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French author Victor Hugo was, it seems, a militant supporter of American abolitionist John Brown. A rare first edition of a pamphlet written by Hugo and retaining its original photograph of Hugo's striking line drawing of the 1859 hanging of Brown, is one of the highlights at the New York…
Los Angeles—Profiles in History is proud to announce its historic auction will commence. The original typed working manuscript for The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous is back on the auction block.
New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of Vintage Posters Featuring Highlights from the Gail Chisholm Collection on March 1 offered premier examples of advertising and propaganda from around the world, and broke several auction records.
Lynbrook, NY - A copy of Detective Comics #29 (July 1939), bought by the consignor at a tag sale for $20, gaveled for $53,675 at a two-day auction held February 14th and 15th by Weiss Auctions, online and in the firm’s Lynbrook gallery, at 74 Merrick Road.
The Library of Congress has conserved and digitized an album containing 48 rare photographs dating to the 1860s - including a previously unrecorded portrait of Harriet Tubman and images of other abolitio
It's Rare Book Week 2018 in NYC. If you're visiting for the book fair this weekend, there are numerous fascinating exhibitions at a variety of institutions to check out while you're in town. For a guide to all that's on offer this week, be sure to bookmark our dedicated Rare Book Week site…
Well, it's officially Rare Book Week in New York! As we've done for the past few years now, we've put together a handy guide to the book fairs, auctions, exhibitions, and other eating/drinking/browsing opportunities available to those who make the annual biblio-pilgrimage. It's all here.
The celebrated letter written 375 years ago by Oliver Cromwell in July 1643, after his first victorious encounter during the English C
PBA Galleries of San Francisco California is excited to announce the return of Mr. Ivan Briggs to their staff as Director of Fine Pens and Comics.
New York—Swann Galleries will offer an auction of Autographs on Thursday, March 22, featuring vestiges of history spanning the thirteenth to twentieth centuries.
