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Timed to mark the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth on June 1, Heritage Auctions' sale…
Real stories of World War Two codebreaking and James Bond posters and ephemera will go under the…
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Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Naoyuki Seki, manager of the World Antiquarian Book Plaza (WABP) in Tokyo. The rare book emporium, located a few minutes’ walk from Tokyo Station, is not your ordinary bookstore.
Washington, DC -- The Library of Congress has acquired the manuscripts and papers of playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, the most commercially successful American playwright of the 20th century.
The donation will be announced at a special event with actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica…
For booksellers and collectors on the East Coast, it’s goodbye NYC and hello Georgetown! The inaugural Georgetown Rare Book Fair is taking place May 13-15 at the City Tavern Club in Washington, DC. Not only is there a decidedly social aspect to this book fair, it aims to be more welcoming to…
Berkeley, California – PBA Galleries announces an auction of Americana – Travel – World History – Cartography on May 5th, 2022. The sale includes over 500 lots of rare, interesting, and valuable material relating to California, the Americas, and the far reaches of the globe.
The upcoming week is a very busy one for rare books and manuscripts at auction.
Having immersed myself thoroughly in various activities of this year’s Ulysses centennial, I came to the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair hoping to see a lot of Joyce – in particular, a copy of the prospectus for Ulysses publisher Sylvia Beach put out for her Shakespeare & Co.’s…
Wilton, CT – Five items pertaining to Albert Einstein (two typed letters; a handwritten letter; an awards program; and a humorous card; all five of them hand-signed); Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to the song Mr. Tambourine Man; a handwritten letter by Charles Darwin discussing hereditary…
On April 29, an endearing documentary called Hello, Bookstore will debut at New York City’s Film Forum. The film follows bookseller Matt Tannenbaum, who has owned and operated The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts, since 1976, as he reads aloud (Russell Hoban, Elizabeth Smart, John Crowley, Leonard…
Chicago — On May 4, Hindman Auctions is honored to present Property from the Private Library of President Ronald Reagan sold to benefit his alma mater, Eureka College, in its Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction. The collection of more than 50 lots features books, most…
London — The greatest classic of fantasy fiction and one of the most celebrated stories of all time, The Lord of the Rings defined a genre and is now available from Folio lavishly illustrated with artwork by Alan Lee.
