A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Each year the Morgan Library & Museum rewards New York City schoolchildren for making handmade books. The Morgan Book Project invites students in grades 3-12 to learn about historic bookmaking tools and materials and then to produce their own manuscript or artist’s book (see our winter 2015…
London – Thought lost for almost a century, the Honresfield Library was assembled with passion by self-made Victorian industrialists Alfred and William Law at the turn of the 20th century and has since been maintained with care by generations of the Law family. A unique treasury replete with…
Last week the Huntington Library announced an intriguing gift: Lisa See, author of New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, and Shanghai Girls, as well as a memoir, On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family…
Chicago — Potter & Potter's May 15th 760+ lot Vintage Posters, Prints & Works on Paper event was the image of success from start to finish, busting through the sale's preauction high estimate to realize over $405,000. After a day of spirited bidding, 56 lots realized $1,000-2,000; 13 lots…
Los Angeles – American painter James Otto Lewis' set of 80 hand-colored lithographs of “The Aboriginial Port Folio” will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on May 27. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online.
Native American visual chronicler James Otto Lewis traveled to…
Dallas, TX – One of the most infamous forgeries in United States history heads to auction for the first time in June at Heritage Auctions.
Boston — A rare letter in which Albert Einstein writes out his famous equation, "E = mc2," the only known example in private hands, sold for $1,243,707, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
London — Peter Harrington has launched its new catalogue for presentation at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, taking place from 23 to 29 May 2021. Curated especially for collectors in the Arabian Gulf, the catalogue offers some of the most essential and sought after works of interest to the…
The American Writers Museum in Chicago spotlights Ray Bradbury, perhaps best known as the author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, online and in-person, now through spring 2022. Below, check out a terrific three-minute trailer for the exhibition featuring fellow sci-fi and fantasy…
