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(March 20, 2012 - Amherst, MA) The Carle is pleased to announce that the West Gallery will be home to an exhibition of art from Eric Carle’s beloved book, “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth, published in 2002. The exhibition, called The Birth of a Book and A Museum will open in Amherst…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a Sunday, March 18th auction featuring broad range of rare antique books, as well as pleasing ephemera, coins and currency, and artwork. Of particular note were rare first editions of early and modern titles, many of which…
Kara McLaughlin, proprietor of Little Sages in Cooper City, Florida, and recent entry in our Bright Young Things series, exhibited at her first fair earlier this month at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg. She sent in the following report:
The ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association), who organise the London International Antiquarian Book Fair is delighted to announce that 161 exhibitors have now signed up for this year’s fair. Now in its 55th year, the biggest and oldest fair in the UK will take place for the first time in the…
Take a jaunt to the Grolier Club for a peek into old-school Scribner, when the publishing company founded by Charles Scribner could boast its own bookstore and a rare book operation with a serious bookman at its helm, Ray Safford.
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Ashley Wildes at Between the Covers Rare Books in Gloucester City, New Jersey.
A selection of exciting highlights of the 55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair has been announced. The Fair, which will be held for the first time in the bigger and more attractive National Hall at Olympia (London W14) from Thursday, 24th May to Saturday, 26th May, 2012 already has more…
In 1543, Andreas Vesalius, the founder of modern human anatomy, published De Humani Corporis Fabrica (The Fabric of the Human Body), what is now considered the most famous a
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, will host a Sunday, March 18th auction featuring a broad range of rare antique books, as well as pleasing ephemera, coins, currency and artwork. Of particular note are rare first editions of early and modern titles, many of which are…
