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Printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson during the summer of 1786 and published on July 21, 1786, the…
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It's a lively week for rare books and manuscripts auctions; here's the rundown.
Boston — A rare Edgar Allan Poe letter extending his condolences to a fellow writer sold for $154,958, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
Cincinnati, OH – The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann, an internationally renowned specialist in military antiques, will highlight Hindman’s June 21st to 22nd American Historical Ephemera and Photography Auction. With an extensive background in American and Western…
On Monday, June 20, Heritage Auctions will sell the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov at auction.
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced a Platinum Auction of Elite Americana & Rare Maps on June 30th, 2022. The sale comprises a selection of 96 rare, important, and valuable examples of historical Americana, including much on Mexico, from printed books and manuscripts to cartography and…
In 1936, Carolyn Wells published Murder in the Bookshop, a mystery set in the rare book world, which she knew well. In the novel, a wealthy collector is murdered just before he takes possession of his newest acquisition: a book signed by someone named Button Gwinnett, not once but thrice. It was…
London — Forum Auctions is excited to present a private collection of exceptional culinary literary works that, as well as spanning five centuries, takes us on a fascinating gastronomic journey of discovery. The collection was carefully curated over a period of 40 years by the late Caroline…
The largest exhibition of Thomas Hardy objects ever displayed at one time has opened in the region he made famous through his fiction. Hardy’s Wessex: The landscapes that inspired a writer is being held across four museums in Dorset and Wiltshire and tells the story of how the region’s landscapes…
London – The name Peter Burra is now largely forgotten, yet before his untimely death in a plane crash in April 1937 he was regarded as one of Britain’s finest and most influential critics. At school and Oxford with the tenor Peter Pears he was friends of the composers Benjamin Britten and Lennox…
