A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
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Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Jennifer Phillips, second-generation bookseller with Evening Star Books in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Part of a larger sale of illustration art headed to auction later this week in Dallas, a selection of original paperback cover art steals the show. Gathered here are seven fabulous mid-century examples.
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Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England — Jonkers Rare Books are delighted to announce the publication of Fine Books & Manuscripts. The catalogue, and accompanying exhibition at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, offers for sale the very best rare books, manuscripts and artwork acquired in…
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Earlier this week, we learned the sad news that Florida book collector Jerry Morris, whom we profiled in our winter 2015 issue, has passed away. His friend and fellow Florida Bibliophile Society (FBS) member Gary Simons wrote:
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries' Fine Literature Sale 757, held on March 24th, was a success with an active early bidding and competitive bidding during the live sale.
Over 400 lots featuring a large selection of important literature from the 19th and 20th centuries, scarce works from the…
The Ripley Scrolls, those cryptic, illustrated manuscripts named after the Renaissance-era author and alchemist George Ripley, of which only 23 remain extant, have long beguiled book lovers. Figures like Sir Isaac Newton and John Dee were also drawn to their promise of health and wealth.
New York — Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of Fine Photographs on Thursday, April 14, will feature a selection of classical twentieth-century prints alongside contemporary works.
Austin, Texas — Thomas F. Staley, author, professor emeritus and 25-year director of the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, died March 29. He was 86.
Under his leadership of the Ransom Center, more than 100 authors’ archives were acquired, including the papers of J.M.…
Crossing the auction block in New York tomorrow is this incredibly neat piece of library ephemera: a ca. 1801 bookplate from a Farmington, Connecticut, library that lists the “5 Laws for Library Borrowers.”
