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Amherst, MA — Since the 1970s, millions of young artists have learned to draw—and to see—at the hands of Ed Emberley, the universally beloved illustrator, age 90. “You know what I like to hear the kids say?” asks Emberley. ‘I could do that!’”
Let’s take a closer look at our current issue’s Editor’s Shelf of engaging winter reads for bibliophiles.
Los Angeles — Julien’s Auctions closed out its auction season on Sunday, December 5th, 2021 with their year-end grand finale presentation of Property from The Life and Career of Sylvester Stallone, featuring the international superstar and the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated…
Minneapolis — Minnesota Center for Book Arts is proud to announce the acquisition of beautiful new wood type in Hebrew and Arabic, plus Spanish and Swedish glyphs. With this movement beyond English wood type, MCBA plans to expand potential audiences and practitioners of letterpress printing.
At Bloomsbury on Tuesday, December 7, The History of Western Script: A further selection from The Schøyen Collection. The 60 lots include an Egyptian thirteenth dynasty gold foil funerary inscription bearing the name of Princess Nubhetepti-khered (£30,000–50,000).
Chicago – This month, Hindman will present three days of fine art sales featuring more than 300 works of art. The trio of auctions begin with American and European Art on December 13, followed by Post War and Contemporary Art on December 14 and ending with Prints and Multiples on December 15.…
Boston — With 1,000 lots up for bidding, RR Auction's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an extraordinary wealth of scientific autographs—Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Alfred Nobel, Nikola Tesla, James Watt, Henri Poincare, and Charles Darwin are among the key names.
Just weeks ago, Everyman’s Library published a splendid new volume in its Pocket Poets series, Books and Libraries: Poems. The 272-page anthology, with gorgeous jacket art, includes such poets as Horace, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Borges, Angelou, and others, all paying homage to books and libraries.…
Runnemede, NJ -- Movie fans have a rare opportunity to bolster their film collections as vintage and unopened VHS tapes are up for sale as part of Goldin’s largest-ever Pop Culture Auction which opens today. Among the rare films in the auction are a 1974 copy of The Godfather Part II signed by Al…
The earliest known child’s letter to Santa Claus in Britain was sent in 1895 from a child in Lincolnshire addressed to ‘Father Christmas, The North Pole, G.P.O,’ but by the early 1900s thousands of letters were being sent annually, and in 1963 Postmaster General Reginald Bevins, head of the General…
