The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
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Below, we offer two titles sure to put a little spring in your step. Each focuses on British ladies of letters--the Brontë sisters, and Agatha Christie. The Brontë Cabinet, by Deborah Lutz; W.W. Norton & Co, $16.95, 352 pages, paperback, May 2016.
On April 26, Bookfinder.com released its 13th annual report of the 100 most coveted out-of-print books in the United States. The online book price comparison tool uses extensive search data to compile the list, and 2015 revealed some surprises. Notable absences from the lineup include The Jerusalem…
New York—Swann Galleries’ April 12 auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books brought over $475,000, with travel books and manuscript material performing particularly well.
If you've always longed to have your favorite words draped around your body, your dream can now come true.
Earlier this year, Richard J. Ring reacquainted bibliophiles with the writing of an exemplary American librarian in his book, Lawrence C. Wroth's Notes for Bibliophiles in the New York Herald-Tribune, 1937-1947 (2016). Wroth not only served as librarian at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown…
New York— On Wednesday, May 18, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature, featuring many signed first editions and association copies, as well as a run of Faulkner first editions
When: May 6, May 20, and June 10, 2016, 6:30pm
Where: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Floor, NY, NY
Subway: N/R to 28th St, or F to 23rd St
Admission: Free; Suggested donation: $10 / $5 members
CHICAGO (April 25, 2016) - The International Society of Appraisers (ISA), the largest of the professional personal property organizations, will provide an 11-part, monthly webinar series on specialty collecting categories to Chubb's appointed independent agents and brokers.
The Center for Book Arts is pleased to invite artists and writers to submit applications for three exciting annual programs at The Center.
LETTERPRESS PRINTING & FINE PRESS PUBLISHING SEMINAR
The Spring 2016 Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging…
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN—The 38th annual Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Ballroom of the Michigan Union at 530 S. State Street on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016 from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
At the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair even a casual…
