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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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Take a look at the beautiful cover of John Piper in the Watkinson: An Illustrated Checklist -- it is letterpress printed and features a stylized representation of the baptistry window
(Katonah, NY) Empire City, Gotham, The Big Apple — whatever you call it, there’s no doubt that New York City has impacted millions of hearts, minds, and imaginations throughout history. This fall, the Katonah Museum of Art shows works of art inspired by New York City in New York, New York! The 20th…
A common complaint in the rare book trade is the lack of young collectors. In America, we have the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest to draw some attention, and offer some support, to young collectors just starting off. Our northern neighbors offer the Canadian National Book…
Seventy antiquarian booksellers--Adrian Harrington Rare Books, Between the Covers, Brian Cassidy, and Quill & Brush, to name a few--will be on hand at this year's Baltimore Summer Antiques Show coming up Aug. 25-28 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
As China continues her strong economic growth, and takes her place as one of the great world powers, so too has interest grown in important historical works on the Middle Kingdom. This was hammered home at the auction by PBA Galleries of San Francisco of a small but significant group of rare books…
(Amherst, MA) August 11, 2011- The Carle is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition featuring cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and children’s book author and illustrator Jules Feiffer. Growing Every Which Way But Up: The Children’s Book Art of Jules Feiffer will open in Amherst,…
Abebooks has a cool feature up on their website displaying twenty-five of their favorite retro monster covers. As a confirmed lover of pulp covers, I enjoyed browsing through the lurid illustrations and sensational titles. It got me thinking about my own childhood and some of my…
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Philip Levine as the Library’s 18th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2011-2012.Levine will take up his duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season with a reading of his work at the Coolidge…
If you're off to Italy this fall or just thinking about it, there are two events to put on your itinerary. The 8th Annual Artelibro Art Book Festival will be held September 22-25 in Bologna. Antiquarian booksellers, contemporary publishers and printers, artists, and collectors gather here to…
