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Happy New Year! We are in the midst of a holiday quiet period in the sale rooms, but there's still at least one sale to watch this week, and a bit of December housekeeping to note. In my post for the week of December 12 I noted the scheduled sale on December 13 of the Van Sinderen copy of the first…
One hundred years after his death, a rare book signed by Polar adventurer and hero Ernest Shackleton has been unearthed by an intrepid librarian in the unfathomed depths of the University of London’s Senate House Library.
As the year comes to a close, we like to look back on the stories that particularly appealed to our readers, a list that includes Bob Dylan, bookish cookies, and sea monsters — go figure!
#1 How to Catalogue Your Personal Library, aka an updated list of software and apps recommended by our staff…
The much-anticipated exhibition, 'Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory', is scheduled to open on February 22, 2023, in Princeston University Library's Firestone Library’s Milberg Gallery. Conceived by Autumn Womack, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and English, the exhibition is a…
January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day when certain works of literature, film, and music from 1927 become available to everybody. Copyright terms vary from country to country but Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, has put together her annual selected…
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing SHARP Book History Book Prize (formerly the DeLong Book History Book Prize) annually awards a $1,000 prize to the author of the best book on any aspect of the creation, dissemination, or uses of script or print published in the…
‘For Immediate Release: The Art of the Press Release’ showcases a selection of press releases and promo-texts from fourteen iconic fashion practitioners over time, at the International Library of Fashion Research, Oslo.
Artcurial will present as highlight of its The World of Hergé, Tintin’s Creator auction on February 10 2023, a unique work by Hergé: the original drawing for the full-page cover of the 1942 edition of the album Tintin in America, estimated at €2.2 to €3.2 million ($2.3 - $3.4 million)
The ZKM Center for Art and Media is receiving 20,000 euros from the 'art meets science - Herbert W. Franke Foundation' to digitize over 1,800 manuscripts by Herbert W. Franke, whose archive has been at the ZKM since 2017. The donation will enable the ZKM to make articles and unpublished lecture…
Join the Book Owners Online team for a collaborative online research day about bookplates and the historical book owners who used them.
Open to everyone interested in provenance and book history, come along to learn about bookplates and Book Owners Online from David Pearson and his team, then put…
