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Chicago, IL (NOVEMBER 30, 2015)—The three major personal property appraisal organizations jointly announce an initiative to educate the public regarding meaningful qualification standards for Appraisers. The Appraisers Association of America (AAA), American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and the…
The visionary artistry of Lynd Ward, one of America’s foremost book illustrators during the first half of the twentieth century, is on view at the Grolier Club from November 19, 2015 through January 1
It's catnip for many bibliophiles: two novels set in a bookstore and featuring cute kitties. Jenny Kalahar is a bookseller and the author of Shelve Under C: A Tale of Used Books and Cats and its sequel, The Find of a Lifetime, from her Turning Pages series.
(Amherst, MA)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art commemorates the literary and artistic contributions of Newbery Award-winning American author and illustrator William Pène du Bois with the exhibition A Taste for Adventure: The Art of William Pène du Bois opening December 15 and running…
Coming to auction this week at PBA Galleries in San Francisco is a stunning selection of rare books and maps from the collection of Warren Heckrotte.
This season Museum visitors can delight in a selection of distinctive holiday gifts, many produced exclusively for the Philadelphia Museum of Art stores. They range from exquisite, handmade items to silver jewelry, stocking stuffers, best-selling art books, high-quality reproductions of Museum…
Arthur Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictiva: A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating to Literary Forgery, 400 BC-AD 2000. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014. Earle Havens, ed. Fakes, Lies, and Forgeries: Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva…
Fifty-one years after the posthumous publication of Ernest Hemingway's ode to Paris, A Moveable Feast, French booksellers can't keep the book in stock. It has become something of a cultural touchstone in the aftermath of the November 13 attacks in Paris, and is now left alongside other…
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and Pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
Denver, Pennsylvania, November 24, 2015—Morphy Auctions, the finest auction destination for fresh to the market collections, is pleased to announce this exciting sale to be held on December 5th-6th, 2015.
