Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers…
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Bonhams' upcoming sale of items from the Brentwood residence of William 'Billy' Haines includes a…
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Bound to Impress, the latest exhibition to open in the Mappa Mundi & Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral celebrates the bookbindings within the cathedral’s historic collections.
The exhibition shows a selection of remarkable bindings drawn from the Cathedral's historic collections, from…
The Grolier Club plays host to this hybrid event on January 25, 2.30pm-3.30pm. A panel of Carnegie Mellon scientists and scholars - Christopher N. Warren, Max G'Sell, and Grolier Club member Samuel Lemley - will speak on Freedom and the Press before Freedom of the Press: Tools, Data, and Methods…
Last spring, Fine Books & Collections broke the news that Colorado book collector David L. DiLaura had discovered, in his own home library, a second edition (1717) of Sir Isaac Newton’s Opticks that had once been owned by Newton himself.
This February, Phillips’ New York Editions auction will feature over 140 lots of Contemporary prints, spanning 1950s to present. On view from 6 – 15 February at 432 Park Avenue, the live sale will take place on February 15 with two sessions, the first beginning at 10am and the second at 2pm.
An astonishing discovery found at a 13th century Scottish castle has shed new light on the day-to-day domestic life of Robert Burns and his family, academics at the University of Glasgow have revealed.
Here are the auctions I'll be keeping an eye on this week:
Whether you’re an armchair surfer or can confidently hang ten alongside Kelly Slater, you’ve probably heard of The Surf Riders of Hawaii – the earliest and most important book pertaining to the sport of surfing. Only eight copies of the book – all of which contain actual photos of surfers in Hawaii…
Twelve original manuscripts written by Robert Burns, which have just come into the care of conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland, will go on display this January as part of a new exhibition entitled Homecoming.
The important pieces include letters, poems Donocht Head…
Highlights from Sotheran's' latest catalogue of first edition books by Jan Morris including:
* The Upstairs Donkey & Other Stolen Stories. London, Faber & Faber, 1962.
The Getty Research Institute has acquired a collection of Indian and South Asian photographs from Ken and Jenny Jacobson.
Numbering approximately 4,625 images from the 19th and early-20th centuries, the collection documents the people, social customs, religious practices, architecture,…
