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[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.
Glen Allen, Virginia - Jonathan Potter of Jonathan Potter Ltd., Steve Luck of Tooley Adams & Co., and Luke Vavra formerly of Cartographic Arts have partnered with Old World Auctions to present a special auction
One of the great rarities of 19th century literature - a true first edition of "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll - will be
On Wednesday 25th May Chiswick Auctions held a successful sale of Printed Books and Manuscripts.
A number of key pieces sold very well. Star lots included:
Sold: £27,600 incl Buyer’s Premium:
BOSTON, MA, May 26, 2016-In all-new summer Vintage episodes, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW looks back at memorable objects from previous shows to discover what they are worth today and how the market and their value has changed.
MANHATTAN, May 24--The Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was the setting for a daylong symposium dedicated to exploring the history, design, and manufacture of late 19th to early 20th century American publishers' book covers, as well as bookbinders' influence on…
OXFORD, 26 May 2016 - A rare manuscript of one of John Donne’s most famous poems, a letter by influential philosopher John Locke and a John Aubrey book about the supernatural, liberally annotated by the Oxford scientist Robert Hooke, are among the treasures that the Bodleian Libraries has recently…
BOSTON - May 25, 2016 - Boston Public Library recently added its 100,000th digitized item to Digital Commonwealth, providing access to digital resources of cultural heritage organizations throughout Massachusetts. Collections in DigitalCommonwealth.org include thousands of images, documents, and…
The literary archive of the Golden Goose Press of Sausalito, California, will be up for auction at Christie's on June 16.
