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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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AMHERST, NH -- RR Auction is proud to announce their first Civil War auction in March. This compelling array of more than 450 items that offer an intensely comprehensive look into some of the key figures in our country’s most bloody conflict; letters, photos, and exemplary artifacts meld together…
"The Best Book Fair in the World” Returns to the Park Avenue Armory for its 52nd Year, April 13-15, 2012.HOURSFriday, noon - 8pm Saturday, noon - 7pm Sunday, noon - 5pmPreview, Thursday, April 12, 5pm - 9pm tickets $35ABOUT THE FAIR:
Published to accompany an exhibit this spring at Yale's Beinecke Library, Remembering Shakespeare (Yale University Press, 2012) is everything a good exhibition catalog should be: short, but thorough; well-designed, and pleasurable to read and to look at. If I can, I certainly hope I'll be…
Washington, D.C.—This summer, The Phillips Collection presents an outstanding selection of works on paper by two of the most critically acclaimed artists working today, Jasper Johns and Antony Gormley. Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, the first exhibition of Johns’s work at the Phillips, traces…
The British Library publishes the first detective novel…The Notting Hill Mystery‘Is that chain one of purely accidental coincidence, or does it point with terrible certainty to a series of crimes, in their nature and execution too horrible to contemplate?’ - Ralph Henderson, narrator
DALLAS, TX - Heritage Auctions’ website, HA.com, proved itself the dominant online auction source last month, obliterating its competition with nearly 725,000 unique visitors to Heritage Auctions site in the first month of 2012, according to Compete.com, a website devoted to tracking web traffic.…
While we are always told not to collect books based on assumptions of future value, all of us make the occasional purchase with an eye to future profit. Collecting based on your personal interests remains the best policy. But when you're around old books long enough, you can hardly deny…
Later this week Swann Galleries will auction the libraries of two American private press collectors. Expect to see books from Ashendene, Bird & Bull, Doves, Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Kelmscott, Nonesuch, as well as more contemporary printers like The Limited Editions Club, Janus, Arion, and…
Pasadena, Calif. (February 16, 2012) Drawing rave reviews from exhibitors and visitors alike, the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair concluded on February 12 at the Pasadena Convention Center. The Southern California edition of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers'…
