A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
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The United States Senate today by a vote of 74-18 confirmed Dr. Carla D. Hayden, longtime chief executive of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore and a former president of the American Library Association, as the 14th Librarian of Congress, for a renewable 10-year term.
Dr. Hayden was…
DALLAS - As the United States readies itself for a first woman to be pictured on its paper money in at least a century, several rare notes offered during Heritage Auctions’ American Numismatic Association Currency Auction Aug. 10-16 show women played an integral role in our money for more…
As I recently told book fair promoter Marvin Getman, I rely on serendipity as a book collector. That's not a very practical way to collect, but it works for me. Case in point: this past April during Rare Book Week, I spent a few hours at Getman's "satellite fair" on Saturday. Typically I roam from…
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation’s leading and most trusted auction houses, will expand its regional reach to Scottsdale. With headquarters in Chicago, this will be the firm's seventh location in addition to Denver, Milwaukee, Naples, Palm Beach and St. Louis.
New York—Swann Auction Galleries’ August 3 auction of Vintage Posters is a visual extravaganza, with imagery ranging from posters designed by blue-chip artists to Hollywood B-movie advertisements and American work incenti
An extremely rare and highly important album of Albertypes from photographs by William Henry Jackson, containing the first photographic views of Yellowstone, which were instrumental in its establishment as the first U.S.
(Baltimore, Md.) - Now celebrating its 36th year, the Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show will make its annual return to the Baltimore Convention Center August 25-28, 2016. The expansive show will present the spectacular collections of more than 400 international exhibitors, including a book…
BOXBOROUGH, MA: Flamingo Eventz is pleased to announce the return of the popular Boxborough Paper Town - The Vintage Paper, Books & Advertising Collectibles Show.
A new volume is about to be added to the strange and bizarre library of literature written by dictators.
Brooklyn, NY, July 2016 - What happens when you combine a world-class selection of the antique books and ephemera with three days of special displays, live literary-related entertainment, and family fun? The third annual
