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Continuing on from our Tuesday post, here are the final five in the countdown of 1915 bestsellers:5) K by Mary Roberts Rinehart. A romance set it in the industrial Victorian age from the "American Agatha Christie." Rinehart, whose cozy mysteries were frequent bestsellers, delved into romantic…
It's always fun--and edifying--at this time of year to take a "backward glance" at the most popular reads on our site. From stolen books to Sherlock Holmes to the sale of a Gutenberg fragment, here are 2015's top posts. See what you've missed!
DALLAS—Heritage Auctions posted its second best ever year in 2015 with total sales of more than $860 million in total prices realized across its auction business as well as its Private Treaty sales. The company also continued to expand its worldwide presence, opening international offices in…
New York—On Thursday, January 28, Swann Galleries will offer its fourth annual auction of Illustration Art, featuring fine examples of advertising art, book and magazine illustrations, fashion and costume drawings, cartoons and comics.
AUSTIN, Texas—The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, announces the appointment of Jim Kuhn as associate director and Hobby Foundation Librarian.
Kuhn, who begins April 1, 2016, has a diverse and extensive background in academic and…
AUSTIN, Texas—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has granted the Harry Ransom Center a 2015 Digitizing Hidden Spec
Bentonville, Ark.—Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the opening of Samuel F.B.
Last year I began a new annual tradition on the Fine Books blog where I reviewed the bestselling books of 100 years ago. This week, with my first posts in the new year, let's take a look back at the top ten bestsellers from 1915:In descending order:
Coming to auction next week in Edinburgh is a scarce first edition of Jonathan Swift's poem, "The virtue
