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The Antiquarian Book School Foundation has announced the return of the 2026 CABS-Minnesota…
A comprehensive collection of personal Colonel Harland Sanders memorabilia including his personal…
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London — Chiswick Auctions is thrilled to offer the library and private estate of one of the greatest storytellers and writers of the 20th century, Paul Gallico (1897-1976). The celebrated American-born novelist, screenwriter and journalist is renowned for the writing of a number of significant…
Using various folds, cuts, stitches, and seals, sixteenth-century royals and spies, among others, attempted to keep their secrets safe via ‘letterlocking.’ Last March, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) made headlines when an international team of scholars, including MIT Libraries and…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Elizabeth Kidder of Knoxville, Tennessee, who was an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women collectors aged 30 and younger:
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Amsterdam — The European Fine Art Foundation confirms today that the 35th edition of TEFAF Maastricht will take place Saturday, June 25 – Thursday, June 30, 2022 (by invitation only June 24 and until 2PM on June 25) at the MECC in Maastricht.
An ongoing series of marathon read-throughs by the public of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of children’s novels continues at the end of this month in Cumbria on the banks of Windermere, England’s largest natural lake.
From January 25–29, several organizations in New York City will celebrate Bibliography Week. With many virtual (and free!) options, bibliophiles can join in whether they are in town or not, so check out the lineup below.
The Bibliographical Society of America
The BSA is hosting an impressive range…
Dallas — Beginning Feb. 12, the 212th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, Heritage Auctions will offer some 530 documents and artifacts associated with The Great Emancipator, among them one of the most cited and significant letters of his presidency written in the aftermath of the…
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on this week:
Boston — A Nikola Tesla letter discussing his place among America's greatest inventors sold for $341,295 according to Boston-based RR Auction.
New York – Christie’s is honored to present The Private Collection of William S. “Bill” Reese. The late Bill Reese was renowned as the foremost dealer-scholar of antiquarian books of his generation, and his private collection will be among the most valuable sales of printed Americana in over…
