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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Throughout the year we have enjoyed suggesting the best new books about the many and varied facets…
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Kansas City, MO. Jan 26, 2017-Contemporary English photographer Richard Learoyd, using a large camera obscura in his East London studio, creates figure studies, portraits and still lifes that are neither glamorous nor retouched, yet they exude serene power along with mesmerizing detail. Richard…
'Tis the season for award ceremonies, and on Monday the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books for children and young adults at its Midwinter Meeting, held this year in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kelly Barnhill received the Newbery Medal (awarded for most outstanding contribution…
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 11, 2017: Who Knows The Best Book Fairs In New York City?
Are you a writer in need of inspiration? Looking for a quiet place to commune with the ghost of a literary giant? Or just need a break from the kids?
The Jay I. Kislak Foundation announced this week a major donation to the University of Miami and Miami Dade College. Split between the two institutions is a collection that "includes some of the most important original source materials related to the history of the early Americas," according to a…
Paris, January 2017—The sale of books and manuscripts on 8 February will open with an extremely fine selection of antique books on Medicine (including the last books fro
What has become of the fabled Walden Pond? In his debut monograph Walden (Kehrer Verlag, May 2017) S.B. Walker -- an artist from New England who grew up a few miles from Walden Pond -- surveys the symbolically charged landscape of literary giant Henry David Thoreau in an attempt…
An early 19th century whaling log fetched $3,600 at National Book Auctions' January 21, 2017 sale.
Penn Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania have acquired the only known copy of Benjamin Franklin's first printing piece.
A small but interesting archive of material relating to Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Dickens has turned up at London-based Chiswick Auctions, consigned by a distant relation of the Ellis family.
