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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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February 2017--CHICAGO--A rare poster depicting Harry Houdini performing his famous Water Torture Cell escape has sold for a world record price of $114,000.00 at Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago.
AUSTIN, Texas — Stories of inspiration, adaptation, innovation, confrontation, collaboration and even frustration can be found within the Harry Ransom Center’s extensive cultural collections.
All this week on the blog we'll be highlighting Rare Book Week West--either items on offer at the book fairs and special auction or items on exhibit at numerous San Francisco Bay-a
NEW YORK, Feb 3, 2017 - In its 38th year, the Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair is a West Village neighborhood tradition that brings together some of the world’s best known dealers, collectors, and community members to benefit PS3 The Charrette School. This year’s event will take place on Feb…
All this week on the blog we'll be highlighting Rare Book Week West--either items on offer at the book fairs and special auction or items on exhibit at numerous San Francisco Bay-area venues. Today's post combines two of these: the Codex Book Fair & Symposium and the Book Club of California,…
London, 1 February 2017: Today, The Folio Society and House of Illustration are thrilled to announce the longlist for the annual Book Illustration Competition (#BIC2017).
Now in its seventh year, The Book Illustration Competition is a partnership between The Folio Society and House of Illustration…
This year at TEFAF Maastricht, Dr.
Sharpen your pencils, and not your trusty #2 Ticonderoga or Mirado Black Warrior--this is a job for Prismacolor and Faber-Castell. From February 6-11, libraries and cultural institutions worldwide will participate in the second "Color Our Collections" Week. The inaugural event grew out of a Twitter…
SAN MARINO, Calif.—The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a unique 10-volume edition of The Life and Writings of John Muir (1916-1924) that incorporates 260 origina
A charming exhibit of animals pictured in law books opens February 1, courtesy of the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection. Titled "Woof, Moo & Grr: A Carnival of Animals in Law Books," the exhibit is narrated from the perspective of the animals themselves and is aimed at animal lovers of…
