A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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2021 marks seventy years since the first volume in Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume series A Dance to the Music of Time was published (more on this in our autumn issue). By happy coincidence, the National Gallery in London and the Getty Center in Los Angeles have organized an exhibition devoted to…
Los Angeles — Cal State LA and USC have been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to digitize Mesoamerican and Spanish colonial materials.
Basel, Switzerland — It has been a long time since we were all able to meet in-person and celebrate the wonderful art of so many eras, countries, and styles, such as are always on display at Frieze Masters. Thus, Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG is excited to return this October with a selection of…
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On Tuesday, October 12, 373 lots of Lettres & Manuscrits Autographes – Musique at Ader. The top manuscript lot is expected to be a four-page Haydn autograph manuscript from the Trio Hob.XI 48 and Trio Hob.XI 50, which is estimated at €30,…
Dallas — One of the few remaining handwritten pages from the original manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third novel and fifth "Sherlock Holmes book," The Hound of the Baskervilles (estimate: $170,000+), will begin a new chapter of its own when it is sold in Heritage Auctions' Manuscripts…
Every so often, it’s my pleasure to report on Fine Books’ esteemed team of writers. (Last fall, for example, two of our writers published new books.) This season, I have two more to share.
New York — The Swann Galleries fall offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana was held on Thursday, September 30 delivering remarkable results across the board. The auction brought $938,298, with 89% of lots finding homes; demonstrating an upward trend and strength in the category as the fifth…
Today is publication day for a limited edition manuscript facsimile of John Steinbeck’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). Its publisher, SP Books, has produced an exact replica of the only known manuscript of the quintessential Great Depression novel, kept…
Strand Magazine, continuing a fine tradition of uncovering "lost" works, has discovered a previously unpublished story by Tennessee Williams. The story was found in the archives of Houghton Library at Harvard University. It has been published for the first time in the new issue of the magazine.
The Archives & Local History (ALH) department at Douglas County Libraries recently received a generous historical donation from the estate of siblings Robert F. (Bob) and Rosemary M. Metzler of Castle Rock. The Metzlers were professional educators and third-generation Coloradans whose family…
