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London – Yesterday at Sotheby’s in London, a copy of the first edition of Sylvia Plath’s first collection, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) set an auction record for the author, surpassing the previous record of £87,500 for her copy of The Bell Jar set in 2018. The work sold for a combined £94,…
In an ideal world, we all would have whatever time and money we need to construct the private libraries of our dreams.
Marlene Dietrich did not have the eyes of a reader; she had the eyes of a seductress. Which served her well in her long Hollywood career. But, as it turns out, she liked books. Through November 24, Henry Sotheran's Fine Books and Prints in London is holding a selling exhibition of thirty of the…
London – Bonhams has appointed Matthew Haley as Managing Director of its Knightsbridge saleroom. Matthew took up his new post at the beginning of July and succeeds Jon Baddeley who is stepping back from management responsibilities after 50 years in the art and antiques world, 22 of them at Bonhams…
Artistic interpretations of a classic twentieth-century English children’s story by illustrators from outside the UK are the focus of a new exhibition in the Lake District.
New York – The Grolier Club in New York City, America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles, will present a special exhibition of the daring and influential work of the British artist Aubrey Beardsley, on the anniversary of his 150th birthday. Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young, on…
Boston — A Nikola Tesla letter signed by the celebrated innovator sold for $51,651 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
In the four-page letter on personal monogram letterhead, dated July 14, 1899. Handwritten letter to Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson by Nikola Tesla, penned from his "Colorado…
Quite an exciting week coming up in the sale rooms: rare maps, a First Folio, Bob Dylan lyrics, and more!
Poor Lewis Carroll detested the fame that his "Alice" books brought him. In a letter written to a friend, Mrs.
I love book censuses. If I could design a dream job for myself, it might well involve traveling around the world to look at all extant copies of given books and write about them, their provenance, their stories, &c. (on my wish list to track, if someone out there wants to fund some research…
