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You read that right, Lovecraft fans! Coming to auction on October 14 is a 16-leaf autographed manuscript of H. P. Lovecraft’s short story, “Pickman’s Model.” The story was published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales.
New York – Few people were as single-minded and dedicated to their life’s passion as the book collector and philanthropist Robin Satinsky who over five decades assembled and promoted the library of illustrated books which is to be offered at Bonhams Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on Friday…
Philadelphia — Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of its September 23 auction, a 140-lot sale that achieved a 95% sell-through rate and underscores Freeman’s strength in presenting material across a wide range of disciplines and time periods. Thursday’s auction saw strong results for…
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New York — Swann Galleries opened their fall 2021 season with the single-owner sale of The Virginia Zabriskie Collection on Tuesday, September 21. The success of the auction was the result of a multi-department effort from the house’s prints and drawings and photography departments. Original works…
Centuries’ worth of scribbled notes and doodles in manuscripts and early printed books will be revealed tomorrow in Bryn Mawr College’s new exhibition, Private Lives of Old Books: Recovering Personal Histories from Early Books of Latin. Curated by PhD candidate Kate Barnes under the direction of…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 365 lot sale to be held on Saturday, October 30th 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…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Emma Balch of Hay-on-Wye in Wales, proprietor of The Story of Books, a former bookshop that has transitioned into an incubator for a variety of bookish projects and productions in the UK:
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Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to present the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991), to be offered in our forthcoming Books, Maps & Manuscripts sale on 24 November 2021.
The name Peter Sís will be recognizable to anyone who has had an interest in children’s literature during the past three decades. His numerous awards in this area include two Ragazzi Awards from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, three Caldecott Honors, and eight appearances on the New York Times…
