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Printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson during the summer of 1786 and published on July 21, 1786, the…
The National Library of Scotland and publishers DC Thomson are celebrating the 90th anniversary of…
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Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues its journey to Japan with our profile today of Miyako Tengyu of the shop Tengyu Shoten in Osaka. Special thanks again to Rose Counsell of Hozuki Books for providing translations.
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Berkeley, CA — On August 11, 2022, PBA Galleries will be hosting a sale with over 450 lots of historically significant material on the history of the Americas, and of the vast expanses of the globe. Early exploration and colonization along with the political conflicts, economic developments, and…
Although funding for bookbinding courses in the UK is at a perilous level, a new traveling celebration of the finest international bookbinders indicates that the quality of work being done is still exceptionally high.
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 700+ lot sale to be held on Saturday, August 20th starting at 10am CDT. The event will be held online and live streamed, with a limited number of bidders physically allowed in the gallery as determined by current Illinois public…
Wilton, CT – Rare items signed by George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Armstrong Custer and many more of history’s brightest stars are just a few of the highlights in University Archives’ next big online-only auction, slated for Wednesday…
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’Tis the season for travel and tourism, even in the collecting world. If these are areas of interest, three upcoming events should be on your itinerary.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts — Richard Mori of Mori Books of Laconia, New Hampshire and Duane A. Stevens of Wiggins Fine Books SNEAB, ABAA of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts are pleased to announce the inaugural Southern New England Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair to be held on Friday,…
A fairly quiet week coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
This week I am at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School taking a week-long course called Provenance: Tracing Owners and Collections, taught by David Pearson. Topics include "inscriptions, paleography, bookplates, heraldry, bindings as provenance evidence, sale catalogues, tracing owners,…
In 1821, Charles Knight -- who one day would attain a modest measure of fame as publisher of works like The Pictorial Shakespeare (parts, 1838-1841) and the 8-volume Popular History of England (1856-62) -- had recently completed an apprenticeship in his father's bookselling business. Knight,…
