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Highlights of the Potter & Potter Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia auction on April 18…
Highlights from the collection of rare book dealer, publisher, and collector David Aronovitz will…
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The Twelfth Enchantment, the newest novel by David Liss, author of A Conspiracy of Paper and others, could inspire an amazing collection. That was the thought that kept occurring to me throughout this enjoyable but flimsy story.
The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America is delighted to announce the winners of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest!First Prize: Mitch Fraas, Duke University, Anglo-American Legal Printing 1702 to the PresentSecond Prize: Maggie Murray, Johns Hopkins, …
Guest Blog by James Thomas, Jr., collector and bookseller at Every Other Book in Ft. Wayne, IN.
Oxford, 27 September 2011. The Bodleian Libraries’ autumn exhibition Treasures of the Bodleian opens to the public this Friday, 30 September. It will feature a selection of the Bodleian’s rarest, most important and most evocative items, from ancient papyri through medieval oriental manuscripts to…
NEW YORK—Bonhams is thrilled to host the auction of The Robert H. and Donna L. Jackson Collection, Part I: 19th Century Literature on October 18. This is an exceptionally complete collection of 18th century and Victorian literature as published in original parts and serial publications. Obtaining…
In an effort to help young antiquarian booksellers connect with the global trade in rare books, ILAB (the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) has launched an internship program. The first two participants completed their internships this past summer and the organization is eager to…
Back for its sixth year, the NY Art Book Fair, presented by Printed Matter, will be held this upcoming weekend from preview night on Thursday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 2.
PASADENA, Calif. -- From February 10 - 12, 2012, Southern California will become the rare book capital of the world as thousands of book lovers, U.S. and international dealers and scholars converge for the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center.…
Arthur Conan Doyle’s first and until now unpublished novel, The Narrative of John Smith, is to be released by the British Library on 26 September 2011. The novel, written between 1883 and 1884, gives a fascinating insight into this early period of the author’s creative development, only a few years…
