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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A celebration of some of Shakespeare’s most memorable female characters comes to auction at Christies in New York later this month as part of its The Exceptional Sale.
The Shakespeare Heroines is a Coalport porcelain service which was first exhibited at the 1871 London International Exhibition. It…
Turn Every Page, a new film that chronicles the 50-year collaboration between author Robert A. Caro and editor Robert Gottlieb, debuted last week in New York and Los Angeles. Caro, now 86, is an award-winning writer who is currently at work on the final volume of his Lyndon Johnson biography.…
The Grolier Club in New York City - America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles - will celebrate visionary contemporary American artists who revolutionized and re-energized the creative legacy of paper arts. Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s…
RR Auction's first sale of 2023 brings the 'golden age' of the American gangster to the forefront, featuring remarkable items chronicling the lives and times of notorious figures like Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker, and Clyde Barrow.
Thanks to a Museums for America Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), seven Clemens-original objects in The Mark Twain House & Museum’s collection have undergone professional conservation treatment at the Williamstown Art Conservation and Preservation Center.…
For the past seven years, we have checked in with consummate reader Linda Aragoni of the Great Penformances blog for her appraisal of the bestseller list from a century ago. This year we continue the tradition, learning about the bestsellers of 1922 and how they hold up today.
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Christie's Books & Manuscripts Department is pleased to present a fine selection of material highlighting both important science and Americana.
Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library, has been knighted for services to literature in the 2023 New Year Honours which recognises the achievements and service of people across the UK.
Join us for the 2023 D. F. McKenzie Memorial Lecture, by Professor Tom Mole, author of the best-selling publication The Secret Life of Books. As new media radically changes our experience of books, this illustrated lecture draws on a wide range of examples to explore all the things we do with books…
While we concentrate at FB&C on rare books that are actually available, it’s a sad truth that some marvellous titles are no longer with us. Here’s a brief look at some of those we have lost over the last two centuries.
May 17, 1824
