British Library Publishing will publish Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery exploring the writer's…
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The 2026 Melbourne Rare Book Fair hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of…
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Earlier this fall, bookseller Patrick Mullins of The Rare Book Company in Grottoes, Virginia - now renamed Mullins Books - wrote to share some exciting news for collectors of modern firsts, particularly those interested in the 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner, A Confederacy of Dunces by John…
New York – 235 years ago, America’s Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, marking the formation of the country’s most significant and lasting document—as well as the longest continuing charter of government in the world.
Chicago - Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this nearly 700 lot sale to be held on Thursday, November 17, 2022 starting at 10am CDT. This auction will be held online and live streamed, with a limited number of bidders physically allowed in the gallery as determined by current…
Chicago – On November 8 and 9, Hindman is pleased to present its Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana auction. The sale features a scarce 19th century bird’s-eye view map of Chicago, a group of letters written by Chicago’s most notorious gangster, Al Capone, and a…
Cincinnati – Hindman will present the Collection of James Milgram, M.D. as the cornerstone of its November 3-4 American Historical Ephemera and Photography Auction. Dr. Milgram’s collection features one of the most significant offerings of broadsides to ever come to market. In addition to the 18th…
The first full-size bronze statue of Virginia Woolf in England is set to be unveiled - by Virginia’s great niece Emma Woolf with her 2 year old son Ludovic Cecil Woolf (Ludo) - on the upper terraces at Richmond Riverside following a five-year fundraising campaign.
Another busy week coming up in the sale rooms:
The preview of AntiquarianAuctions.com #13 opened at 12.30pm EDT on Wednesday 26th: bidding will begin on Wednesday 2nd November at 12.30pm EDT, and close for all lots at 12.30pm EST on Wednesday 9th November. The sale includes over 300 lots of books, maps, manuscripts, artwork and photographs.
The Library of Congress has acquired the San Salvador Huejotzingo Codex, which documents legal proceedings from 1571 in which Indigenous Nahuatl officials in central Mexico accused their village’s Spanish canon, or administrator, of mistreatment, harassment and underpayment.
To celebrate the centenary of one of the most important poems of the 20th century, the Folio Society is publishing an edition of T. S. Eliot’s influential masterpiece The Waste Land, limited to 350 copies.
