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It’s that time of year again for student book collectors to check their diaries and think about applications for book collecting prizes. Here is a selection of the major awards which aim to encourage a new generation. Interest is usually more important than size of collection, but please click the…
Philadelphia - The day following the Constitution’s completion and signing, George Washington sent a copy of the landmark document to Thomas Jefferson, along with this personal letter. The letter will be offered in Freeman’s November 15 Books and Manuscripts: Rare Americana auction (Lot 14;…
A collection of Opera scores and books from the Library of the late 7th Earl of Harewood are to be sold in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on November 23.
Our readers will be familiar with designer and curator Barbara Heller’s deluxe editions of Pride & Prejudice and Little Women, because we have recommended them. They set themselves apart because Heller has tucked recreations of manuscript letters and other pieces of print ephemera into pockets…
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New York – A new exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York City—America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles—traces the creative history of advertising through fun and movable objects. Animated Advertising: 200 Years of Premiums, Promos, and Pop-ups features eye-catching and…
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums has presented one of its Guardians of Culture and Lifeways International Awards to the Library of Congress and former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo for Living Nations, Living Words, Harjo’s signature project as the nation’s first…
The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives presents a new exhibition, “Nature of the Book,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History November 11. “Nature of the Book” will be on display through March 17, 2024.
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Ariana Valderrama, recent winner of the David Ruggles Book Collecting prize.
Dallas - Every day is Christmas for Mary and Ron Seeley. As owners of America's most extensive collection of presidential Christmas memorabilia, the Seeleys have seen pieces from their assemblage displayed at the White House on two occasions and exhibited at 10 presidential libraries. Including…
A new exhibition focuses on the book covers produced by the illustrator Quentin Blake who has worked on titles by Roald Dahl, Sylvia Plath, and Dr. Seuss.
