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Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers…
Bonhams' upcoming sale of items from the Brentwood residence of William 'Billy' Haines includes a…
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s famous invention, the telephone. While scientific history is mired in controversy over who actually devised the first electronic speech-transmitting device, it was Bell who received the US patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876.…
The Ticknor Society in Boston will begin accepting submissions on March 1, 2023 for the Fourth Annual George and Anna Eliot Ticknor Book and Book Culture Collecting Prize, which was created to encourage and recognize those in New England who have been inspired to compile, curate, and own a book…
A rare complete set of country-of-origin Sean Connery James Bond posters will be auctioned by Propstore in the UK as part of a sale of more than 570 film and music posters. The sale runs until March 2.
Among the James Bond Highlights are:
* a UK quad-sized poster for Connery's 007 debut in Dr No…
Sotheby's will bring the Codex Sassoon - the earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible extant, dating to the late ninth century - to auction in May.
Artcurial has auctioned Hergé’s original drawing for the 1942 cover of the album Tintin in America, which was then used in 1946 for the first colour edition of the album.
After a bidding battle during the The World of Hergé, Tintin’s Creator sale, this Indian ink drawing was sold on…
Opening this Friday at the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) in New York City is an exhibition on historic dining customs and fashions. Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800 features books, art, and objects (knives out!) that shed light on pan-European food culture.
At Chiswick Auctions on Tuesday, February 14, Autographs & Memorabilia, in 398 lots. Rating the top estimate is a pair of boxing trunks worn by Muhammed Ali during his final match in December, 1981 (£15,000–20,000).
Sidney Lapidus ’59 has donated a collection of rare Revolution-era books and publications to Princeton University as part of the Venture Forward campaign, enabling Princeton University Library (PUL) to greatly enrich the Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution.
The New York Public Library has acquired the collection of the East Village Eye, the 1980s newspaper that documented the development of the East Village and played a pivotal role in establishing the “downtown scene” during a transformative decade.
Highlights from the 55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair running February 10-12 from various booksellers include:
