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Hujar: Contact is an exhibition exploring the life, times, and creative evolution of photographer…
Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the…
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If you're like me, you find yourself glued to the television every Sunday night when Masterpiece Theater is on. And this year, as befits the 200th anniversary of his birth, is the year of Dickens. So Masterpiece just recently wrapped up encore presentations of Oliver Twist and The Old…
Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the University of Massachusetts Lowell announced today - which would have been Jack Kerouac’s 90th birthday - they will present the world premiere of the Lowell native and literary icon’s only full-length play, “Beat Generation,” in a staged reading for eight…
IOBA Has a New Home on the Web.The Independent Online Booksellers Association is proud to introduce its newly updated website. The custom design was created by Foreseeing Solutions.The Independent Online Booksellers Association is an international trade organization for…
Jack Kerouac was born ninety years ago today. Did he ever think this would be his legacy? Apparently, Kerouac wanted Marlon Brando to play Dean Moriarty...
As you might imagine, when I saw a publication notice for John Hruschka's How Books Came to America: The Rise of the American Book Trade (Penn State University Press, 2012), I was quite excited. A monograph on the early American book trade? Yes, please!
DALLAS, TX: The Berwick Discovery of Lost Movie Posters - a trove of 33 classic and incredibly rare posters dating back as far as 1930 - many examples of which were thought to be lost for all time, ranging in value from $500+ to $200,000+, will debut at Heritage Auctions on March 23 as part of the…
Book Scouting in BulgariaA guest blog by Zhenya DzhavgovaDowntown Kazanlak
Kestenbaum & Company’s spring auction of Fine Judaica is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 21st at 3:00 pm. The sale will be held at the company’s gallery at 242 West 30th Street in New York City. Viewing will be held from Sunday, March 18th through Tuesday, March 20th. The 351-…
Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Kara McLaughlin, proprietor of Little Sages in Cooper City, Florida. Little Sages will be exhibiting at its first book fair this weekend at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg.
