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NEW YORK — A rare July 1776 Broadside Printing of the Declaration of Independence by Ezekiel Russell of Salem, Massachusetts-Bay — the Colony's authorized edition — which was sent to an Ipswich Pastor to be read to his congregation, sold for $514,000 at a public auction of historical manuscripts he
‘TO HIS DEAR AND FAITHFUL ERNEST JONES in memory of his visit, 6 May 1926. Freud aet. LXX’.
Kansas City, MO. April 4, 2016-When photography was introduced in 1839, the making of even a single picture was difficult and painstaking.
What do a film star, the children in South Sudan, and 1,800 booksellers on 5 continents have in common? They are some of the essential components of a worldwide series of events to create a more literate world. On 23 April 2016 the members of the International League of Antiquarian Bookseller’s (…
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair opens on Thursday, and today we're highlighting one fantastic item that will be offered there, courtesy of British bookseller Simon Beattie. This unique collection of press cuttings and other printed ephemera dated 1885-1914 relates to Oscar Wilde, primarily to…
Handwritten working notes for two chapters of one of the 20th century’s most controversial novels, Dr Zhivago, are among a host of fascinating literary gems at Bonhams Fine Literature Sale in New York on 11 April.
Devil's Claw ©2016 Paul Mirocha. Reproduced with permission from University of Arizona Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2016 - Harper Lee letters condemning Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal sold for $3,926 tonight at Nate D. Sanders auction. Bidding for the letter began at $750. There were 11 bids on the letter. Twenty-four of Lee’s letters to her friends sold for a total of $33,556.…
