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Catalogue Review: Steve Finer Rare Books, #197Steve Finer of Greenfield, Massachusetts, issues your traditional antiquarian booksellers' catalogue: a solid selection of books described in clear and witty prose, preceded by a personable letter. He calls the topics here his "predictable line of…
A hand-written account of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens and the original illustrations for Roald Dahl’s Danny, Champion of the World are among the ‘written’ wonders that will be on sale at the 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair. The Fair, which will be held for the first time in…
The 12th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held on the National Mall between 9th and 14th Streets on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 23 from noon to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public.Creating the…
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Andrea Tomberg, proprietor of Tomberg Rare Books in Greenwich, Connecticut:
The 52nd Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair, sponsored by the prestigious Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, closed on April 15th with a record number of dealers, strong attendance, great sales, and a number of celebrity…
New York - On June 22, Christie’s New York will offer one of the most evocative and revealing American historical artifacts: George Washington’s personal copy of the Acts of Congress, including the Constitution and draft Bill of Rights, a volume specially printed and bound for him in 1789, his…
London - Christie's is proud to announce that they will offer Charles Dickens's personal copy of David Copperfield in the sale of Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts on 13 June 2012. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), widely known as one of the greatest authors of the English language, penned this…
Either there's a stunned silence in the book world, or word hasn't gotten round yet: Larry McMurtry has announced that a public auction will be held August 10 and 11 at his colossal bookstore in Archer City, Texas. Three hundred and fifty thousand books will be sold after a week of previews in-…
DALLAS - R. Brownell McGrew’s evocative Children of the Sun, 1989 (estimate: $100,000+), Julian Onderdonk’s romantic Field of Bluebonnets with Trees (estimate: $60,000+) and a Mono Lake Paiute Polychrome Coiled Basket, c.
In case you missed it, the big conversation on Twitter over the weekend was about the incorporation of book dealer descriptions into library catalogue records. The entire conversation has been neatly archived by Sarah Werner, of the Folger Library, over at Storify - so go check it out.
