A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Brendan W. Clark of Trinity College. Mr. Clark won third place in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest in 2020.
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London — From British Army orders to pressed fern specimens, the Travel & Exploration catalogue brings together a significant collection of historic photography, letters, maps and travel writing.
London — The shortlist for the Wolfson History Prize 2021, the UK’s most prestigious history writing prize, has been announced today, celebrating the best historical non-fiction titles from the past year.
With discussions around historical legacy and context growing louder over the past…
San Marino, CA — The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has awarded Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English Language and Literature and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the…
Books once owned by William Safire, presidential speechwriter under Nixon, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and avowed grammar stickler, are heading to auction in New York later this month. This piqued my interest for two reasons: one, it complements the feature story I wrote for our current…
New Haven, CT — The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library presents Cover Story: In Praise of the Exterior Surface, an exhibition celebrating book covers from our historic collection.
Amsterdam — Catawiki is excited to offer, for the first time, the stock of an entire bookshop in a single auction.
New York – The capstone to our series of auctions dedicated to the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman concluded Wednesday in New York with the sale of Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana. Held across three live sessions, the auction totaled $12,396,132, exceeding the pre-sale high…
Here are the auctions I’ll be watching this week:
Join more than 100 leading specialists in antiquarian books, fine prints, photography, maps, and ephemera at the new Western States Virtual Book & Paper Fair, which kicks off Thursday, April 29 at 9 a.m./PDT. Produced by Rare Books LA, this unique event is presented in conjunction with the Rose…
