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Highlights of the Potter & Potter Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia auction on April 18…
Highlights from the collection of rare book dealer, publisher, and collector David Aronovitz will…
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The Lincoln inaugural Bible used by Barack Obama when he took his first presidential oath of office in 2009—which will be used again by the president along with Martin Luther King’s Bible at the second inaugural ceremony on Jan. 21—will go on display at the Library of Congress from Jan. 23 to Feb.…
An exploration of the history of giving at the Society Library through archival records and the books themselves.
Free and open to the public.
Open January 24-September 30, 2013 during the Library’s open hours.
The New York Society Library
The Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery
53 East 79th…
The British Library takes a quirky look at the history of crime fiction, from its earliest roots to the present day, in a new exhibition in The Folio Society Gallery, Murder in the Library: An A-Z of Crime Fiction.
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Joseph Mandelbaum, proprietor of The Royal Mandelbaums in New York City.
M A S T E R W O R K S O N P A P E R
52nd Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair
25th - 27th January 2013
When: Friday, January 18th, 2013 until Saturday, March 30th, 2013Opening Reception: Friday, January 18, 2013 6-8pmWhere: 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001Subway: N/R to 28PP th St, or F to 23PP rd PP StOpen Hours: Monday to Friday 10am-6pm & Saturday 10am-4pmAdmission: FreeThe…
Thornwillow, a New York-based private press, and
New York City—Compelling photographs taken by renowned 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) of himself and his fellow Beat poets are the subject of the first scholarly exhibition and catalogue of these works. New York University’s Grey Art Gallery will present Beat Memories: The…
New York, NY, January 14, 2013—The Morgan Library & Museum is home to some of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books, literary manuscripts, private letters and correspondence, and original music. Now, visitors have the opportunity to view a changing…
The manuscript of W. H. Auden’s famous poem Stop all the Clocks is to be sold in Part I of the Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 10 April. It is estimated at £6,000-8,000.
The work became known around the world when…
