elizabeth II, sold for $132,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' March 23 World Paper Money Auction.
The Serial Number 7 Canada Bank of Canada $20 1935 BC-10 French Text …
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Highlights from Donald A Heald Rare Books’ latest catalogue Colour Plate Books (1800-1883) including:
Ohio is packed with parts of medieval books and some of the finest manuscript examples are now on display in Deathless Fragments, a new exhibition at The Ohio State University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library.
As Good as a Marriage, The Anne Lister Diaries 1836-38 by Jill Liddington continues the story of the woman known as Gentleman Jack to millions of viewers of the HBO and BBC television series of the same name.
We reported in the winter issue of Fine Books & Collections on the diaries, the…
Recognised as one of the great scholar-dealers of Chinese art, James Lally has been a leader in the field for more than 40 years. On March 23, a live auction at Christie’s in New York features 138 objects from his namesake gallery, J. J. Lally & Co. The auction will also be accompanied by the…
Six unseen and unpublished autograph letters from Roger Casement to his regular correspondent and confidant the German journalist Max Karstensen are to be offered at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in London on March 29. They are estimated at £4,000-6,000 ($4,900-$7,400).
A new online resource which contains all the original illustrations to Charles Dickens's novels and Sketches by Boz has launched. Users can download and use all the images for free.
The home of Laurence Sterne, author of the groundbreaking The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman has been awarded a Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) grant of £166,250 to carry out essential repairs.
