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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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In the new book, My Cookbook Passion: Culinary History and Adventure in Exploring My Personal Collection (Gaudium, $49.99), author Pamela Kure Grogan combines vintage recipes with a heaping spoonful of bibliophilia.
London – Earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that the manuscripts, first editions, letters and bindings that make up the legendary Honresfield Library -- assembled with passion by self-made Victorian industrialists William and Alfred Law at the turn of the 20th century -- were to be offered at…
London – The only Darwin Microscope to have ever been offered at auction was sold in Christie’s Valuable Books & Manuscripts auction on 15 December 2021, achieving £598,500 / $791,816 / €702,041. The Gould-type microscope by Cary (estimate: £250,000 – 350,000) was gifted by Charles Darwin (1809…
As we noted in our autumn 2020 article, “Beethoven at 250,” published on the occasion of the composer’s semiquincentennial, the British Library holds one of the top Ludwig van Beethoven collections in the world. Special pieces from that collection are now on exhibit and include such personal items…
Book collecting prizes for students have restarted in the UK after a Covid-enforced lapse. Earlier this year, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association awarded its National Book Collecting Prize to Karissa Adams from the University of Edinburgh for her collection ‘Leonora Carrington: A Surreal Life…
Chicago — Emerging on the heels of late 60s political movements, a new form of alternative magazine amplified marginalized voices, redefining entrenched mainstream representations and forever changing the magazine industry. From the 70s through the mid-90s, American and British photo-driven…
Dallas — A rare first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold Thursday at Heritage Auctions for $471,000, the highest price ever paid for the boy wizard's debut in any form.
A very busy week is coming up in the salerooms.
New York — Illustration Art at Swann Galleries has celebrated the artistic achievements of illustrators for nearly a decade, offering original artworks intended for publication, including newspapers, books, magazines and more. The winter offering is slated for Thursday, December 16, and will…
Boston — A Charles Darwin letter that discussed the success of his book, On the Origin of Species sold for $144,020, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
