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London — The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA) is pleased to unveil an expansion of their ‘Firsts’ fair brand to include three upcoming online rare books fairs, in partnership with international organisations the Association of Antiquarian Booksellers of Canada (ABAC/ALAC) and the…
Boston — A remarkable Edgar Allan Poe letter to an autograph collector will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction.
The remarkable one-page handwritten letter signed "Edgar A. Poe," dated November 16, 1843. Letter to Joseph H. Hedges, in full: "I presume the request you make, in your note of the…
Reserve a space now for a virtual Book Talk: Pirating and Publishing: The Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment: Robert Darnton in conversation with John Buchtel.
Just a year ago, a fire nearly destroyed the collection of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). The Mulberry Street building that housed its historical artifacts and archives caught fire on January 23, 2020 and burned into the night and the following day. At the time, we were just finalizing…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Miriam Borden, winner of the 2020 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women book collectors under 30.
Where are you from / where do you live? From New Jersey; now living in Toronto.
San Marino, California — In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the personal papers of Thomas T. Eckert (1825–1910), head of the United States…
New York — On Thursday, February 4 Swann Galleries will offer the auction: The Artists of the WPA. The multi-departmental sale will feature paintings, prints, photographs, posters, books and related ephemera by artists whose careers were sustained by the Works Progress Administration. In the…
In October 2014, while waiting for the light rail, I ducked into a bookstore to get out of the rain. I love treasure hunting in old bookstores. It was hard to move down the aisles because they were filled with cardboard boxes, which was a good sign. While I waited to check my bag, I scanned the…
Los Angeles – A letter from 19th Century Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev first referring to his upcoming short story, likely ''King Lear of the Steppes,’’ will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on January 28, 2021.
Turgenev wrote to French socialite Valentine Delessert on October…
New York — Christie’s week of Americana sales totaled $9,202,500 and established five auction records. A rare contemporary 1776 broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II sold for $990,000, achieving the top price across the…
