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Highlights from Forum Auctions' The Private Library: Fine Printing & Private Press books, the…
This year’s Colin Franklin Prize for Book Collecting offered by the Bodleian Library’s Centre for…
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Smallworks Press, an independent publishing company specializing in limited edition, exquisitely-printed books focusin
Miami Beach, FL — In a focused installation, The Wolfsonian-Florida International University will highlight the transnational legacy of Cuban graphic designer, illustrator, publisher, and caricaturist Conrado Walter Massaguer—a leading voice in shaping early 20th
The small but interesting exhibition celebrating 175 years of the London publisher Batsford (now an imp
WHAT: The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) is pleased to announce the finalists, or the “shortlist,” for the 2019 New England Society Book Awards, which recognize books of merit that celebrate New England and its culture. The NES Book Awards are presented annually to authors of…
London — The shortlist for the Wolfson History Prize 2019 is revealed today, celebrating the best new historical non-fiction books in the UK.
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:
Chicago — Hindman LLC announces the May 1 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction, featuring significant colle
Dallas, TX - A pair of paintings by the patriarch of arguably the greatest family of American artists could produce seven-figure results in Heritage Auctions’ American A
Each semester, the Houghton Library at Harvard University hosts a series of workshops on letterpress printing. The last one for the spring term happens today from 3 to 5 p.m.
Participants (Harvard affiliates only) experience just how printing got done from the fifteenth century until hot metal…
One of several thoughts that occurred to me while reading the immensely enjoyable new book Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children was that a collection of Victorian parenting guides could be a fun "new path" (as John Carter might have put it) for beginning book…
