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A first edition copy of Pilote de Guerre by Antoine de Saint-Exupery inscribed to the muse for his novella The Little Prince is among a collection of association copies on show at this weekend’s Firsts – London Book Fair.
Wilton, CT – A large historic pen sketch hand-drawn and signed by Apollo XI astronaut Neil Armstrong, a manuscript fragment in George Washington’s hand from the first draft of his first Inaugural Address in 1789, and the Black-Scholes-Merton formula handwritten and signed by Nobel Prize-…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Ryan M. Dreier, proprietor of Bookaneer in Minnesota.
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Coming up in October: a rare book crawl, if you will, down the West Coast of the United States. Several organizations have teamed up to schedule a series of events for bibliophiles, running from October 7-16. Said organizers: “Fall is a great time to visit, and we hope collectors of rare books,…
Marlborough, MA — Bonhams Skinner hosted an online sale of Americana from August 6 to 16 and a live sale on August 13 in Bonhams Skinner’s Marlborough galleries. Featuring excellent items from the collections of Warren N. Little and Cogswell Grant, the auctions commanded great interest from bidders…
This is a test designed to determine your bookman's I.Q. A score of 20 right should entitle you to consideration as the editor of the next edition of "The Bookman's Glossary"; 18 or 19 right makes you a super-bookman. If you get 16 or 17 right, you are a top-flight bookman; 14 or 15 right, a…
Washington, D.C. — Three organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading will be awarded the 2022 Library of Congress Literacy Awards, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. Top prizes are being awarded to Street Child, Make Way for Books and Young African…
The sales I'll be watching this week feature Bill Reese's Herman Melville collection, books from the Collection of Jay I. Kislak, and more.
The first trailer for the forthcoming adaptation of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry has been released by Vertical Entertainment, and it looks delightful. Slated to hit theaters on October 7, the film, based on the 2014 bestseller by Gabrielle Zevin, stars Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks…
London — The Folio Society, the publisher of award-winning, beautifully produced illustrated books, has revealed Evangeline Gallagher as the winner of The Folio Book Illustration Award 2022. Launched this year to mark The Folio Society’s 75th anniversary, the competition showcases illustration…
