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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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I've been a fan of Matthew Pearl's novels from the get-go; while I always have a hard time picking "favorite" books, The Dante Club would certainly make any list of top novels I've read. I'm very happy to say that his newest, The Technologists (due in early 2012 from Random…
In the Beginning Was the Word: Medieval Gospel Illumination, an exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, opens today.
Lawrence Worms, current President of the ABA in Britain and owner of Ash Rare Books since 1971, has set off on a self-styled book safari. On his election to the ABA, Worms promised his fellow ABA members that throughout his tenure he would travel around Britain in an attempt to see as many of…
From September 14 through November 12, 2011, The Grolier Club presents an exhibition of vintage Hollywood photography tracing the careers of the leading photographers and many of the great stars of the “Golden Age” of motion pictures. Silver Screen/Silver Prints is drawn from the collection…
The Grolier Club is pleased to present an exhibition focusing on the distinguished holdings of Hersh and Fern Cohen, whose household encompasses two major, and complementary, collections. On view in the Grolier’s second floor Gallery from September 8 - November 4, 2011, Steel and Roses:…
Catalogue Review: Howard S. Mott, #260It must be said that I have a soft spot for Howard S. Mott Inc. When I met Donald (Rusty) Mott at the 2010 NY Antiquarian Book Fair, I spied a first edition of Walden in his booth, and we got to talking Thoreau, one of my favorite topics. At the 2011 NYABF, my…
New York—On Thursday, September 15, Swann Galleries will conduct a sale devoted to the Eric C. Caren Collection, which encompasses books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs, broadsides and ephemera that span the 16th century through the 1970s.
Barack Obama announced his summer reading list the other day. While, of course, the list is likely only half the story (the half that's been vetted and field-tested for maximum public appeal), it's always interesting to hear what our political leaders read in their downtime. I thought…
Rare Book School welcomes applications for its upcoming course, "The Art ofthe Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912," which will be taught by Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds, visiting researcher atRitsumeikan University in Kyoto, and special assistant to the Japanese…
An exhibit called Sin & the City: William Hogarth's London will open at Princeton University's Firestone Library on Friday. Celebrating the work of this eighteenth-century painter and printmaker, the exhibition will prompt a "midnight modern conversation," a gallery tour, and a musical evening…
