A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Washington, DC—Before venturing west to capture America's frontier in paintings and photographs, 19th-century artists explored the eastern landscape, which served as a powerful source of mythmaking for a nation finding its identity in the nineteenth century.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Jay Sylvestre, Special Collections Librarian at the Otto G.
In conjunction with the exhibition, “A True Friend of the Cause”: Lafayette and the Antislavery Movement, the Grolier Club and Lafayette College are pleased to offer a roundtable discussion on the role of the Marquis de Lafaye
Which of our blog posts elicited the most attention last year? Let's recap: #1 Found: Lovecraft-Houdini Manuscript When a 31-page typescript of "The Cancer of Superstition" turned up in a "now-defunct magic shop," H. P. Lovecraft's followers went wild with excitement. Update: It sold at auction for…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's first novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, University College Dublin has
Over the holiday week, I took a trip to Corning, New York, home of the Corning Museum of Glass. My primary intention was to see the collection of antique microscopes on exhibit (and featured in our fall 2016 issue). Revealing the Invisible: The History of Glass and the Microscope, on display in the…
Harvard University's Houghton Library usually buzzes with scholars engaged in research, but on the day before Christmas Eve the space exuded a more relaxed atmosphere. A forthcoming story and its swiftly approaching deadline occasioned my visit, and it turned out that the half-day before the…
DALLAS — A remarkable variety of private collections, all carefully curated over decades, comes together in the fifth annual Heritage Auctions’ Gentleman Collector Auction Jan. 19 in Dallas, Texas.
“This sale covers a wide spectrum,” Heritage Vice President of Special Collections Nick Dawes said. “…
