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Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the…
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New York—Swann Galleries’ October 2 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana was one of the largest and most successful Americana auctions Swann has held, bringing in more than $840,000-well above the high estimate, and almost twice the low estimate. In all, 93 percent of the lots were sold.
I recently found out about Smith&Press, a fairly new independent publisher that is producing incredibly useful translations and handsome facsimile editions of early printed books. They caught my eye with their recently completed four-volume translation of The Nuremberg Chronicle. So I asked the…
Next week the British Library will publish Andrew Forrester’s The Female Detective, the first novel to feature a professional female detective in British fiction. This new publication will be the first trade edition of the novel since its original publication in 1864. ????
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Cassandra Hatton, proprietor of the soon-to-launch Cassandra Hatton Rare Books in California.
SAN FRANCISCO — In the annual celebration of the printed word, the 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco on Friday, February 15, through Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.
Plainfield, NH — October 7, 2012 — This season’s annual W.A. Smith Thanksgiving Holiday Auction will feature 500 lots, highlighting fine American and European antique furniture, decorative accessories, a variety of art including beautiful equestrian and sporting paintings, a collection of White…
English: Thomas Bodley, the founder of Bodleian Library of Oxford.
Book artist Jill Timm sent me this photo of her 'Book of the Month,' Falling Leaves, and it seemed so appropriate to share on this perfect autumn day.
CLAREMONT, CA (October 4, 2012) — Kitty Maryatt, director of the Scripps College Press, lectures on “Interrogating Book Structure” on Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Center for Book Arts, 28 W. 27th Street, 3rd Floor, in Manhattan. She also presents a workshop at the center on Oct 27-28. Both events…
DALLAS — A rare early National Bank Note from Fairbanks, Alaska, with prestigious serial number 1 and a pedigree from the family of the city’s namesake, leads the offerings in Heritage Auctions’ ANA Currency Signature® Auction, the official auction of the 2012 ANA National Money ShowSM in Dallas,…
